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Vagrant emperor

Anax ephippiger

602Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
43Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb32
Mar10
Apr39
May46
Jun101
Jul36
Aug26
Sep61
Oct180
Nov63
Dec4

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cornwall England119
2Suffolk England74
3Norfolk England54
4Devon England50
5Dorset England27
6Kent England24
7East Riding of Yorkshire England19
8Isles of Scilly England16
9Lincolnshire England15
10Pembrokeshire Wales7
11Gwynedd Wales6
12Scottish Borders Scotland6
13Torbay England6
14Somerset England5
15Sefton England5
543 England25 Scotland34 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 43 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
602
Peak month
October
Counties with records
43
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Anax ephippiger
Group
Dragonflies and damselflies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
600
Most recorded in
Cornwall, Suffolk, Norfolk, Devon
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Odonata
Family
Aeshnidae
Genus
Anax
Name with authority
Anax ephippiger (Burmeister, 1839)
Described
1839
Contributing datasets
4

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1346770 · GBIF 5791733