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White-legged Damselfly, Blue featherleg

Platycnemis pennipes

15,819Records since 2000
JunePeak month
34Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan2
Feb0
Mar20
Apr36
May1,921
Jun6,668
Jul4,960
Aug1,598
Sep170
Oct38
Nov5
Dec4

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Kent England1,170
2Worcestershire England881
3Northamptonshire England654
4Oxfordshire England650
5Surrey England496
6Bedford England434
7Gloucestershire England430
8West Berkshire England357
9Dorset England339
10Somerset England300
11Bath and North East Somerset England285
12Devon England276
13Cambridgeshire England265
14Herefordshire, County of England235
15Milton Keynes England225
15,432 England2 Scotland381 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 34 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
15,819
Peak month
June
Counties with records
34
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Platycnemis pennipes
Also known as
Blue Featherleg
Group
Dragonflies and damselflies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
15,564
Conservation designations
Global Red List (JNCC), GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Odonata
Family
Platycnemididae
Genus
Platycnemis
Name with authority
Platycnemis pennipes (Pallas, 1771)
Described
1771
Contributing datasets
16

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q882485 · GBIF 1423859