Guardian Nature School Team Contact Blog Project Noah Facebook Project Noah Twitter

A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife

Join Project Noah!
nature school apple icon

Project Noah Nature School visit nature school

Common Darter

Sympetrum striolatum

Species ID Suggestions



Sign in to suggest organism ID

6 Comments

taka.ita
taka.ita 12 years ago

It is a bit worrisome that there is a lack of experts for ID's here. I do have some experience with European dragonflies (and I have some field guides, know some good websites), but I would not call myself an expert. I can only pick the low-hanging fruit when it comes to ID's here.

Stian Waaler
Stian Waaler 12 years ago

I tried to zoom inn on one picture to see.. I will add it now som you can see, he got some yellow ish on his backlegs and on the wings...

It's good that there are some people here that can bugs =)

taka.ita
taka.ita 12 years ago

The photo isn't the best for ID, but I'd say Common Darter (Sympetrum striolatum). It should have yellowish stripes on the legs, but those get darker with age (and you have photographed an older one) and the large contrast in your photo makes that hard to see.

There are a couple more Sympetrum species in Europe (about 10), but I am pretty sure this one is Sympetrum striolatum (Common Darter).

Stian Waaler
Stian Waaler 12 years ago

Thanks taka.ita for the right name =)

Stian Waaler
Stian Waaler 12 years ago

Thanks...
The Common Darter or Yellow winged darter?

taka.ita
taka.ita 12 years ago

It's a Sympetrum species, not a Brown Hawker.

Stian Waaler
Spotted by
Stian Waaler

Akershus, Norway

Spotted on Sep 17, 2011
Submitted on Sep 17, 2011

Related Spottings

sympetrum vulgatum Sympetrum sanguineum [Sympetrum fonscolombii] Dragonfly

Nearby Spottings

Jackdaw Spotting Spotting Spotting
Noah Guardians
Noah Sponsors
join Project Noah Team

Join the Project Noah Team