Scarlet dragonfly
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C. erythraea
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| Crocothemis erythraea (Brullé, 1832)
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Crocothemis erythraea is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. Its common names include broad scarlet, common scarlet-darter, scarlet darter and scarlet dragonfly.[1]
Description
The adult male scarlet dragonfly has a bright scarlet red, widened abdomen, with small amber patches at the bases of the hindwings. Females and immatures are yellow-brown and have a conspicuous pale stripe along the top of the thorax.[2]
Status and distribution
The scarlet dragonfly is a common species in southern Europe and throughout Africa. It also occurs across western Asia as far as southern China.[1] It is a very rare vagrant in Britain. Its first record in the country was at Hayle Kimbro Pool, The Lizard, Cornwall, on 7 August 1995. Since then there have been a few further records at scattered locations throughout Britain.[3]
Habitat
A wide range of both running and standing waters, except those that are shaded. Adults may be found some distance from water in habitats ranging from desert to open woodland; absent from dense forest.[1][4]
References
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Media related to Crocothemis erythraea at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Crocothemis erythraea at Wikispecies
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- ↑ Jones, S. P. (1996). The first British record of the Scarlet Dragonfly Crocothemis erythraea (Brullé). Journal of the British Dragonfly Society Vol. 12 No. 1 pp. 11-12
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