Species Detail - Emerald Damselfly (Lestes sponsa) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Dragonfly Ireland".

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).
Live Map

Marine Map - 50km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Live Map

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Lestes sponsa
Emerald Damselfly
NBNSYS0000005613 UnverifiedUnverified
N/A
lespo
(Hansemann, 1823)
insect - dragonfly (Odonata)
Species
1858
507
120
01/08/1892
17/09/2024
21 March (recorded in 2016)
31 October (recorded in 2012)
Centre for Data and Environmental Recording (CEDaR), Dragonfly Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Emerald Damselfly (Lestes sponsa), accessed 21 April 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/187/Species/78154>

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)