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

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

Species image

Lestes sponsa
Emerald Damselfly
NBNSYS0000005613 UnverifiedUnverified
N/A
lespo
(Hansemann, 1823)
insect - dragonfly (Odonata)
Species
2
2
2
20/05/2011
11/06/2016
21 March (recorded in 2016)
31 October (recorded in 2012)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Ireland's BioBlitz, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Emerald Damselfly (Lestes sponsa), accessed 30 April 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/189/Species/78154>

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)