Large Red Damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula) - Detail

Species Detail - Large Red Damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Dragonfly Records".

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).

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Scientific Name Pyrrhosoma nymphula

Common Name Large Red Damselfly

Taxon Version Key NBNSYS0000005599 UnverifiedUnverified

Synonyms Large Red Damsel

Designations N/A

Abbreviation pynym

Authority (Sulzer, 1776)

Group insect - dragonfly (Odonata)

Rank Species

Number Of Records 679

Number Of 10Km Squares 281

Number Of 50Km Squares 101

Oldest Record 05/07/1997

Newest Record 01/07/2018

Phenology - earliest record (across all datasets) 5 February (recorded in 1951)

Phenology - latest record (across all datasets) 1 October (recorded in 1986)

Species Profiles

Citation Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Dragonfly Records, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Large Red Damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula), accessed 21 April 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/239/Species/78141>

Species Detail - Large Red Damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Dragonfly Records".

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Marine Map - 50km

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Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)