Species Detail - Scarce Emerald Damselfly (Lestes dryas) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Dragonfly Ireland 2019 to 2024".

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 dryas
Scarce Emerald Damselfly
NBNSYS0000005614 UnverifiedUnverified
Threatened Species: Near threatened
ledry
Kirby, 1890
insect - dragonfly (Odonata)
Species
77
20
14
11/06/2019
19/05/2024
19 May (recorded in 2024)
20 September (recorded in 2006)
National Biodiversity Data Centre, Dragonfly Ireland 2019 to 2024, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Scarce Emerald Damselfly (Lestes dryas), accessed 21 April 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/299/Species/78155>

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)