Large Red Damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula) - Detail

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

Terrestrial Map - 10km

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

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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 52

Number Of 10Km Squares 27

Number Of 50Km Squares 25

Oldest Record 03/06/2016

Newest Record 04/08/2021

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 iNaturalist, iNaturalist Dragonfly Species Records for Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Large Red Damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula), accessed 21 April 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/388/Species/78141>

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

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Marine Map - 50km

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Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)