Голямо червениче (Crocothemis erythraea)
• English name: Broad Scarlet
• German name: Feuerlibelle
• French name: Crocothémis écarlate
• Dutch name: Vuurlibel
• Swedish name: Karmintrollslända
• Norwegian name: N/A
• Finnish name: N/A
• Danish name: Flammelibel
• Italian name: Frecciarossa
• Czech name: vážka červená
• Slovenian name: Opoldanski škrlatec
• Bulgarian name: Голямо червениче
Голямо червениче (Crocothemis erythraea)
Map data based on J.-P. Boudot & V. J. Kalkman (eds.),
Atlas of the European Dragonflies and Damselflies
| General | • a mediums-sized species which is very common in the south and which has been extending its range northwards | |
| Classification | • suborder: Anisoptera (dragonflies); family: Libellulidae | |
| Conservation status | • IUCN Red List Europe: Least Concern | |
| Scientific name | • Crocothemis erythraea (Brullé, 1832) | |
| Distribution | • click or tap the Map button above | |
| Notes | • libellulids are 'sitters': males spend a lot of time perched at the water's edge, waiting for females | |
| • mating takes place in flight and lasts for about 10 seconds | ||
| • immature males are coloured like females | ||
| • much larger than the similarly all-red Trithemis kirbyi | ||
| Habitat | • ponds, lakes, rice fields, etc. | |
| Dimensions | • typical body length: 36-45 mm; hindwing: 23-33 mm | |
| Both sexes | Wings | ➤ the forewing and especially the hindwing bear a large orange patch at the base |
| Male | Thorax | • the thorax is completely red |
| Abdomen | ➤ the abdomen is red with, at most, a few small black spots (e.g. on S8 and S9) | |
| • the abdomen is broad and flattened in shape | ||
| Female | Thorax | ➤ the thorax is yellow-brown with a pale antehumeral stripe and a pale stripe at the base of the wings |
| Abdomen | • the abdomen is brown-yellow with a thin black mid-dorsal line | |
| • the abdomen is somewhat broad and flattened in shape | ||
| Photographs | • nearly all of our photos below were made in Tuscany |
