Black Darter - Sympetrum danae
Rare vagrant in Leicestershire and Rutland.
There have been just six records of this species in VC 55. These were at Charnwood Lodge NR in 1965 and again in 1985, at Great Bowden Pit in 1992, at May Meadow, Barlestone in 1995, at Barrow-on?Soar in 1997, at Nature Alive NR, Coalville in 2002, and at Woodhouse in 2003. Like the Common Hawker, the Black Darter is generally restricted to acidic heathlands within the UK and similarly it would therefore be expected to occur here only as a rare wanderer. The closest breeding sites to VC 55 lie in the Derbyshire Peak District, some 50 km to the North West of the Leicestershire boundary.
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Species profile
- Common names
- Black Sympetrum, Black Darter
- Species group:
- insect - dragonfly (Odonata)
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Odonata
- Family:
- Libellulidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 0
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