Banded Darter

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iBanded Darter

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Genus: Sympetrum
Species: S. pedemontanum
Binomial name
Sympetrum pedemontanum
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The Banded Darter (Sympetrum pedemontanum) is a European species of dragonfly of the family Libellulidae.

[edit] Description

The Banded Darter, like most members of the genus, has a red abdomen. Its primary distinguishing feature however is the presence of broad black bands across the outer section of each wing.

[edit] Status

This species is resident in continental Europe.

[edit] Vagrancy to Britain

Banded Darter has been recorded in Britain just once, in Wales, in the Sympetrum immigration year of 1995.

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