Sympetrum pedemontanum - Banded Darter
Male
Description
Length: 32mm
A small darter with black legs and broad hind wings.
Both sexes have a brown band across each wing just inside the pale yellow to red pterostigma.
The male is blood-red and the female ochre-brown.
Habitat
Frequents marshes, swamps and pools with dense reed beds usually in hilly country.
Status and Distribution
Very rare migrant. One record from Gwent in 1995.
Distribution map from the National Biodiversity Network Gateway (opens in new window).
Similar species
Couldn't be mistaken for any other species.