Animalia > Arthropoda > Insecta > Odonata > Libellulidae > Libellula > Libellula quadrimaculataLibellula quadrimaculata (Four-spotted Skimmer)Synonyms: Leptetrum quadrimaculatum; Leptetrum quadrimaculatum praenubilum; Libellula basilinea; Libellula contacta; Libellula flavescens; Libellula maculata; Libellula praenubila; Libellula quadripunctata; Libellula relicta; Libellula ternaria The four-spotted chaser (Libellula quadrimaculata), known in North America as the four-spotted skimmer, is a dragonfly of the family Libellulidae found frequently throughout Europe, Asia, and North America. The adult stage is found between April to early September in the United Kingdom, and from mid-May to mid-August in Ireland. Larvae have a two-year developmental cycle. Adults feed predominantly on mosquitoes, gnats and midges; the larvae feed primarily on other aquatic insect larvae and on tadpoles. The four-spotted skimmer is the state insect of Alaska. |
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Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
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Climate |
Land Use |
Central & Western Europe |
Austria, Belgium, Byelarus, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom |
Palearctic |
Temperate Floodplain River and Wetlands |
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Upper Danube |
Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland |
Palearctic |
Temperate Floodplain River and Wetlands |
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Name |
IUCN Category |
Area acres |
Location |
Species |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
Ardvar and Loch a`Mhuilinn Woodlands |
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1992 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Arun Valley |
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1205 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Black Wood of Rannoch |
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2720 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Border Mires, Kielder – Butterburn |
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29286 |
England, United Kingdom |
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BOUCLES DE LA MARNE |
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6526 |
France |
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Breney Common and Goss and Tregoss Moors |
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2016 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Brown Moss |
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79 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Burnham Beeches |
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946 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Cairngorms |
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142543 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Caithness and Sutherland Peatlands |
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354692 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Cannock Chase |
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3057 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Carmarthen Bay and Estuaries/ Bae Caerfyrddin ac Aberoedd |
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163340 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Chippewa Nature Center |
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Michigan, United States |
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Corsydd Môn/ Anglesey Fens |
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1154 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Crowdy Marsh |
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229 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Crymlyn Bog/ Cors Crymlyn |
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740 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Dartmoor |
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57244 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Dorset Heaths |
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14161 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Dorset Heaths (Purbeck and Wareham) and Studland Dunes |
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5491 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Edwin S. George Reserve |
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1297 |
Michigan, United States |
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Epping Forest |
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3966 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Fannich Hills |
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23816 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Fenland |
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1529 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Fenn`s, Whixall, Bettisfield, Wem and Cadney Mosses |
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2346 |
England/Wales, United Kingdom |
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Inverpolly |
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29349 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Kenfig/ Cynffig |
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2945 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Lake District High Fells |
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66717 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Loch Etive Woods |
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6522 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Loch Maree Complex |
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38882 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Loch Ruthven |
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497 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Merrick Kells |
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21494 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Monadh Mor |
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622 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Morecambe Bay |
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151985 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Morrone Birkwood |
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787 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Morvern Woods |
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4763 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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North Norfolk Coast |
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7926 |
England, United Kingdom |
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North Somerset and Mendip Bats |
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1387 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Pen Llyn a`r Sarnau/ Lleyn Peninsula and the Sarnau |
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360832 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Pevensey Levels |
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8860 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Preseli |
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6686 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Rannoch Moor |
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24965 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Rassal |
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2514 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Roydon Common and Dersingham Bog |
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869 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Rum |
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26775 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Sefton Coast |
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11278 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Severn Estuary/ Môr Hafren |
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182155 |
England/Wales, United Kingdom |
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Sligachan Peatlands |
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3561 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Solway Firth |
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107829 |
England/Scotland, United Kingdom |
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South Solway Mosses |
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4849 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Strathglass Complex |
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58277 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Subberthwaite, Blawith and Torver Low Commons |
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4609 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Taynish and Knapdale Woods |
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2388 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Tayvallich Juniper and Coast |
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2999 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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The Broads |
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14554 |
England, United Kingdom |
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The Lizard |
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8048 |
England, United Kingdom |
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The New Forest |
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72309 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Thorne Moor |
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4718 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Thursley, Ash, Pirbright and Chobham |
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12696 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Torbiere d'Iseo |
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895 |
Italy |
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West Midlands Mosses |
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455 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Winterton – Horsey Dunes |
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1053 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Woolmer Forest |
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1647 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Making The Forest And Tundra Wildlife Connection♦ 2Ecology of Commanster♦ 3Seasonal feeding activity and ontogenetic dietary shifts in crucian carp, Carassius carassius, Olli-Pekka Penttinen & Ismo J. Holopainen, Environmental Biology of Fishes 33: 215-221, 1992. ♦ 4Predator-Prey Database for the family Asilidae (Hexapoda: Diptera) Prepared by Dr. Robert Lavigne, Professor Emeritus, University of Wyoming, USA and Dr. Jason Londt (Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg) ♦ 5Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2019). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2020-03-21; License: CC BY 4.0
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