Yellow-winged Darter

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Suborder:	Anisoptera
Family:	Libellulidae
Genus:	Sympetrum
Species:	S. Arthropods are Animals belonging to the Phylum Arthropoda (from Greek ἄρθρον arthron, " Joint " Insects ( Class Insecta) are a major group of Arthropods and the most diverse group of Animals on the Earth with over a million described Odonata is an order of Insects encompassing dragonflies (Anisoptera and damselflies (Zygoptera Anisoptera redirects here For the genus of trees see Anisoptera (tree. The skimmers or perchers and their relatives form the Libellulidae, the largest Dragonfly family in the world Sympetrum is a genus of small to medium sized skimmer dragonflies known as darters in the UK and as meadowhawks in the United States flaveolum

Binomial name

Sympetrum flaveolum
(Linnaeus, 1758)

The Yellow-winged Darter, Sympetrum flaveolum, is a dragonfly found in Europe and mid and Northern Asia. Carl Linnaeus (Latinized as Carolus Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as, May 23 new style (13 May old style 1707 who laid the foundations for Anisoptera redirects here For the genus of trees see Anisoptera (tree. Breeding is confined to stagnant water, usually in peat bogs. Water stagnation occurs when Water stops flowing Stagnant water can be a major Environmental hazard. Although not resident in the United Kingdom it occasionally migrates there in some numbers. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Such 'Invasion Years' occurred in 1906, 1926, 1945, 1953, and 1995. On each occasion a small breeding colony appeared, but they have invariably died out after a few years.

An almost unmistakable darter, red-bodied in the male, with both sexes having large amounts of saffron-yellow colouration to the basal area of each wing, which is particularly noticeable on the hind-wings. Other Sympetrum species may have limited yellow-orange colouration near the extreme wing-bases, especially in females, but never so extensively as in this species.

Sites which are likely to attract this species have thick rushy margins. The Yellow-winged Darter tends to make quite short flights when settled at a site, and frequently perches quite low down on vegetation.

The Yellow-winged Darter has bred but is not established in the UK. It has occurred in Cumbria as single individuals on very few occasions. The most recent record was at Killington Reservoir in August 1995.

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