Northern emerald

Northern emerald
	Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Infraorder:	Anisoptera
Family:	Corduliidae
Genus:	Somatochlora
Species:	S. arctica
Binomial name
	Somatochlora arctica; (Zetterstedt, 1840)
Synonyms
	Aeshna arctica Zetterstedt, 1840 ; Cordulia subalpina Selys, 1840 ; Somatochlora gratiosa Bartenev, 1919 ;

The northern emerald (Somatochlora arctica) is a middle-sized species of dragonfly first described by Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt in 1840. The male can be recognised by its pincer-like appendages and its narrow-waisted body. The female has distinctive orange-yellow spots on (only) the third segment of the abdomen.

This species lives in bogs and lays its eggs in very small water-filled depressions. It hunts between trees and avoids open spaces.

In Great Britain, it is only present in north-western Scotland and is confined to the south-western part of Ireland.^[2] It is present in all of northern Eurasia. In Western Europe, it is present in alpine areas and wherever a suitable habitat can be found. It is found in the Rila mountains of Bulgaria.

References[]

^ Dennis Paulson; Martin Schorr; Cyrille Deliry. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 15 Feb 2022.
^ "Somatochlora arctica - Northern Emerald". British Dragonfly Society. 2011-05-28.

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[WOL-1] Dennis Paulson; Martin Schorr; Cyrille Deliry. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 15 Feb 2022.

[2] "Somatochlora arctica - Northern Emerald". British Dragonfly Society. 2011-05-28.

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