Båndet hedelibel (Sympetrum pedemontanum)
• English name: Banded Darter
• German name: Gebänderte Heidelibelle
• French name: Sympétrum du Piémont
• Dutch name: Bandheidelibel
• Swedish name: Bandad ängstrollslända
• Norwegian name: N/A
• Finnish name: Vyösyyskorento
• Danish name: Båndet hedelibel
• Italian name: Cardinale alifasciate
• Czech name: vážka podhorní
• Slovenian name: Pasasti kamenjak
• Bulgarian name: Поясно червениче
Båndet hedelibel (Sympetrum pedemontanum)
Not present
Present before 1990
Present after 1990
Present before and after 1990
Present after 2015

Map data based on J.-P. Boudot & V. J. Kalkman (eds.),
Atlas of the European Dragonflies and Damselflies
General | • a small species of central and eastern Europe | |
Classification | • suborder: Anisoptera (dragonflies); family: Libellulidae | |
Conservation status | • IUCN Red List Europe: Least Concern | |
Scientific name | • Sympetrum pedemontanum (Müller in Allioni, 1766) | |
Distribution | • click or tap the Map button above | |
Habitat | • slow-flowing streams and canals, but also lakes and ponds | |
Dimensions | • typical body length: 28-35 mm; hindwing: 18-24 mm | |
Notes | • libellulids are 'sitters': males spend a lot of time perched at the water's edge, waiting for females | |
• all European Sympetrum species oviposit in tandem | ||
Both sexes | Wings | ➤ each wing bears a dark band |
Legs | • the legs are all black | |
Male | Thorax | • the thorax is reddish brown |
Abdomen | • the abdomen is red and slightly club-shaped, with some black markings on S8 and S9 | |
Wings | • the pterostigma is red | |
Female | Thorax | • the thorax is yellow/brown |
Abdomen | • the top of the abdomen is yellow with black markings on S8 and S9 and a thin black mid-dorsal line; the underside of the abdomen is black | |
Wings | • the pterostigma is creamy white | |
Photographs | • our photos below were made in central and northern Italy, Bavaria, Belgium and the Netherlands |