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Where does the Four-spotted Chaser live?

Libellula quadrimaculata has 497,237 records in 65 countries and territories, from 1826 to 2026. Most records come from Netherlands.

Four-spotted Chaser
Four-spotted Chaser — Charles J. Sharp / CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
AnimaliaArthropodaInsectaOdonataLibellulidaeLibellula

When it is recorded

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Peak month: June. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
Netherlands 151,733
United Kingdom 110,912
Switzerland 67,692
France 63,730
Germany 23,308
Sweden 22,460
Canada 9,298
United States 9,270
Russia 6,022
Finland 6,010
Norway 5,214
Austria 3,502
Denmark 2,728
Belgium 2,539
Lithuania 2,180
Ireland 2,165
Poland 1,613
Estonia 1,486
Spain 957
Italy 709
Portugal 628
Japan 364
Ukraine 350
Luxembourg 317
Belarus 198
Åland Islands 181
Czechia 174
Isle of Man 173
Hungary 166
Bulgaria 142
Kazakhstan 141
South Korea 102
Romania 85
Latvia 73
Georgia 68
Türkiye 60
Slovenia 55
China 50
Serbia 50
Slovakia 35

Showing the top 40 of 65 places.

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.