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Species account
Green Snaketail
(Ophiogomphus cecilia)
(Geoffroy in Fourcroy, 1785)
Clubtails (Gomphidae) [Dragonflies] GRSN 24810
Clubtails (Gomphidae) [Dragonflies] GRSN 24810
Grøn Kølleguldsmed (dk)
Grön Flodtrollslända (se)
Synonyms (common):
Green Clubtail (gb) Green Gomphid (gb)
Synonyms (scientific):
Aeschna serpentina Charpentier, 1825
Aeshna spectabilis Eversmann, 1841
Paradigma bucheckerii Buchecker, 1876
Ophiogomphus bellicosus Voronocovsky, 1909
Aeshna spectabilis Eversmann, 1841
Paradigma bucheckerii Buchecker, 1876
Ophiogomphus bellicosus Voronocovsky, 1909
Measurements:
To 50-60mm Ab 37-42mm Hw 30-36mm
Generations:
Flight period:
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Identification:
Similar species:
Life stages:
The mating takes place in the vegetation near the water and lasts about 5-10 minutes. The solo flying female drops the eggs into fast flowing water by dipping. The eggs hatch after 4-6 weeks and the larvae live buried in the bottom-material or on the bottom, and develop during 3-4 years. The imago-transformation takes place on rocks or the ground near the water.
Distribution:
C and E Europe including C France. Absent Mediterranean region but present Baltic states and Finland and extreme NE part of Sweden. Also present patchily through temperate Russia to C Siberia. In Denmark only present along the major waterways in central Jylland.
Habitat:
Behavior:
Endemic:
Redlist
(?):NE: Not evaluated
NA: Not applicable
DD: Data deficient
LC: Least concern
NT: Near threatened
VU: Vulnerable
EN: Endangered
CR: Critically endangered
EW: Extinct in the wild
EX: Extinct
RE: Regionally extinct
NA: Not applicable
DD: Data deficient
LC: Least concern
NT: Near threatened
VU: Vulnerable
EN: Endangered
CR: Critically endangered
EW: Extinct in the wild
EX: Extinct
RE: Regionally extinct
LC(global) LC(eu) LC(EU) LC(dk)
Status
Bern Convention. EU Habitat Directive II, IV. Strictly a species from the wetlands of central Jylland. Stable with a tendency to expand to new waterways in known range. Protection status perhaps needs a revision? Records from the perimeter of the range are fewer and some accidental by nature.
Comment:
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1726
(1 photos)
2023-07-08 Tvilum Bro (Silkeborg), Denmark Imago Male Unmistakable but still very difficult to spot when sitting on the ground which they apparently often prefer. |
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1727
(2 photos)
2023-07-08 Tvilum Bro (Silkeborg), Denmark Imago Male |
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1728
(1 photos)
2023-07-08 Tvilum Bro (Silkeborg), Denmark Imago Male |
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1729
(1 photos)
2023-07-08 Tvilum Bro (Silkeborg), Denmark Imago Male Camouflage colors but still rather distinct when flying over water. |
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1730
(1 photos)
2023-07-08 Tvilum Bro (Silkeborg), Denmark Imago Male |
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3308
(5 photos)
2025-07-19 Tvilum Bro (Silkeborg), Denmark Imago Male I counted 8 males this day. Some flying over the water and the rest roosting on the sun-exposed ground along the grainy parts of the trail. |
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3309
(2 photos)
2025-07-19 Tvilum Bro (Silkeborg), Denmark Imago Male Both sitting in the river-side vegetation and on the ground. |
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3310
(3 photos)
2025-07-19 Tvilum Bro (Silkeborg), Denmark Imago Male A male with the widest abdominal segment being S8 (female S9). Funny to see how the dark eye-spot changes with the angle. |
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3311
(2 photos)
2025-07-19 Tvilum Bro (Silkeborg), Denmark Imago Male |