Darter for ID - Romania

[Cristian Mihai]

I found this darter on November 14th, nearby Bucharest (It was a nice and relative warm autumn day). Please help me to ID it.

[Lee Gregory]

Hi Christian

Your Darter is a female Common Darter (Sympetrum striolatum) it lacks the black 'moustache' on the frons along the front of the eye which other similar confusion species have. Today (15th Nov) in the UK i saw a pair in tandem laying eggs which is very late but we have not had any frosts here yet.

Best Wishes

Lee Gregory

[Cristian Mihai]

Hi Lee Gregory,

Thank you very much for ID. I have to say that I really like to take pics with dragonflies and butterflies, but I know a very few few things about insect identification.