Cordulia aenea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Bazzi, Gaia, Galimberti, Andrea, Foglini, Claudio, Bani, Luciano, Bazzi, Lionello, Bonvicini, Piero, Brembilla, Roberto, Brigo, Massimo, Cavenaghi, Alberto, Colombo, Giuseppe, Della Pieta, Cesare, Galliani, Carlo, Guarnaroli, Ettore, Larroux, Nicola, Monti, Alessandro, Orioli, Valerio, Ornaghi, Francesco, Pilon, Nicola, Pirotta, Giuliana, Radaelli, Giovanni, Tessa, Giulia & Assandri, Giacomo, 2023, Odonate diversity of a highly urbanised region: An annotated checklist of the damselflies and dragonflies (Insecta, Odonata) of Lario and Brianza (Lombardy, N Italy), Biodiversity Data Journal 11, pp. 111358-111358 : 111358

Cordulia aenea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Native status

R

Conservation status

erl: LC; irl: NT

Notes

Flight period: II April - I July

Rather localised in the study area, it is found mostly at mature and well-preserved marshlands up to ca. 800 m a.s.l., in particular, those associated with medium-sized natural lakes, but also to well-conserved marshland along rivers, such as the Toffo-Oasi dell’Alberone along the Adda River. Evidence of reproduction exist also for several small ponds within heathlands and a single exuvia was found in a small artificial pond on the Monte Barro, suggesting that dispersing individual from large populations can occasionally breed in sub-optimal habitats.