Species Account for Calopteryx virgo
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Calopteryx virgo Beautiful Demoiselle
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Odonata: Calopterygidae
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Taxonomic group: dragonflies & damselflies (Odonata) - Available county data
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Essex RDB: Listed
Threat: Essex Vulnerable/Threatened
Records: 5
First Record: 1983
Latest Record: 2013
1992-on hectads: 3
Pre-1992 hectads: 1
Total hectads: 4
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Essex Red Data List comment
Recorded from nine tetrad squares, but only one known breeding site.
Habitats
Broad Habitat Data (based on 1 records with habitat information)
no subhabitat data available
no structural habitat data available
Habitat Detail and Method (based on 5 records with habitat detail and method information)
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