A watercolour painting executed by the Dutch painter Rochus van Veen in 1681 and held in the Getty Museum, Alabama, depicting, in exquisite detail, two males of Libellula quadrimaculata and one male of L. depressa, is presented and discussed. The specimens were obtained in May 1681 during the first documented mass migration of dragonflies in the Netherlands. Other records of early dragonfly migrations are noted.
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9 December 2024
A mass migration of Libellula species in North Holland in 1681 documented in artwork by Rochus van Veen
Henri J. Dumont
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Notulae odonatologicae
Vol. 10 • No. 4
December 2024
Vol. 10 • No. 4
December 2024
dragonflies
Libellula depressa
Libellula quadrimaculata
Odonata