Dragonfly of the year

The dragonfly of the year has been chosen since 2011 by the Association for the Environment and Nature Conservation Germany (BUND) together with the Society of German-speaking Odonatologists (GdO). As with comparable campaigns on “ Nature of the Year ”, the representative highlighting a certain species of this group of animals is intended to draw attention to environmental issues and ecological connections.

The choice of the first dragonfly of the year, the fire dragonfly , is justified, for example, by the fact that the species can be used as an indicator of climate change . The warmth-loving Mediterranean species has spread northward since the 1990s and is now also found in northern Germany. At the same time, it is pointed out that species with different ecological demands suffer population and area losses as a result of climate changes.

Previous dragonflies of the year

year	German name	scientific name	Illustration
2011	Fire dragonfly	Crocothemis erythraea
2012	Blue-green mosaic maiden	Aeshna cyanea
2013	Spear Azure Maiden	Coenagrion hastulatum
2014	Little Moss Maiden	Leucorrhinia dubia
2015	Spotted darter	Sympetrum flaveolum
2016	Common rush maiden	Read sponsa
2017	Common wedge maid	Gomphus vulgatissimus
2018	Dwarf dragonfly	Nehalennia speciosa
2019	Black darter	Sympetrum danae
2020	Spear Azure Maiden (for the second time after 2013)	Coenagrion hastulatum

In addition, the flat belly ( Libellula depressa ) was already the “ Insect of the Year ” in Germany in 2001 and the Banded Demoiselle ( Calopteryx splendens ) was “ Nature Park Animal of the Year ” in 2007 and the Swiss “ Animal of the Year ” in 2008 .

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1. ↑ Fire dragonfly is Dragonfly of the Year 2011 ( Memento of the original from August 26th, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , BUND press release of May 23, 2011. Accessed December 27, 2014 
2. ↑ The blue-green mosaic maiden is "Dragonfly of the Year 2012" , BUND press release of January 26, 2012. Accessed on December 27, 2014
3. ↑ Dragonfly of the year 2013: Speer-Azurjungfer , online on the BUND website. Retrieved December 27, 2014
4. ↑ The dragonfly of the year 2014 is the little Moosjungfer , BUND press release of January 2, 2014. Accessed December 27, 2014
5. ↑ The Spotted Darter is Dragonfly of the Year 2015 , BUND press release from December 15, 2014. Accessed December 27, 2014
6. ↑ "Common Binsenjungfer" is dragonfly of the year 2016 , BUND press release of December 18, 2015. Accessed on January 2, 2016
7. ↑ "Common Keiljungfer" is Dragonfly of the Year 2017 , BUND press release of December 5, 2016. Accessed December 7, 2016
8. ↑ "Zwerglibelle" is Dragonfly of the Year 2018 , BUND press release of December 4, 2017. Accessed December 6, 2017
9. ^ "Schwarze Heidelibelle" is Dragonfly of the Year 2019 , BUND press release of November 29, 2018. Accessed November 29, 2018
10. ↑ The Spear-Azurjungfer is Dragonfly of the Year 2019 , BUND press release of December 13, 2019. Retrieved on December 13, 2019