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title: "Red-eyed Damselfly"
description: "Erythromma najas — Insects & spiders. Erythromma najas, the red-eyed damselfly, is a member of the Coenagrionidae family of damselflies."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/red-eyed-damselfly
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Red-eyed Damselfly

> Erythromma najas — Insects & spiders. Erythromma najas, the red-eyed damselfly, is a member of the Coenagrionidae family of damselflies.

- Scientific name: *Erythromma najas*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lakes & rivers)
- iNaturalist observations: 10924
- Wikidata: [Q177833](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q177833)
- iNaturalist taxon: [209688](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/209688)

## Names

- en: Red-eyed Damselfly
- de: Großes Granatauge
- es: Azulado de ojos rojos norteño
- fr: Naïade aux yeux rouges
- nl: Grote roodoogjuffer
- pl: Oczobarwnica większa

## Countries with the most observations

RU (4723), GB (1308), DE (1007), FR (486), FI (387), DK (379), PL (329), NL (328), BE (180), SE (171), LT (161), UA (151)

## Summary

Erythromma najas, the red-eyed damselfly, is a member of the Coenagrionidae family of damselflies.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erythromma_najas

## Photo

![Red-eyed Damselfly](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/red-eyed-damselfly/medium.jpg)

Photo: Felix Puff · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/217770937

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/red-eyed-damselfly?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).