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title: "Szablak szkocki"
description: "Sympetrum danae — Owady i pająki. Sympetrum danae, the black darter or black meadowhawk, is a dragonfly with a northern Holarctic distribution in northern Europe, northern Asia, and northern North America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/black-meadowhawk
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Szablak szkocki

> Sympetrum danae — Owady i pająki. Sympetrum danae, the black darter or black meadowhawk, is a dragonfly with a northern Holarctic distribution in northern Europe, northern Asia, and northern North America.

- Scientific name: *Sympetrum danae*
- Category: `insects` (Owady i pająki)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Jeziora i rzeki)
- iNaturalist observations: 16257
- Wikidata: [Q784592](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q784592)
- iNaturalist taxon: [113503](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/113503)

## Names

- en: Black Meadowhawk
- de: Schwarze Heidelibelle
- es: Alguacil oscuro
- fr: Sympétrum noir
- nl: Zwarte heidelibel
- pl: Szablak szkocki

## Countries with the most observations

RU (5053), CA (2088), FI (1289), GB (1244), DE (1121), US (1035), DK (492), FR (480), SE (408), BE (253), NO (216), LT (197)

## Summary

Sympetrum danae, the black darter or black meadowhawk, is a dragonfly with a northern Holarctic distribution in northern Europe, northern Asia, and northern North America. It is a very active late summer insect typical of heathland and moorland bog pools.
Members of the genus Sympetrum are known as darters in Europe, and as meadowhawks in North America.

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

## Photo

![Szablak szkocki](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/black-meadowhawk/medium.jpg)

Photo: uusijani · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/179528449

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/black-meadowhawk?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).