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title: "Straszka pospolita"
description: "Sympecma fusca — Owady i pająki. Sympecma fusca, the common winter damselfly, is a damselfly a member of the Lestidae and related to the emeralds or spreadwings."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/common-winter-damselfly
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Straszka pospolita

> Sympecma fusca — Owady i pająki. Sympecma fusca, the common winter damselfly,  is a damselfly a member of the Lestidae and related to the emeralds or spreadwings.

- Scientific name: *Sympecma fusca*
- Category: `insects` (Owady i pająki)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Jeziora i rzeki)
- iNaturalist observations: 12229
- Wikidata: [Q1492044](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1492044)
- iNaturalist taxon: [113497](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/113497)

## Names

- en: Common Winter Damselfly
- de: Gemeine Winterlibelle
- es: Caballito pardo
- fr: Brunette hivernale
- nl: Bruine winterjuffer
- pl: Straszka pospolita

## Countries with the most observations

DE (2642), FR (1821), AT (1295), PL (785), NL (741), RU (700), IT (641), UA (557), ES (439), CH (279), HU (248), PT (181)

## Summary

Sympecma fusca, the common winter damselfly,  is a damselfly a member of the Lestidae and related to the emeralds or spreadwings.

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

## Photo

![Straszka pospolita](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-winter-damselfly/medium.jpg)

Photo: Patrick Le Mao · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/143590173

## Machine access

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