{"id":12992,"date":"2023-02-02T21:35:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-02T20:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/?page_id=12992"},"modified":"2026-01-02T08:59:57","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T07:59:57","slug":"libellula-quadrimaculata","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/libellula-quadrimaculata\/","title":{"rendered":"Libellula quadrimaculata  Linnaeus, 1758"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Libellula-quadrimaculata-accueil-male-1.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1634\" height=\"1204\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Libellula-quadrimaculata-accueil-male-1.webp\" alt=\"Libellula quadrimaculata m\u00e2le, Lac de Lamoura (France-39), 27\/08\/2021\" class=\"wp-image-12994 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1634px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1634\/1204;width:508px;height:373px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Libellula-quadrimaculata-accueil-male-1.webp 1634w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Libellula-quadrimaculata-accueil-male-1-768x566.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Libellula-quadrimaculata-accueil-male-1-1536x1132.webp 1536w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1634px) 100vw, 1634px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Libellula quadrimaculata m\u00e2le, Lac de Lamoura (France-39), 27\/08\/2021<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h5><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Description &#8211; Identification<\/span><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Libellula quadrimaculata, la Libellule \u00e0 quatre taches, est un Libellulidae tr\u00e8s commun en France et en Europe ; il fait partie de ces odonates qui sont faciles \u00e0 identifier et qui rencontre un grand succ\u00e8s photographique parmi les naturalistes ; outre les 2 taches <a href=\"http:\/\/meslibellules.fr\/pagesweb\/divers\/glossaire.php\">alaires<\/a> basales, typiques du genre Libellula, m\u00e2les et femelles portent en effet une tache sombre sur le <a href=\"http:\/\/meslibellules.fr\/pagesweb\/divers\/glossaire.php\">nodus<\/a> de chacune des 4 ailes. Certains montrent \u00e9galement une tache sombre \u00e0 l&rsquo;apex des ailes.<br><strong>Les m\u00e2les<\/strong> matures mesurent 40 \u00e0 48 mm, sont globalement sombres, la face est claire, les yeux marron, le thorax et l&rsquo;abdomen jaune terne, ce dernier devenant sombre sur les segments 6 ou 7 \u00e0 10, conservant les marques jaunes en vagues de sa jeunesse.<br>La tache basale alaire noire de l&rsquo;aile post\u00e9rieure est surmont\u00e9e d&rsquo;une bande ambr\u00e9e sous costale que l&rsquo;on retrouve \u00e0 l&rsquo;aile ant\u00e9rieure.<br>On ne peut pas le confondre avec une autre esp\u00e8ce tant les taches nodales sont \u00e9videntes.<br>Les <strong>femelles<\/strong> sont tr\u00e8s semblables aux m\u00e2les, d&rsquo;autant que dans ce genre m\u00e2les et femelles ont les ailes post\u00e9rieures arrondies, \u00e0 tel point qu&rsquo;il est tr\u00e8s difficile de les s\u00e9parer sans examiner les appendices anaux, qui sont droits et bien s\u00fbr sans lame anale pour la femelle.<br>De la m\u00eame fa\u00e7on, leur <a href=\"http:\/\/meslibellules.fr\/pagesweb\/divers\/glossaire.php\">habitus<\/a> et leurs taches alaires font qu&rsquo;on ne peut les confondre qu&rsquo;avec les m\u00e2les de l&rsquo;esp\u00e8ce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Libellula-quadrimaculata-accueil-femelle-1.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1739\" height=\"1204\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Libellula-quadrimaculata-accueil-femelle-1.webp\" alt=\"Libellula quadrimacullata jeune femelle, \u00c9tang de Fougemagne (France-01), 08\/05\/2021\" class=\"wp-image-12998 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1739px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1739\/1204;width:580px;height:402px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Libellula-quadrimaculata-accueil-femelle-1.webp 1739w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Libellula-quadrimaculata-accueil-femelle-1-768x532.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Libellula-quadrimaculata-accueil-femelle-1-1536x1063.webp 1536w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1739px) 100vw, 1739px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Libellula quadrimaculata jeune femelle, \u00c9tang de Fougemagne (France-01), 08\/05\/2021<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h5><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Habitat &#8211; Distribution g\u00e9ographique<\/span><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Il se plait sur les eaux dormantes, v\u00e9g\u00e9talis\u00e9es sans exc\u00e8s, de toutes natures et de toutes tailles, m\u00eame saum\u00e2tres, et les populations sont souvent abondantes sur les eaux acides. Il est rare sur les eaux faiblement courantes. On le rencontre jusqu&rsquo;\u00e0 2200 m.<br><br>Il est pr\u00e9sent dans tous les d\u00e9partements fran\u00e7ais, et on le rencontre de l&rsquo;ouest de l&rsquo;Europe au Japon.<br>Beaucoup plus surprenant, et c&rsquo;est une des rares esp\u00e8ces dans ce cas, elle est aussi largement distribu\u00e9e dans la moiti\u00e9 nord des \u00c9tats-Unis, le sud du Canada et m\u00eame en quelques places en Alaska. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">P\u00e9riode de vol<\/span><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Son aire de vol est tellement gigantesque qu&rsquo;on se limitera la ph\u00e9nologie europ\u00e9enne ; s&rsquo;il appara\u00eet en avril et dispara\u00eet \u00e0  la fin ao\u00fbt, son pic de pr\u00e9sence s&rsquo;\u00e9tend de mai \u00e0 juillet, avec de tr\u00e8s importantes variations en fonction de l&rsquo;altitude.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Comportement &#8211; Biologie<\/span><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>On l&rsquo;observe le plus souvent perch\u00e9 sur un rameau dominant une pi\u00e8ce d&rsquo;eau, surveillant son territoire et chassant les intrus de toutes esp\u00e8ces, n\u00e9gligeant tout de m\u00eame les zygopt\u00e8res. D\u00e8s qu&rsquo;une femelle appara\u00eet, l&rsquo;accouplement se fait en vol, pour quelques secondes.<br>La ponte s&rsquo;ensuit aussit\u00f4t, la femelle frappant l&rsquo;eau de l&rsquo;extr\u00e9mit\u00e9 de son abdomen pour larguer ses \u0153ufs, sous la surveillance du m\u00e2le. Ce dernier est moins attentif au fil du temps et elle est alors parfois captur\u00e9e par un autre m\u00e2le qui cherche \u00e0 s&rsquo;accoupler.<br>Il faut 1 \u00e0 3 ans aux larves pour achever 11 ou 12 mues, en fonction de l&rsquo;altitude et de la latitude. Les \u00e9mergences sont synchronis\u00e9es et donnent lieu \u00e0 de spectaculaires rassemblements.<br><br>L&rsquo;esp\u00e8ce est connue pour effectuer des migrations, spectaculaires (3), (4) comprenant des centaines de milliers ou des millions d&rsquo;individus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u00c9tymologie<\/span><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Libellula<\/strong> nous ram\u00e8ne \u00e0 l&rsquo;\u00e9tymologie m\u00eame du mot \u00ab\u00a0libellule\u00a0\u00bb. Il faut revenir au XVI\u00b0 si\u00e8cle avec le moine&nbsp;zoologiste Guillaume Rondelet pour comprendre l&rsquo;origine de ce terme. Il a remarqu\u00e9 que la forme des<a href=\"http:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/pagesweb\/divers\/en-vrac\/libellule\/larve-pyrrhosoma-nymphula.jpg\">&nbsp;larves aquatiques<\/a>&nbsp;de certaines libellules, en l&rsquo;occurrence celles des zygopt\u00e8res, ressemblait \u00e0 celle du corps du&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/pagesweb\/divers\/en-vrac\/libellule\/requin-marteau.jpg\">requin marteau<\/a>&nbsp;(Sphyrna zygaena).<br>Ce poisson&nbsp;avait re\u00e7u diff\u00e9rents noms vernaculaires, dont celui de <em>Libella<\/em> par analogie avec la forme d&rsquo;un&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/pagesweb\/divers\/en-vrac\/libellule\/niveau-pendule.jpg\">niveau de charpentier<\/a>&nbsp;(appell\u00e9 autrefois libella), mais il faut tout de m\u00eame une bonne dose d&rsquo;imagination pour y trouver une ressemblance\u2026<br>Guillaume Rondelet a donc nomm\u00e9 ces larves&nbsp;<em>Libella fluviatilis<\/em> (5).<br>Ce n&rsquo;est qu&rsquo;en 1758 que le grand Linn\u00e9 fait franchir le pas et que <em>Libella<\/em> devient <em>Libellula<\/em> sans doute pour introduire une notion de petite taille par le suffixe diminutif&nbsp;<em>ule<\/em>. Et, le grand naturaliste utilise le terme <em>Libellula<\/em> pour nommer tous les odonates connus.<br><strong>Quadrimaculata<\/strong> vient tout simplement de 2 mots latins signifiant l&rsquo;un &#8211; <em>quatre<\/em> et l&rsquo;autre &#8211; <em>tache<\/em>, soulignant les marques sombres ornant le nodus des quatre ailes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Il est int\u00e9ressant de noter que cet Odonate est le <em>premier<\/em> <em>d\u00e9crit dans le tout nouveau syst\u00e8me binomial de Carl von Linn\u00e9<\/em>, qui appara\u00eet pour la premi\u00e8re fois dans <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biodiversitylibrary.org\/item\/10277#page\/3\/mode\/1up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae<\/em>, 10e \u00e9dition, Tome I<\/a>. Cet ouvrage r\u00e9volutionne la zoologie en attribuant un nom de genre et un nom d&rsquo;esp\u00e8ce \u00e0 chaque esp\u00e8ce vivante ; auparavant, et Linn\u00e9 avait d\u00e9j\u00e0 d\u00e9crit cette esp\u00e8ce, on faisait une description dite polynomiale (\u00e0 plusieurs mots). C&rsquo;est un tel bouleversement que tous les noms d&rsquo;organismes vivants de la p\u00e9riode pr\u00e9-linn\u00e9enne (entre Aristote et le premier janvier 1758) n&rsquo;ont plus d&rsquo;existence officielle.<br>Ainsi, en 1746, dans <em>Fauna Suecica<\/em>, n\u00b0 764, il nommait cette esp\u00e8ce (traduit du latin) : \u00ab\u00a0<em>La Libellule \u00e0 taches noir\u00e2tres \u00e0 la base des ailes post\u00e9rieures et au milieu ant\u00e9rieur de toutes les ailes<\/em>\u00ab\u00a0, un nom difficile \u00e0 retenir, quand on doit m\u00e9moriser ces centaines ou des milliers d&rsquo;esp\u00e8ces. <br>On note ci-dessous l&rsquo;utilisation de tr\u00e8s nombreuses abr\u00e9viations ; ce n&rsquo;est pas un souci de modernit\u00e9 mais une contrainte d&rsquo;\u00e9conomie, \u00e0 la fois de composition (moins de caract\u00e8res \u00e0 manipuler pour les typographes) et de papier (tr\u00e8s cher). Le prix d&rsquo;\u00e9dition des livres \u00e9tait alors exorbitant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Libellula-quadrimaculata-Linnaeus.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1110\" height=\"561\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Libellula-quadrimaculata-Linnaeus.webp\" alt=\"Libellula quadrimaculata Linnaeus 1758 - Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, 10e \u00e9dition, Tome I\" class=\"wp-image-27665 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1110px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1110\/561;aspect-ratio:1.978664129917782;width:771px;height:auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Libellula-quadrimaculata-Linnaeus.webp 1110w, https:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Libellula-quadrimaculata-Linnaeus-768x388.webp 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Libellula quadrimaculata  Linnaeus 1758 &#8211; <em>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae<\/em>, 10e \u00e9dition, Tome I &#8211; P. 543<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flex wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"http:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/pagesweb\/libellulidae\/libellula\/quadrimaculata\/quadrimaculata_male1.php\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">M\u00e2le<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div 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href=\"http:\/\/www.meslibellules.fr\/pagesweb\/libellulidae\/libellula\/quadrimaculata\/galerie.php\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">Galerie en travaux<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>-1-&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/atlas-odonates.insectes.org\/odonates-de-france\/libellula-quadrimaculata\">Atlas dynamique<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/atlas-odonates.insectes.org\/odonates-de-france\/libellula-quadrimaculata\">des Odonates de France<\/a><br>-2-&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverlife.org\/mp\/20m?kind=Libellula+quadrimaculata&amp;guide=Anisoptera\">Discoverlife.org<\/a><br>-3-&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zobodat.at\/pdf\/Atalanta_27_0175-0187.pdf\">Movements of the dragonfly Libellula quadrimaculata Linnaeus, 1758 in North-west Europe in 1963<\/a><br>-4-&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/natuurtijdschriften.nl\/pub\/591258\">Mass migration in dragonflies, especially in Libellula quadrimaculata<\/a>&nbsp;L.: a review, a new ecological approach and a new hypothesis<br>-5-&nbsp;<em>The scientific names of the Odonata in Burmeister\u2019s \u2018Handbuch der Entomologie<\/em>, Heinrich Fliedner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Description &#8211; Identification Libellula quadrimaculata, la Libellule \u00e0 quatre taches, est un Libellulidae tr\u00e8s commun en France et en Europe ; il fait partie de ces odonates qui sont faciles \u00e0 identifier et qui rencontre un grand succ\u00e8s photographique parmi les naturalistes ; outre les 2 taches alaires basales, typiques du genre Libellula, m\u00e2les et 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