extinct, as well as most of the Scandinavian ones (1) (2).This habitat specialist is found in small, peaty and marshy lakes and pools, generally of shallow, standing, stagnant water, overgrown with vegetation such as sphagnum mats, sedges and fens (1).Odonata species start their life as aquatic larvae or nymphs, passing through a series of developmental stages or ???stadia???, undergoing several m