Sigara longipalis is an occasional migrant in the UK. In Europe it is found in small ponds, mires and ditches in Netherlands, Denmark, Belgium, Germany, Finland and Sweden 

It was first recorded in Britain by J. Blackburn in 2006 at Upton Great Broad in Norfolk. It was searched for in 2013/2014 with no evidence or any established breeding population (Cook, 2015). A second record was also found in September 2025 by Tony Musgrove in a small newly created pond in Suffolk. 

It is a tricky species to identify at 7.5mm with the claws on the middle leg longer than the tibia. The best feature is with the Male palae that have a pale angled line of pegs forming an arrow head pointing inwards.

Images: c. A.Musgrove