#3707 · 🪽 dragonflies & damselflies

Dark Whiteface

🇳🇱 Oostelijke witsnuitlibel ·Leucorrhinia albifrons

LCleast concern 🪽 Dragonflies & damselflies 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Ryzhkov Oleg · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Jakob Fahr · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Erland Refling Nielsen · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
5. © purperlibel · CC BY-SA 4.0
6. © Erland Refling Nielsen · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Netherlands:© J. H. · CC BY 4.0
8. Netherlands:© J. H. · CC BY 4.0
9. Netherlands:© J. H. · CC BY 4.0
10. Beilen, Nederland:© René Manger · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

the dark whiteface ( Leucorrhinia albifrons ) is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is found in Austria, Belarus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, and Ukraine. Its natural habitats are shrub-dominated wetlands, swamps, intermittent freshwater lakes, and freshwater marshes. It is threatened by habitat loss.

base stats

NL sightings 83iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,803iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

Spotted 83 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #47 most seen of the dragonflies & damselflies in NL.
1,803 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Hermann Burmeister in 1839 (187 years ago).