#3704 · 🪽 dragonflies & damselflies

Lilypad Whiteface

🇳🇱 Sierlijke Witsnuitlibel ·Leucorrhinia caudalis

LCleast concern 🪽 Dragonflies & damselflies 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © marcel-silvius · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Julien Bottinelli · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. Scheerwolde, Netherlands:© J. H. · CC BY 4.0
5. Scheerwolde, Netherlands:© J. H. · CC BY 4.0
6. Zuid-Holland, NL:© J. H. · CC BY 4.0
7. Oisterwijk, Nederland:© Mark Schellekens · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Oisterwijk, Nederland:© Mark Schellekens · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. 9256 Ryptsjerk, Netherlands:© Robin Fokker · CC BY 4.0
10. Dorp Lonneker, Enschede, Netherlands:© Max den Heijer · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Leucorrhinia caudalis , the lilypad whiteface , is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is found in Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovenia, Sweden, and Ukraine. Its natural habitats are swamps and freshwater lakes. It is threatened by habitat loss.

base stats

NL sightings 119iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,229iNaturalist 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 119 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #43 most seen of the dragonflies & damselflies in NL.
1,229 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Toussaint von Charpentier in 1840 (186 years ago).