#3700 · 🪽 dragonflies & damselflies

Small Whiteface

🇳🇱 Venwitsnuitlibel ·Leucorrhinia dubia

LCleast concern 🪽 Dragonflies & damselflies 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Gilles San Martin · CC BY-SA 4.0
2. © Mirko Tomasi · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Jakob Neuenschwander · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Gilles San Martin · CC BY-SA 4.0
5. © Pekka Malinen · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
6. © Paul Ritchie · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
7. © Mirko Tomasi · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The white-faced darter or small whiteface ( Leucorrhinia dubia ) is a small dragonfly belonging to the genus Leucorrhinia in the family Libellulidae. Its flight period lasts from May to August. It is found in peat bogs from northern Europe eastwards to Siberia. In southern Europe there are populations in some mountainous areas such as the Alps and Pyrenees. In Great Britain it is rare and local with the largest population in the Scottish Highlands.

base stats

NL sightings 149iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 3,691iNaturalist 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 149 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #39 most seen of the dragonflies & damselflies in NL.
3,691 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Pierre Léonard Vander Linden in 1825 (201 years ago).