#3698 · 🪽 dragonflies & damselflies

Large White-faced Darter

🇳🇱 Gevlekte Witsnuitlibel ·Leucorrhinia pectoralis

LCleast concern 🪽 Dragonflies & damselflies 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © marcel-silvius · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
3. © Marina Nikonorova · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Владимир Онишко · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Владимир Онишко · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Scheerwolde, Netherlands:© J. H. · CC BY 4.0
7. 1241 Kortenhoef, Nederland:© Paul G. Schrijvershof · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
8. 1241 Kortenhoef, Nederland:© Paul G. Schrijvershof · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
9. Scheerwolde, Netherlands:© J. H. · CC BY 4.0
10. Weerribben-wieden, NL-OV-SW, NL-OV, NL:© Annika Tiane Vermaat · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The large white-faced darter or yellow-spotted whiteface ( Leucorrhinia pectoralis ) is a small dragonfly belonging to the genus Leucorrhinia in the family Libellulidae.

base stats

NL sightings 156iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,451iNaturalist 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 156 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #36 most seen of the dragonflies & damselflies in NL.
2,451 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Toussaint von Charpentier in 1825 (201 years ago).