#3697 · 🪽 dragonflies & damselflies

Ruby Whiteface

🇳🇱 Noordse Witsnuitlibel ·Leucorrhinia rubicunda

LCleast concern 🪽 Dragonflies & damselflies 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Oleg Kosterin · CC BY 4.0
2. © usiaz · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Vladimir Bryukhov · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Bryan Smith · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Илья Сухов · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Klazienaveen, Nederland:© Gerben ter Haar · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. 6611 Overasselt, Nederland:© Simon Hazenberg · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Fochteloërveen, 9341 Veenhuizen, Netherlands:© Albert Ros · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. 5757 Liessel, Nederland:© Hans van Loon · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Tilburg, NL-NB, NL:© Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The northern white-faced darter ( Leucorrhinia rubicunda ) is a dragonfly found in Europe.

base stats

NL sightings 156iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 3,411iNaturalist 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 #37 most seen of the dragonflies & damselflies in NL.
3,411 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).