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Flora & Fauna (media)
Small Whiteface (Leucorrhinia dubia)    Vander Linden (1825)    Skimmers (Libellulidae)    SMWH    24823
Lille Kærguldsmed (dk)   Libélula Cariblanca Menor (es)   Myrtrollslända (se)      Synonyms: White-faced Darter (gb)
Measurements:
To 31-37mm Ab 21-27mm Hw 23-28mm
Flight period:
JFMAMJJASOND 
SE
EU
Identification:
Life stages:
Distribution:
Mostly C and NE Europe. From France to Poland, the Baltics and Fennoscandinavia. Also present locally in the British Isles, the Balkans and east through Ukraine, Belarus and Russia locally across the continent to Kamchatka and Japan. In Denmark mainly found in Jylland and NE Sjælland. Also seen on Bornholm but absent elsewhere.
Habitat:
Behavior:
Status:
LC in Denmark. VU Europe. LC globally. In Denmark relatively common in Jylland but is probably declining due to loss of suited nutrition-poor habitats. The same as in many parts of the distribution range.
Comment:
Small Whiteface 765    (1 photos)
2022-06-18    Teglstrup Hegn (nordsjælland), Denmark

Imago ♂
I first took this one for a Yellow-spotted, thinking it looked big and powerful. But measurements indicate that they are not that different in size why you can't always use that a criteria for separation.



Small Whiteface 766    (4 photos)
2022-06-18    Teglstrup Hegn (nordsjælland), Denmark

Imago ♂
Fandens Hul.

A young male as I see it, with rather strongly marked yellow spots on the abdomen. But the slender body and the black inner half of the costa to the forewing support the species.




Small Whiteface 1753    (3 photos)
2023-07-08    Letmose (Silkeborg), Denmark

Imago ♂




Small Whiteface 1754    (1 photos)
2023-07-08    Letmose (Silkeborg), Denmark

Imago ♂




Small Whiteface 1755    (1 photos)
2023-07-08    Letmose (Silkeborg), Denmark

Imago ♂ and ♀
Mating.



Small Whiteface 1756    (1 photos)
2023-07-08    Letmose (Silkeborg), Denmark

Imago ♂




Small Whiteface 1757    (1 photos)
2023-07-08    Rold Skov (midtjylland), Denmark

Imago ♂
Bogs near Skørping.



Small Whiteface 1758    (1 photos)
2023-07-08    Rold Skov (midtjylland), Denmark

Imago ♂ and ♀
Bogs near Skørping. Mating.



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