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Ruby Whiteface
(Leucorrhinia rubicunda)
Linnaeus (1758)
Skimmers (Libellulidae)
RUWH
24824
Nordisk Kærguldsmed (dk)
Nordisk Kärrtrollslända (se)
Synonyms: Northern White-faced Darter (gb)
Measurements:
To 31-38mm Ab 23-28mm Hw 27-31mm
Flight period:
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Identification:
Similar species:
Life stages:
Mating takes place near the shore on the ground or in vegetation. It lasts a few minutes. The lone female flying forth and back then drops the eggs into the water where many water plants. The eggs hatch after a few weeks and the larvae develop during 2-3 years. The imago-transformation takes place near the water.
Distribution:
Continental Europe north of the Alps. Also C France. Absent the British Isles. Also present Russia patchily through the temperate zone of the continent to C Asia. In Denmark widespread in Jylland, NE Sjælland and Bornholm. Localized Fyn, Lolland and Falster.
Habitat:
Behavior:
Status:
LC(global)
VU(eu) LC(dk). General decline in Europe perhaps also reflects the status in Denmark.
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