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Stor Kærguldsmed
(Leucorrhinia pectoralis)
Charpentier (1825)
Libeller (Libellulidae)
YSWH
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Yellow-spotted Whiteface (gb)
Libélula Cariblanca Grande (es)
Citronfläckad Kärrtrollslända (se)
Synonyms: Large White-faced Darter (gb)
Measurements:
To 32-39mm
Ab 23-27mm
Hw 30-33mm
Flight period:
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Identification:
Males and young females have a single yellow spot on S7. Ad females gain yellow spots on S2-7.
Ruby and Small Whitefaces have narrower bodies than YSWH.
Ruby and Small Whitefaces have narrower bodies than YSWH.
Life stages:
Distribution:
C and NE Europe. From France to Ukraine and north. Also locally in the Balkans, Romania and Bulgaria. Local in east England, Turkey and the Pyrenees. Absent Mediterranean region and northern Fennoscandinavia. Also present through E Europe and Russia to Kazakhstan and C Asia. In Denmark the main distribution area is NE Sjælland, but is also found in S and C Jylland, Fyn, Falster and Bornholm.
Habitat:
Behavior:
Status:
LC in Denmark. LC in Europe and globally.
Localized but stable in NE Sjælland and spreading to Jylland in these years, now occupying the southern half of the peninsula.
Natura 2000 species (bilag IV art).
Localized but stable in NE Sjælland and spreading to Jylland in these years, now occupying the southern half of the peninsula.
Natura 2000 species (bilag IV art).
Comment:
The rarest of the three red-spotted whitefaces in Denmark.
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2021-06-07 Store Hareskov (nordsjælland), Denmark Imago ♀ |
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2021-06-07 Store Hareskov (nordsjælland), Denmark Imago ♂ |
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2021-06-07 Store Hareskov (nordsjælland), Denmark Imago ♂ |
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2022-06-18 Teglstrup Hegn (nordsjælland), Denmark Imago ♂ The rarer of the whitefaces here. At least today. I'm not sure if all photos are of the same individual or more. |
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2022-06-28 Krebseklo-vandhullet/kirkegård (Hørsholm), Denmark Imago ♂ Between Arboretet and Hørsholm Cemetery. 1 or a few present. |