Mrtvični spreletavec (Leucorrhinia caudalis)
• English name: Lilypad Whiteface
• German name: Zierliche Moosjungfer
• French name: Leucorrhine à large queue
• Dutch name: Sierlijke witsnuitlibel
• Swedish name: Bred kärrtrollslända
• Norwegian name: Vannlilje-torvlibelle
• Finnish name: Lummelampikorento
• Danish name: Åkande kærguldsmed
• Italian name: N/A
• Czech name: vážka široká
• Slovenian name: Mrtvični spreletavec
• Bulgarian name: N/A
Mrtvični spreletavec (Leucorrhinia caudalis)
Map data based on J.-P. Boudot & V. J. Kalkman (eds.),
Atlas of the European Dragonflies and Damselflies
| General | • a medium-sized species of (central and) north-eastern Europe | |
| Classification | • suborder: Anisoptera (dragonflies); family: Libellulidae | |
| Conservation status | • IUCN Red List Europe: Least Concern | |
| Scientific name | • Leucorrhinia caudalis (Charpentier, 1840) | |
| Distribution | • click or tap the Map button above | |
| Notes | • libellulids are 'sitters': males spend a lot of time perched - in this case - on floating leaves, waiting for females | |
| • often sits on lilypads and similar large floating leaves | ||
| Habitat | • bogs, ponds and lakes | |
| Dimensions | • typical body length: 33-37 mm; hindwing: 29-32 mm | |
| Both sexes | Head | ➤ the face is white |
| • the eyes are grey-brown | ||
| Abdomen | ➤ the appendages are white | |
| ➤ the abdomen is clearly club-shaped | ||
| Wings | • the hindwing bears a small dark patch at the base | |
| ➤ the pterostigma is usually white | ||
| Male | Thorax | • the thorax is dark brown (in immature males: black with a yellow antehumeral stripe and yellow spots on the side) |
| Abdomen | • the abdomen is black with a whitish pruinescence on S3-S5 (in immature males: black with yellow spots on S3-S5) | |
| Female | Thorax | • the thorax is dark with a yellow antehumeral stripe and yellow spots on the side |
| Abdomen | • the abdomen is black with yellow spots, mainly on S3-S5 | |
| Photographs | • all of our photos below were made in Bavaria and Finland |
LineDrawing: the male's abdomen in dorsal view.
