Vresni spreletavec (Leucorrhinia rubicunda)

• English name: Ruby Whiteface
• German name: Nordische Moosjungfer
• French name: Leucorrhine rubiconde
• Dutch name: Noordse witsnuitlibel
• Swedish name: Nordisk kärrtrollslända
• Norwegian name: Østlandsk torvlibelle
• Finnish name: Isolampikorento
• Danish name: Nordisk kærguldsmed
• Italian name: N/A
• Czech name: vážka tmavoskvrnná
• Slovenian name: Vresni spreletavec
• Bulgarian name: N/A

Vresni spreletavec (Leucorrhinia rubicunda)

Not present

Present before 1990

Present after 1990

Present before and after 1990

Present after 2015

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 rubicunda (Linnaeus, 1758)
Distribution		• click or tap the Map button above
Habitat		• bogs, ponds and lakes
Dimensions		• typical body length: 31-38 mm; hindwing: 27-31 mm
Notes		• libellulids are 'sitters': males spend a lot of time perched at the water's edge, waiting for females
		➤ bigger and stouter than the similar L. dubia
Both sexes	Head	➤ the face is white
		• the eyes are brown
	Abdomen	➤ the appendages are black
	Wings	• the wings bear a small dark patch at the base
		• the costa is yellow, from the base to the wing tip
Male	Thorax	• the thorax is brown with a red antehumeral stripe and red spots on the side (in immature males: yellow antehumeral stripe and spots)
	Abdomen	• the abdomen is black with fairly large red spots on S1-S7 (in immature males: yellow spots)
Female	Thorax	• the thorax is brown with a yellow antehumeral stripe and yellow spots on the side
	Abdomen	• the abdomen is black with fairly large yellow spots on S1-S7
Photographs		• most of our photos below were made in the Netherlands and Finland