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Dot-tailed Whiteface

Leucorrhinia intacta

Photo by Jacob Gorneau
Published on Project Noah
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42.3498, -74.0187

Field Notes

Description:

Males have a characteristic navy head, abdomen, and thorax, with a white "face" and a cream-colored dot towards the lower half of the abdomen. These seemed to prefer the grasses near the pond rather than the pond itself.

Notes:

Lifer!

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)

Lovely dragonfly. I don't think we have these in Virginia.

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