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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Skimmers (Libellulidae) » Whitefaces (Leucorrhinia) » Boreal Whiteface (Leucorrhinia borealis)
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Boreal Whiteface - Leucorrhinia borealis - Leucorrhinia borealis
Copyright © 2008 Charlene Wood

Boreal Whiteface - Leucorrhinia borealis - Leucorrhinia borealis
~25 km NW of Dixonville, Alberta, Canada
June 3, 2008
Found this dragonfly near agricultural lands in NW Alberta. I don't know my dragonflies very well and any help on the ID would be great.
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Contributed by Charlene Wood on 13 June, 2008 - 2:23pm
Last updated 25 June, 2008 - 12:35pm

Boreal Whiteface
After examining a similar photo taken in Manitoba (including examining a closeup of the wing veins that the photographer emailed to me), I'm convinced your photo and the other one are of Boreal Whitefaces. See this page.
… June Tveekrem, 25 June, 2008 - 11:42am login or register to post comments

 
Great!
Thanks for the confirmation. They really were quite common in the area I was in, but I had no experience with their identification!
… Charlene Wood, 22 September, 2008 - 7:18pm login or register to post comments

Doesn't look like Gomphid eyes
What do you think maybe of Leucorrhinia? How large was it?
… john and jane balaban, 13 June, 2008 - 3:16pm login or register to post comments

 
Size
it wasn't very large, maybe 2.5 inches long. does look like Leucorrhinia...
… Charlene Wood, 13 June, 2008 - 3:29pm login or register to post comments

 
Boreal?
Fairly sure this is a Boreal Whiteface (L. borealis), which would be new for the guide, but I'd wait for someone to confirm.
… Jason Forbes, 13 June, 2008 - 7:31pm login or register to post comments

 
borealis?
That would be nice. L. borealis does fit for the area. It's pretty common in Alberta.
… Charlene Wood, 21 June, 2008 - 9:26pm login or register to post comments

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