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Ruby Whiteface
Leucorrhinia rubicunda
The northern white-faced darter (Leucorrhinia rubicunda) or the ruby whiteface is a dragonfly found in Europe as far east as the Altai Mountains. It is predominantly northern in its distribution, being one of the few dragonflies common north of the Arctic Circle. Its most southerly location is Northern Belgium and it is found through Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Fennoscandia, Belarus, Ukraine and Russia.
From the article Northern white-faced darter on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Range & habitat
The Northern white-faced darter is commonly found in its natural habitat, around peatlands and bogs.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Habitat”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 134099.