Frosted Whiteface
Leucorrhinia frigida Hagen, 1890
Frosted Whiteface: https://marylandbiodiversity.com/species/726
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Frosted Whiteface (Leucorrhinia frigida) is a small species of the primarily northern genus Leucorrhinia, near the southern terminus of its range in Maryland. The species is found in ponds or lakes with vegetated edges, and a muddy bottom, but also boggy habitats with acidic water (Paulson, 2011). There aer only two records of this species from Maryland: it was recorded in the Catoctin Mts. of Frederick Co. in 2007, and from a site in Garrett Co. in 2008 (Richard Orr's The Dragonflies and Damselflies of Maryland and the District of Columbia). It is ranked as S1 (highly state rare).

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Frosted whiteface
female, Madawaska River, Ontario
male, Mer Bleue Conservation Area, Ontario
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Genus: Leucorrhinia
Species:
L. frigida
Binomial name
Leucorrhinia frigida
(Hagen, 1890)

Leucorrhinia frigida, the frosted whiteface, is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is found in northeastern United States and southern Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, and New Brunswick.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Dunkle, S.W., Dragonflies through Binoculars: A Field Guide to Dragonflies of North America. New York:Oxford University Press, 2000:229.
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Top-view, juvenile female, Ottawa, Ontario