(Kopie 1)
It has a body length of 31 to 36 mm with a wingspan of 50 to 60 mm.
It has a black body with spots on the upper side of the thorax and abdomen and a white face. The spots are relatively small, the one on the S7 segment is about half the size of the segment. The pterostigmata are black.
In the male, the spots are red and become brownish with age.
The female has yellow spots.
The Small whiteface colonises stagnant bog waters and ditches that are well exposed to sunlight. Other bodies of water are also colonised at higher altitudes.
Literature:
- K.-D. Dijkstra, Libellen Europas, 2. Auflage, Haupt Verlag Bern 2021,ISBN 3-258-08219-6, S. 275 f
- K. Sternberg / R. Buchwald, Libellen Baden-Württembergs, Bd. 2, Ulmer Verlag Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-8001-3514-0, S. 403–415
- H. Wildermuth, A. Martens, Die Libellen Europas, Quelle & Meyer Wiebelsheim 2018, 3-494-01690-9, S.634 ff
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