Large white-faced darter

The large white-faced darter or yellow-spotted whiteface (Leucorrhinia pectoralis) is a small dragonfly belonging to the genus Leucorrhinia in the family Libellulidae.

Large white-faced darter
Male L. pectoralis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Infraorder:	Anisoptera
Family:	Libellulidae
Genus:	Leucorrhinia
Species:	L. pectoralis
Binomial name
Leucorrhinia pectoralis (Charpentier, 1825)

Male L. pectoralis

This species is 32–39 millimetres (1.3–1.5 in) long^[1] and is the largest member of its genus in Europe.^[2] It is easily identified by the large yellow seventh segment of its abdomen.^[3]

It inhabits marshy borders and prefers less acidic waters than its close relative the white-faced darter, (Leucorrhinia dubia).^[2] It occurs from western Siberia to parts of France.^[4] From England, there was only one record in Kent in June 1859 until two sightings in May 2012 in Suffolk.^[4]