Range & Habitat:

Has been recorded from most northern counties.  There are old records from Burlington and Camden.

Boggy and marshy ponds and lakes, beaver ponds and other similar haunts

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male lateral

teneral male

female

Description:

Our commonest Whiteface, mature males are readily identified by the black body with a white or yellow spot on S7.

Tenerals and females are brown with a row of pointy yellow spots on the abdomen.  Usually the spot on S7 is truncated into a trapezoid. Hudsonian Whiteface is usually smaller but can be very similar.

Conservation Status:

Global: G5 - Secure globally, but possibly rare in parts of its range

Flight season:

Early Date: 5/1
Late Date: 7/10

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