Frosted whiteface
Leucorrhinia frigida
The frosted whiteface is a dragonfly from North America. Like all dragonflies, it has four see-through wings and big eyes that cover most of its head. It zooms around ponds and catches flying insects in the air.
Lives in
The northeastern United States and southern Canada, near ponds and wet places
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It does not sting and is far more interested in catching midges than in you.
What does it eat?
It catches small flying insects, like all dragonflies do. Its babies live in the water and hunt there too.
How fast is it?
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
Frosted whiteface about 40 km/h (25 mph)
A car driving in town about 50 km/h (31 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
It belongs to the skimmer family, the biggest family of dragonflies.
2
It lives in the northeastern United States and in the Canadian provinces of Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick.
3
Like every dragonfly, it starts life as a baby that lives under water.
you asked
Most asked questions about Frosted whiteface
?Where does the frosted whiteface live?
In the northeastern United States and southern Canada, around ponds and other wet places.
?Is the frosted whiteface dangerous?
No. Dragonflies do not sting and this one is harmless to people.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Leucorrhinia frigida
- Group
- Dragonflies and damselflies
- Family
- Libellulidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Odonata > Libellulidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Leucorrhinia frigida (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by D. Gordon E. Robertson. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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