Libellula depressa- The broad bodied chaser by iaacf

Photography • Insects • posted on Jul 04, 2011

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YIs one of the most common dragonflies in Europe it seems.. but I rarely see this little guy where I live.. BTW.. the dragon here definitely is a lady. Thanks Danob en GIMI53 for helping me finding the name.

Comments (11)

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GiMi53

1:51PM | Mon, 04 July 2011

This is the female of Libellula depressa, the Broad-bodied Chaser, a very common dragonfly in our area.... Nice shot ! :~)

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danob

1:55PM | Mon, 04 July 2011

Lovely Oskar I would venture to suggest it is a female or Immature male Broad bodied Chaser Adult males abdomens are a lovely sky blue with those yellow spots down the side less conspicuous

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