Next Page >    < Previous Page

Chaser Dragonfly - Andy Newman Images©

Broad-Bodied Chaser (Libellula Depressa)  New Forest National Park 03/06/05

Males have a blue broad flattened abdomen females have a brown colored abdomen with two yellow stripes, both sexes have a dark triangular patches at the base of there wings.
I always see these dragonflies flying very fast around ponds and lakes, when I am out filming in the summer, One hot day in the New Forest the weather changed quickly to cloud and rain, I noticed many chaser dragonflies flying into a bramble bush, sheltering close together, which gave them some protection from predators and the weather, it was some distance from any pond in that area.