Broad-bodied Chaser355 viewsThe Broad-bodied Chaser, Libellula depressa, is one of the most common dragonflies in Europe and central Asia. It is very distinctive with a very broad flattened abdomen, four wing patches and, in the male, the abdomen becomes blue.
Hairy Hawker156 viewsBrachytron is a monophyletic genus of European dragonfly of the family Aeshnidae containing the Hairy Dragonfly (Brachytron pratense), also known as the Hairy Hawker. Taken while on a butterfly conservation walk at Barton in Cambridgshire our guide was Vince Lea.