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The female Broad-bodied libélula Libellula depressa The young male also looks like this female but the mature male is blue. I know this one is a female because I saw it mating.Although the female is classified as being brown, she was decidedly more yellow looking than brown, with lighter yellow markings down sides of her abdomen. |
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| This fast flying darter alighted on a garden marker, which is near the fish pond especially for this purpose. It attracts all kinds of dragonflies to it's warm wooden surface. She seemed to be waiting ( perhaps for a mate) and thankfully a male appeared the next day. As I took too many photos for one post, I will show you the male of the species on my next post. |
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| She left the marker only a few times to hunt, but always returned to the same place. She looked in my direction several times, but my close proximity didn't seem to bother her. I think she had other things on her mind!:)) |
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| Although I didn't noticed she may even have started her existence in the pond, as and they do prefere to breed in garden ponds or similar bodies of water. |
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Both the male and the female have very broad abdómens, and all wings are brown at the base. |
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The wing span is (76mm) and the length is 45 mm. It's not a large dragonfly but it's a pretty little thing, especially when the wings shimmer in the bright sunlight. |
