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The blue dasher (Pachydiplax ... Pachydiplax longipennis is a commonly spotted dragonfly species in the United States, and this species is found in many types of ...
The blue corporal is a small, thickset dragonfly, measuring 29–40 mm (1.1–1.6 in) in length. [8] The male has a dark brown thorax with two wide, bluish, pruinose stripes on the front and a pruinose blue abdomen. His face is black, and his eyes dark brown.
The blue-eyed darner (Rhionaeschna multicolor, syn. Aeshna multicolor) is a common dragonfly of the family Aeshnidae; native to the western United States, it is commonly sighted in the sagebrush steppe of the Snake River Plain, occurring east to the Midwest from central Canada and the Dakotas south to west Texas and Oklahoma.
A particular perch may give a dragonfly a good view over an insect-rich feeding ground; males of many species such as the Pachydiplax longipennis (blue dasher) jostle other dragonflies to maintain the right to alight there. [50] Defending a breeding territory is common among male dragonflies, especially in species that congregate around ponds.
Anax immaculifrons, [2] the magnificent emperor, [1] or blue darner, [3] is a species of dragonfly in the family Aeshnidae.Almost all its range is in West and South Asia (the population further east in Asia is now recognized as a separate species, A. aurantiacus); it is Europe's largest dragonfly but very marginal in the continent where restricted to some Aegean Islands and Cyprus.
The emperor dragonfly [2] or blue emperor [1] (Anax imperator) is a large species of hawker dragonfly of the family Aeshnidae. It is the largest dragonfly in most of Europe, including the United Kingdom, [ 2 ] although exceeded in some areas by other species.
It is a small blue colored dragonfly with bases of all wings have dark metallic blue patches. This species breeds in well vegetated ponds and similar habitats. [6] [7] [3] [8] From karyotyping it is known to have 13 chromosomes. [9]
Libellula depressa, the broad-bodied chaser or broad-bodied darter, [1] 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 pruinose blue.