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Courageous lady bug The small lady bug sharing this branch managed to chase away the huge skimmer using it as a resting place. Sometimes courage is more important than size. Broad-bodied Chaser,Geotagged,Heesch,Libellula depressa,Macro,The Netherlands Click/tap to enlarge

Courageous lady bug

The small lady bug sharing this branch managed to chase away the huge skimmer using it as a resting place. Sometimes courage is more important than size.

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  1. View Claire Hamilton's profile
    Claire Hamilton
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    Ha ha!!! Posted 12 years ago
  2. View WildFlower's profile
    WildFlower
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    This one is yet another species - the Broad-bodied Chaser (Libellula depressa). As the name suggests, it has a broader, more flattened abdomen compared to the Orthetrum species and have a dark patch at the base on both fore and hind wings. Here's a top view
    Broad-bodied Chaser (Male) Male broad-bodied chaser. The males are colored bright blue while the females are yellow/green.<br /> <br /> This chaser was sitting on the other side of a ditch (like they always do...) which was filled with 10cm high water. I had to stand in the water to be able to get close enough and take this photo (I had my sandals on which I was planning to clean anyway). <br /> <br /> Dutch name: Platbuik (Libellula Depressa) Broad-bodied Chaser,Geotagged,Libellula depressa,The Netherlands

    It's look-alike is the Scarce Chaser (Libellula fulva) which has dark patches at the base of the hind wings and smaller ones on the tip of the wings.     Posted 12 years ago, modified 12 years ago

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The Broad-bodied chaser

"Libellula depressa", the broad-bodied chaser or broad-bodied darter, 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.

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Similar species: Dragonflies And Damselflies
Species identified by WildFlower
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By Ferdy Christant

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Uploaded Jul 10, 2013. Captured Jul 6, 2013 16:09 in Nistelrodeseweg 24, 5384 PN Heesch, The Netherlands.
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  • NIKON D7000
  • f/7.1
  • 1/80s
  • ISO100
  • 105mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.