The scarce chaser is a species of dragonfly. The adult male has a bright blue abdomen with patches of black, while the adult female and juvenile male each have a bright orange abdomen. It is about 45 mm in length with an average wingspan of 74 mm. It is distributed throughout Europe. This dragonfly is considered a species of special concern in Great Britain due to loss of its specific ideal habitat.
Similar species: Dragonflies And Damselflies
By Paul Dirksen
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Uploaded Mar 23, 2020. Captured May 16, 2019 13:32 in Havezatherweg 16, 8066 PA Belt-Schutsloot, Netherlands.
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Beautiful beautiful, this one is very very scarce down here.
I've only saw it once, and only adult males, not a single female, probably because they were a bit far from the water line. But the most fascinating is looking to your stunning capture of an immature (teneral) male! Oh wow, this is surely on my wishlist*
Cheers Paul* Posted 11 months ago
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?taxon_id=131846
Posted 3 months ago