Blue chaser

This is a fresh specimen, if they get older they will become black and blue, with blue eyes.
Immature male Libellula fulva

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RMFelix

Lion

I missed this entry!
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 2 months ago
1. Paul Dirksen
  
  Lion
  
  Thanks again Felix, to be honest with you, these are quite common in the Weerribben in the Netherlands, you can Google on that. Posted 2 months ago

The Scarce chaser

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.

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Similar species: Dragonflies And Damselflies

Species identified by Paul Dirksen