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Broad-bodied Chaser

Libellula depressa

About

A stocky dragonfly with a distinctly flattened, broad abdomen that is powder-blue in males and golden-brown in females. It is often the first dragonfly to colonise new garden ponds.

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Did You Know?

It can appear at a new garden pond within days of it being filled with water.