Usually found at ponds and small lakes.

May be the first to colonise new ponds.

Widespread and common throughout Wales and England, apart from in northern England. Broad-bodied Chaser has increased in occupancy steadily in England and Wales since the 1970s; is becoming more common in the north and can now be found in a few sites in south Scotland.

Its broad appearance separates it from the other Chaser and Skimmer Dragonflies.