Broad-bodied Chaser

Usually found at ponds and small lakes.

May be the first to colonise new ponds.

Widespread and common throughout southern England and Wales.

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

• Length: 39-48mm
• Very broad flat abdomen.
• Wing bases are dark brown.
• Males: blue abdomen with yellow edges.
• Females: golden-brown abdomen with pale edges.
• Immature adults: similar to females.
• Regularly returns to the same low perch after swift flights along the pond margins.

Skimmers and Chasers have a squat, spider-like body-shape, a square back to the head and small eyes.

Mask jaws more deeply serrated than in other similar Chaser and Skimmer species.

Eyes point upwards.