Blue Emperor (Anax imperator) Hawker Dragonfly female

            A (bad) photo of a 
Blue Emperor (Anax imperator) Hawker Dragonfly
An Ovipositing female from June 2011 #
using my then new walkabout camera, 
Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ-7 10mp / 25 – 300 mm (12×)


Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Odonata
Family:Aeshnidae
Genus:Anax
Species:A. imperator
Binomial name
Anax imperator

The Emperor Dragonfly or Blue Emperor (Anax imperator) is a large species of hawker dragonfly of the family Aeshnidae, averaging 78 millimetres (3.1 in) in length.

When they first emerge, both sexes appear pale green with brown markings. The legs are brown with a yellow like base. Wings are born black but grow yellow-brown with age. Males have a sky blue abdomen marked with a diagnostic black dorsal stripe and an apple green thorax. The thorax and head of a male is green and their prominent eyes are blue. Females have similar markings but they are mainly green.

They frequently fly high up into the sky in search of prey, which includes butterflies, other Odonata and tadpoles; small prey is eaten while flying. They breed in a variety of aquatic habitats from large ponds to dikes, but they require a plentiful supply of vegetation in the water. The females lay the eggs into plants such as pondweed, and always lay alone. The larvae are very aggressive and are likely to influence the native species composition of colonized freshwater ecosystems.  The adult male is highly territorial, and difficult to approach
   

Taken in: Deutschland / Rheinland-Pfalz / Leimersheim (show map)

Taken on: June 1, 2011

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