Talk:Libellula depressa

Differenciating the sexes

"The male has a brown abdomen with two yellow stripes. The male has a pale blue abdomen." Now which sex has which tipe of abdomen colouring?

The male is pale blue, the female browny-yellow as the photos show. Samasnookerfan (talk) 16:15, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

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Libellula depressa, commonly known as the broad-bodied chaser or broad-bodied darter, is a dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. One of the most common dragonflies in Europe and central Asia, its range extends to England, central Asia and the Middle East, with a few limited populations in Scotland. It is not found in Ireland or North Africa, however. This insect is around 39 to 48 millimetres (1.5 to 1.9 inches) in length, with both the male and the female having a broad, flattened abdomen which is brown with yellow patches down the sides. In the male, the abdomen develops a blue pruinescence that covers the brown colour. Both fore and hind wings have a dark patch at the base. This male L. depressa dragonfly was photographed at Wolvercote Lakes in Oxfordshire, England.

Photograph credit: Charles J. Sharp

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