Four Spotted Chaser
Picture of four spot chaser © Mike Draycott

Four Spotted Chaser - Libellula quadrimaculata
Size - 3 inches / 5 cms long
See them - May August.

Called the Four Spot Chaser because of the spots on the wings this  insect was seen at the end of May 2012, where it spent time resting on vegitition overhanging the pond, with the body horizontal.

image of dragonfly

Unlike some other insects the wings are not linked, but operate independently, enabling them to fly rapidly, or hover, or fly backwards.

They catch small flies as food in mid-air, darting from their perch to catch their prey, and then returning to the same place, to keep watch for the next meal.

Their eggs hatch in to nymphs which live underwater preying on other small insects, before, when fully grown, climbing out of the water on a plant stem, to emerge as the adult.








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