The 'Emperor Dragonfly', ''Anax imperator'', is a large and powerful species of
European hawker
dragonfly of the family
Aeshnidae, averaging 78 mm (3 inches) in length.
Males have a sky blue abdomen marked with a diagnostic black dorsal stripe and an apple green thorax. Females have a green thorax and abdomen. The male is highly territorial, and difficult to approach. The species lives by larger ponds, gravel pits, and slow rivers.
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Emperor Dragonfly