Golden-ringed dragonfly

Cordulegaster boltonii
Spiketails (Cordulegastridae)

♂

Golden-ringed dragonflyon RikenMon's Nature-Guide

CC-BY-SA 4.0 rights : RikenMon

Large dark dragonfly with yellow markings and green eyes. On the dark rear eyes are paired yellow markings alternating narrow and wide. The thorax has a distinctive yellow marking. The rear of the ♂ is wider and club-shaped, the ♀ has an extending ovipositor (to lay eggs). 

Stays near water and only flies to hunt, often hanging on a branch above the water. 

⇔ l. 65-80 mm

LA:
≈ The AESHNA CYANEA (Southern hawker) has blue or brown eyes and purple markings at the rear. 
≈ The BRACHYTRON PRATENSE (Hairy dragonfly) has a brown body with blue eyes.

Where?

Family(1)

WWW info

Compare

Continu searching

Size

Shape

Colour

Leg

Back

Feeler

Wing