Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator
Length
78mm Wings, 106mm.
Males
Thorax bright green; abdomen blue with black central line; legs black; eyes green; wings clear with yellow costa.
Females
Generally greenish with thicker black central abdominal line.
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Habitat
Canals, gravel pits, lakes and ponds.
Behavior
Males have strong flight, flying low over territorial waters. Females lay eggs alone into floating vegetation.
Flight Period
Late May to mid-August. In Great Britain found in most of England and Wales, south of Lancashire/ Humber. Gradually spreading through the East Riding.
Recorded at the Following Featured Locations
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- Walton Colliery Nature Park
- Pugneys Country Park
- The Arboretum, Kew at Castle Howard
- Nosterfield Local Nature Reserve
- Timble Ings
- High Batts Nature Reserve
- Ellington Banks MoD Training Area
- Johnny Brown's Common
- Potteric Carr
- Fen Bog
- Spurn Point
- Skipwith Common
- Saltmarshe Delph
- Pulfin and High Eske Nature Reserve
- Pocklington Canal
- Oak Road Lake, Hull
- North Cave Wetlands
- Market Weighton Canal and Newport Ponds
- Leven Canal
- Hornsea Mere
- Filey Dams
- Eastrington Ponds
- Bransholme Fishing Lake, East Hull
- Allerthorpe Common
- Tophill Low Nature Reserve