Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata
Length
43mm, Wings 76mm
Males
Thorax brown, no antehumeral stripes; abdomen brown, last 4 segments darker than the rest, yellow spots on sides; wings dark patches at nodes on leading edges and at bases of rear wings.
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Habitat
All types of still water.
Behavior
Males often use 1 perch, fiercely territorial towards other dragonflies. Rapid mating in flight. Females drop eggs into water. Larvae 2 years.
Flight Period
Mid-May – mid-August.
Recorded at the Following Featured Locations
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- Forge Valley NNR
- Walton Colliery Nature Park
- Pugneys Country Park
- The Arboretum, Kew at Castle Howard
- Nosterfield Local Nature Reserve
- Timble Ings
- Fairburn Ings
- High Batts Nature Reserve
- 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
- Leven Canal
- Filey Dams
- Eastrington Ponds
- Broomfleet Washlands
- Bransholme Fishing Lake, East Hull
- Allerthorpe Common
- Tophill Low Nature Reserve