Wednesday, 18 December 2019

Ode-vent Day 18


Belgium's third Libellula species is Scarce Chaser (Libellula fulva), which, as its name suggests, is the rarest of the three.  It seems to have undergone a rapid range expansion, however, and is now regularly found at several sites within Brussels.  The glassy blue eyes of the male are diagnostic while both sexes show small, dark smudges at the tips of the wings.