Quick Identification Guide

 
Welcome to my quick identification guide for the Broad Bodied Chaser. These graphics are meant as a guide to the key identifying features of both the male and the female dragonflies.

The text section has been kindly written and supplied by Mr Ken Crick.
 

The male Broad Bodied Chaser

The male has dark chestnut wing patches adjacent to the thorax. Pale stripes on the upper surface of the brown thorax. Flat broad pale blue abdomen with yellow cusps on the sides of segments three to seven.

The female Broad Bodied Chaser

The female has the brown eyes and thorax of the male but an even broader abdomen, the yellow cusps are also larger and generally feature on segments four to eight. Pale stripes on the upper surface of the brown thorax also mimic the male. Older females can develop a bluish hue.

The immature male Broad Bodied Chaser