Description
A striking and beautiful large, bright blue dragonfly with a green thorax, the Emperor is a familiar sight over ponds and lakes. It seems to patrol endlessly, very rarely resting on plants at the water's edge. The female is green and can be observed ovipositing on floating vegetation.
Male patrolling over the River Mare, St-Etienne-d'Estrechoux (34), 1st June 2005
Observations
29/05/2004 Solitary male hawking over a pond near Hérépian, Héraul (34).
13/06/2004 Solitary male near the la Marette stream near Octon, Hérault (34).
30/06/2004 Solitary male at Lac de Vezouls, Hérault (34).
08/07/2004 One male at Lac du Salagou, Hérault (34).
20/05/2005 Solitary male hawking over plan d'eau at Lunas, Héraul (34).
28/05/2005 Several males and an ovipositing female on a stream at Chateau de Grezan, Laurens (34)
01/06/2005 Several males and an ovipositing female seen at the River Mare, St-Etienne-d'Estrechoux (34)
22/06/2006 Ten or more males patrolling and disputing territories at the Plan d'eau, Lunas (34). Also at least two females seen ovipositing into the surface weeds.
20/07/2006 Several (about 5) males seen patrolling at Lac de Bourdelet, Riols (34).
22/05/2007 3-10 males patrolling at Lac de Vésoles
24/05/2007 3-10 seen at the Plan d'Eau at Lunas including pairs in cop and a female ovipositing
10/07/2008 3 males at the Plan d'eau near Lunas
09/06/2009 A solitary male at the La Peyne stream near to the Barrage des Olivettes.
16/06/2009 A single male patrolling over a pond near to the River Orb at Hérépian.
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