Broad-bodied chaser

Libellula depressa

• belongs to the oldest groups of animals living in
  our planet (300 millions of years)
• it has four thin, membranous wings joined to the
  trunk by individual muscles
• it has strong jaws with which it crushes and eats its food – usually other invertebrates
• the legs are weak serving to standing on a plant or
  to grab their prey in flight
• in order to fly, it should have its body warmed up minimally onto 12 Celsius degrees
• turning its wings and buttock towards the sun it achieves the necessary thermoregulation of its body
• by flapping its wings it can achieve 20 – 40 flaps
  in a second
• the female oviposits in flight, hovering above
  the water