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