The largest of the dragonflies, these spend most of their time patrolling the waters, flying up and down. Occasionally they will land on a broad leaf - The male below was in the middle of the river not far the main house. They can be seen from June to August on warm sunny days. Note that the male's body is green and the tail is blue. There is another blue and green dragonfly (the Southern Hawker) that is blue and green, but its colours are mixed throughout its body.
