The Broad-bodied chaser has a body length of 39 to 48 mm with a wingspan of 66 to 78 mm.
The abdomen is very flat and broad. The thorax has light-coloured antehumeral stripes. The eyes of the Broad-bodied chaser are brown. Its rear wings have a dark base.
The abdomen of the male is blue with yellow lateral stripes.
The female is yellow-brown and has yellow spots on the segments S3 to S8.
The Broad-bodied chaser almost all types of water. It prefers shallow, well-sunlit waters with a pioneer character.
Literature:
- K.-D. Dijkstra, Libellen Europas, 2. Auflage, Haupt Verlag Bern 2021,ISBN 3-258-08219-6, S. 254 f
- K. Sternberg / R. Buchwald, Libellen Baden-Württembergs, Bd. 2, Ulmer Verlag Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-8001-3514-0, S. 437–448
- H. Wildermuth, A. Martens, Die Libellen Europas, Quelle & Meyer Wiebelsheim 2018, 3-494-01690-9, S. 657 ff
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