The body length is 47 to 50 mm with a wingspan of 56 to 65 mm.
Males and females look almost identical. They have a yellow to greenish ground colour with a black abdominal upper side on which a continuous light band can be seen. The thorax is yellow with three lines on the sides and has thin black lines on the upper side.
The male is somewhat slimmer than the female and has a slightly waisted abdomen.
It favours stagnant or slow-flowing waters. It can be found in small lakes and ponds, oxbow lakes or fish ponds with banks that have little vegetation.
Literature:
- K.-D. Dijkstra, Libellen Europas, 2. Auflage, Haupt Verlag Bern 2021,ISBN 3-258-08219-6, S. 198 f
- K. Sternberg / R. Buchwald, Libellen Baden-Württembergs, Bd. 2, Ulmer Verlag Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-8001-3514-0, S. 293–303
- H. Wildermuth, A. Martens, Die Libellen Europas, Quelle & Meyer Wiebelsheim 2018, 3-494-01690-9, S. 444 ff
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