Northern Emerald
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| Somatochlora arctica (Selys, 1871) |
The Northern Emerald, Somatochlora arctica, is a middle-sized species of dragonfly. The male can be recognised by its pincer-like appendages and its narrow-waisted body. The female has distinctive orange-yellow spots on (only) the third segment of the abdomen. This species lives in bogs and lays its eggs in very small water-filled depressions. It hunts between trees and avoids open spaces.
It Great Britain, it is only present in northwestern Scotland and in Ireland, it is confined to the southwestern part [1]. It is present in all of northern Eurasia. In Western Europe, it is present in Alpine areas and wherever a suitable habitat can be found.
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