Ok then, because he is so beautiful, another picture of the male of the Emperor Dragonfly (Anax imperator). Also called the Blue Emperor, the largest dragonfly species in the Netherlands.

You will see the females less often and less easily, because they hide in the vegetation. Not for the males, they can find them. They pick up the females and mate with them (in the bushes). The female then lays the eggs in water floating dead parts of aquatic plants. The larvae, which hatch after about 3 weeks, can then emerge after 1 or 2 winters, where they can climb up to 4-5 meters into the trees!