Broad-bodied chaser

It is often the very first dragonfly to move into a brand new pond.

Males are very bossy and fight rival males and any other dragonfly that comes by.

It likes to come back to the same sunny perch again and again.

The mother hovers over the water and dips the tip of her tail in to lay her eggs.

Its babies hide buried in the mud at the bottom of the pond, with only their head and eyes peeking out.