Description
Deutsch: Ein frisch geschlüpftes Männchen der Glänzenden Smaragdlibelle (Somatochlora metallica) im Ahlenmoor, nördliches Niedersachsen.
Beachte die einheitlich hell gefärbten Komplexaugen und den Glanz der noch nicht ganz ausgehärteten Flügel, die auf ein frisch metamorphosiertes Individuum hinweisen. Reife Exemplare werden fast nur noch patrouillierend angetroffen.
English: A just hatched male of the Brilliant Emerald (Somatochlora metallica) in the Ahlenmoor, a peatland in northern Lower Saxony, Germany.
Consider the uniformly brightly colored compound eyes and the gloss of the not yet completely hardened wings, which refer to freshly hatched individuals. Ripe specimens are nearly only found patrolling.
Deutsch: Dank an Fice für Mithilfe bei der Bestimmung. English: Thanks to Fice for help with the identification.
Date 21 June 2008
Author Loz https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Loz (L. B. Tettenborn)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Somatochlora_1(loz).jpg

The brilliant emerald, Somatochlora metallica, is a middle-sized species of dragonfly. It is the largest and greenest of the Somatochlora species; 50–55 millimetres long. S. metallica is found across most of northern Eurasia where it is the commonest of its genus. In Great Britain, it is locally common in south east England and has a very restricted population in Scotland. Order: Odonata, Suborder: Anisoptera, Family: Corduliidae, Genus: Somatochlora, Species: Somatochlora metallica (Vander Linden, 1825).