English name:Blue Emperor / Emperor Dragonfly 

Like all members of the hawker family, the emperor hawker patrols its territory back and forth and drives out any intruder from it

Size: very large (6-9 cm).
Habitat: standing water bodies with abundant vegetation. The floating plants in the water are used by the female for egg-laying (without the male's supervision).
Distribution: almost all of Europe and Africa and eastward to Central Asia.
In Israel it is common and conspicuous in the field thanks to its coloration and size.
Season: from late April to early October but mainly from June to August (according to data from Turkey).

Identification marks: 
The thorax is apple-green, and the abdomen is blue (mainly in males) or green (in some females) and is decorated with a black stripe לאורך.
The costa (the leading edge of the wings) is yellow.
and on its head there is a black pentagonal spot on the head in front of the eyes.
The eye color is blue (in the male) or green (in the female).
Another important identifying feature among the three common Anax species is the structure of the male appendages. At the bottom of the page there is a drawn comparison between the three species.

Similar species:
Prince's Hawker