{"id":8446,"date":"2015-02-25T10:25:50","date_gmt":"2015-02-25T08:25:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/?post_type=sight-projects&#038;p=1747"},"modified":"2023-10-05T12:02:41","modified_gmt":"2023-10-05T02:02:41","slug":"blue-emperor-dragonfly","status":"publish","type":"sight-projects","link":"https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/projects\/blue-emperor-dragonfly\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Emperor Dragonfly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img  fetchpriority=\"high\"  decoding=\"async\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"\"  width=\"1000\"  height=\"666\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6077 pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-ls-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Blue-emperor-Dfly-2.jpg\"  data-pk-srcset=\"https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Blue-emperor-Dfly-2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Blue-emperor-Dfly-2-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Blue-emperor-Dfly-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Blue-emperor-Dfly-2-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Blue-emperor-Dfly-2-220x147.jpg 220w\" ><\/p>\n<p>The Blue Emperor Dragonfly (Afrikaans name Naaldekoker) is a fearsome creature, eating butterflies, insects and even tadpoles.<\/p>\n<p><img  decoding=\"async\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"\"  width=\"1000\"  height=\"666\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6079 pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-ls-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Blue-emperor-Dfly.jpg\"  data-pk-srcset=\"https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Blue-emperor-Dfly.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Blue-emperor-Dfly-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Blue-emperor-Dfly-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Blue-emperor-Dfly-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Blue-emperor-Dfly-220x147.jpg 220w\" ><\/p>\n<p>Females are mainly green and lay their eggs into ponds with a lot of plant material.<\/p>\n<p><img  decoding=\"async\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"\"  width=\"1000\"  height=\"666\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6080 pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-ls-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Blue-emperor-Dfly-fly.jpg\"  data-pk-srcset=\"https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Blue-emperor-Dfly-fly.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Blue-emperor-Dfly-fly-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Blue-emperor-Dfly-fly-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Blue-emperor-Dfly-fly-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Blue-emperor-Dfly-fly-220x147.jpg 220w\" ><\/p>\n<p>We saw these at Intaka<\/p>\n<p><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"\"  width=\"1024\"  height=\"682\"  class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6752 pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-ls-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/blue-dragon-no-1-1024x682.jpg\"  data-pk-srcset=\"https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/blue-dragon-no-1-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/blue-dragon-no-1-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/blue-dragon-no-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/blue-dragon-no-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/blue-dragon-no-1-220x147.jpg 220w, https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/blue-dragon-no-1.jpg 1280w\" ><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Blue Emperor Dragonfly (Afrikaans name Naaldekoker) is a fearsome creature, eating butterflies, insects and even tadpoles. 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