A Visual Guide to the Damselflies and Dragonflies of South Africa © John Wilkinson & Rob Dickinson
Home	Damselflies	Dragonflies	Morphology
Pseudagrion massaicum	Masai Sprite/ Maasai Sprite		Masaigesie
South African/African distribution records	South African Red  List assessment	Red List assessments
ADULT MALES
TENERAL AND YOUNG MALES
AGED MALES
MALES - DIFFERENTIAL IDENTIFICATION TIPS
	MALE COMPARISONS
SPRITE MALES WITH RED EYES
MASAI vs VARIABLE SPRITE
MASAI vs VAAL SPRITE		VARIABLE vs VAAL vs MASAI SPRITE MALES  AT A GLANCE
MASAI vs ACACIA SPRITE		MASAI vs CHERRY-EYE SPRITE
MASAI vs PAINTED SPRITE RACE HAGENI		MASAI vs PAINTED SPRITE RACE TROPICANUM
	SIMILAR LOOKING SPECIES PAGE LINKS
Pseudagrion sjoestedti - Variable Sprite		Pseudagrion vaalense - Vaal Sprite
ADULT FEMALES
YOUNG FEMALES
AGED FEMALES
FEMALES - DIFFERENTIAL IDENTIFICATION TIPS
	FEMALE COMPARISONS
MASAI SPRITE vs CHERRY-EYE SPRITE		MASAI SPRITE vs SWARTHY SPRITE
MASAI SPRITE vs BLACK SPRITE		MASAI SPRITE vs ACACIA SPRITE
MASAI SPRITE vs VAAL SPRITE		MASAI SPRITE vs VARIABLE SPRITE
MASAI vs OTHER SPRITE FEMALES
	SIMILAR LOOKING SPECIES PAGE LINKS
Pseudagrion acaciae - Acacia Sprite	Pseudagrion commoniae - Black Sprite	Pseudagrion hamoni - Swarthy Sprite	Pseudagrion sublacteum - Cherry-eye Sprite
Pseudagrion vaalense - Vaal Sprite
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