A Visual Guide to the Damselflies and Dragonflies of South Africa © John Wilkinson & Rob Dickinson
Home	Damselflies	Dragonflies	Morphology
Pseudagrion salisburyense	Slate Sprite/ Salisbury Sprite		Leiblougesie
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
The only sprite in the region with eyes black above and green below without pruinosity on the face
SLATE  vs UPLAND SPRITE
SLATE  vs MOUNTAIN SPRITE
	SIMILAR LOOKING SPECIES
	None
ADULT FEMALES
YOUNG FEMALES
AGED FEMALES
FEMALES - DIFFERENTIAL IDENTIFICATION TIPS
	FEMALE COMPARISONS
SLATE vs POWDER-FACED SPRITE
SLATE vs YELLOW-FACED SPRITE (Darker blue form)
SLATE vs UPLAND SPRITE
	SIMILAR LOOKING SPECIES PAGE LINKS
Pseudagrion kersteni - Powder-faced Sprite	Pseudagrion citricola - Yellow-faced sprite	Pseudagrion spernatum - Upland Sprite
PAIRS
OVIPOSITING BEHAVIOR
ANOMALIES
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