A Visual Guide to the Damselflies and Dragonflies of South Africa
© John Wilkinson & Rob Dickinson
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Africallagma
glaucum
Swamp Bluet
Vleibloutjie
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Least concerned
       
ADULT MALES
       
TENERAL AND YOUNG MALES
   
       
AGED MALES
   
       
MALES - DIFFERENTIAL IDENTIFICATION TIPS
       
  MALE COMPARISONS  
BLUET MALES WITH THIN HUMERAL STRIPES
   
       
SWAMP vs SLENDER BLUET MALE  
SWAMP vs PEAK BLUET SWAMP vs SAPPHIRE BLUET
       
SWAMP BLUET vs BLUETS WITH A BROAD HUMERAL STRIPE
SWAMP vs SAILING BLUET MALE SWAMP vs ROUND WINGED BLUET MALE
     
SWAMP BLUET vs ASSEGAI SPRITE  
   
     
  SIMILAR LOOKING SPECIES PAGE LINKS  
Africallagma fractum - Slender Bluet   Africallagma sinuatum - Peak Bluet  
       
ADULT FEMALES
   
       
YOUNG FEMALES
       
AGED FEMALES
   
       
FEMALES - DIFFERENTIAL IDENTIFICATION TIPS
     
       
  FEMALE COMPARISONS  
BLUET FEMALES WITH THIN HUMERAL STRIPES
   
       
SWAMP vs PEAK BLUET    
 
SWAMP vs SLENDER BLUET SWAMP vs SAPPHIRE BLUET
SWAMP vs SAILING BLUET SWAMP vs MAUVE BLUET
SWAMP BLUET vs ASSEGAI SPRITE    
   
       
  SIMILAR LOOKING SPECIES PAGE LINKS  
Africallagma fractum - Slender Bluet Africallagma sinuatum - Peak Bluet Azuragrion nigridorsum - Sailing Bluet Proischnura polychromatica - Mauve Bluet
       
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