A Visual Guide to the Damselflies and Dragonflies of South Africa
© John Wilkinson & Rob Dickinson
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Pseudagrion
spernatum
Upland Sprite
Hooglandgesie
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Least concerned
       
ADULT MALES
   
       
TENERAL AND YOUNG MALES
     
       
AGED MALES
       
MALES - DIFFERENTIAL IDENTIFICATION TIPS
   
       
  SIMILAR LOOKING SPECIES  
Pseudagrion salisburyense      
       
ADULT FEMALES
   
       
YOUNG FEMALES
 
       
AGED FEMALES
       
FEMALES - DIFFERENTIAL IDENTIFICATION TIPS
     
       
  SIMILAR LOOKING SPECIES  
Pseudagrion citricola (When full blue s8) Pseudagrion draconis (When full blue s8) Pseudagrion inopinatum Pseudagrion salisburyense
(When full blue s8)
       
PAIRS
       
OVIPOSITING BEHAVIOR    
     
       
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