A Visual Guide to the Damselflies and Dragonflies of South Africa
© John Wilkinson & Rob Dickinson
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Pseudagrion
citricola
Yellow-faced Sprite
Jaloerse Gesie
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Least concerned endemic species
       
ADULT MALES
       
TENERAL AND YOUNG MALES
 
       
AGED MALES
 
       
MALES - DIFFERENTIAL IDENTIFICATION TIPS
 
       
  MALE COMPARISONS  
ADULT MALE SPRITES WITH YELLOW IN THE EYES AND FACE
   
       
YELLOW-FACED vs SPRINGWATER SPRITE YELLOW-FACED vs GREAT SPRITE
YELLOW-FACED vs SLATE SPRITE
(Young male)
YELLOW-FACED vs PAINTED SPRITE
(Young male)
YELLOW-FACED vs HARLEQUIN SPRITE    
   
COMPARISON TO MALES WITH DIFFERENT COLOURED EYES
YELLOW-FACED vs MOUNTAIN SPRITE    
   
       
  SIMILAR LOOKING SPECIES PAGE LINKS  
Pseudagrion caffrum - Springwater Sprite Pseudagrion gamblesi - Great Sprite Pseudagrion salisburyense - Slate Sprite
(Young male)
       
ADULT FEMALES
 
       
YOUNG FEMALES
   
       
AGED FEMALES
     
       
FEMALES - DIFFERENTIAL IDENTIFICATION TIPS
     
       
  FEMALE COMPARISONS  
YELLOW-FACED vs MOUNTAIN SPRITE  
     
YELLOW-FACED vs SLATE SPRITE
(Darker blue form)
 
     
YELLOW-FACED vs UPLAND SPRITE  
     
YELLOW-FACED vs GREAT SPRITE    
   
       
  SIMILAR LOOKING SPECIES PAGE LINKS  
Pseudagrion draconis - Mountain Sprite (When full blue s8 and in the light blue form) Pseudagrion spernatum - Upland Sprite
(When full blue s8)
Pseudagrion salisburyense - Slate Sprite
(Darker blue form)
 
       
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