A Visual Guide to the Damselflies and Dragonflies of South Africa
© John Wilkinson & Rob Dickinson
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Ictinogomphus
ferox
Common Tigertail/ Tigertail
Gewone Streepstert
South African/African
distribution records
South African Red  List assessment Red List assessments
least_concerned
least_concerned
least_concerned
       
ADULT MALES
       
TENERAL AND YOUNG MALES
     
       
AGED MALES
       
MALES - DIFFERENTIAL IDENTIFICATION TIPS
       
  MALE COMPARISONS  
COMMON TIGERTAIL vs SOUTHERN FINGERTAIL COMMON TIGERTAIL vs BOLD LEAFTAIL
       
GOMPHIDAE THORAX PATTERNS  
     
       
  SIMILAR LOOKING SPECIES PAGE LINKS  
Gomphidia quarrei - Southern Fingertail   Phyllogomphus selysi - Bold Leaftail  
       
ADULT FEMALES
       
YOUNG FEMALES
   
       
AGED FEMALES
       
FEMALES - DIFFERENTIAL IDENTIFICATION TIPS
   
       
  FEMALE COMPARISONS  
COMMON TIGERTAIL vs SOUTHERN FINGERTAIL COMMON TIGERTAIL vs BOLD LEAFTAIL
       
  SIMILAR LOOKING SPECIES PAGE LINKS  
Gomphidia quarrei - Southern Fingertail   Phyllogomphus selysi - Bold Leaftail  
       
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