A Visual Guide to the Damselflies and Dragonflies of South Africa
© John Wilkinson & Rob Dickinson
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Nesciothemis
farinosa
Eastern Blacktail
Swartstertskepper
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Least concerned
       
ADULT MALES
       
TENERAL AND YOUNG MALES
       
AGED MALES
       
MALES - DIFFERENTIAL IDENTIFICATION TIPS
   
       
  SIMILAR LOOKING SPECIES  
  None  
       
ADULT FEMALES
       
YOUNG FEMALES
       
AGED FEMALES
       
FEMALES - DIFFERENTIAL IDENTIFICATION TIPS
 
       
  FEMALE COMPARISONS  
EASTERN BLACKTAIL vs AFRICAN PIEDSPOT ADULT FEMALE SKIMMER ABDOMEN MARKINGS
       
  SIMILAR LOOKING SPECIES  
Hemistigma albipunctum - African Piedspot    
       
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