A Visual Guide to the Damselflies and Dragonflies of South Africa
© John Wilkinson & Rob Dickinson
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Aethriamanta
rezia
Pygmy Basker
Dwergsonvangertjie
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Least concerned
       
ADULT MALES
 
TENERAL AND YOUNG MALES
       
AGED MALES
 
       
MALES - DIFFERENTIAL IDENTIFICATION TIPS
     
       
  MALE COMPARISONS  
PYGMY BASKER vs BROAD SCARLET PYGMY BASKER vs RED BASKER
     
PYGMY BASKER vs BLUE BASKER YOUNG MALES PYGMY BASKER vs COASTAL PENNANT
       
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Crocothemis erythraea - Broad Scarlet Urothemis assignata - Red Basker Urothemis edwardsii - Blue Basker  
(Young males)
Macrodiplax cora - Coastal Pennant
       
ADULT FEMALES
       
YOUNG FEMALES
 
       
AGED FEMALES
     
       
FEMALES - DIFFERENTIAL IDENTIFICATION TIPS
     
       
  FEMALE COMPARISONS  
PYGMY BASKER vs BLUE BASKER    
     
       
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Urothemis edwardsii - Blue Basker      
       
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