A Visual Guide to the Damselflies and Dragonflies of South Africa
© John Wilkinson & Rob Dickinson
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Urothemis
assignata
Red Basker
Rooisonvangertjie
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ADULT MALES
       
TENERAL AND YOUNG MALES
   
       
AGED MALES
       
MALES - DIFFERENTIAL IDENTIFICATION TIPS
 
       
  MALE COMPARISONS  
RED BASKER vs ST LUCIA BASKER  RED BASKER vs BROAD SCARLET
       
RED BASKER vs KEYHOLE GLIDER RED BASKER vs FERRUGINOUS GLIDER
       
RED BASKER vs PYGMY BASKER    
   
       
  SIMILAR LOOKING SPECIES PAGE LINKS  
Urothemis luciana - St Lucia Basker Tramea basilaris - Keyhole Glider Tramea limbata - Ferruginous Glider Crocothemis erythraea - Broad Scarlet
Aethriamanta rezia - Pygmy Basker      
       
ADULT FEMALES
       
YOUNG FEMALES
       
AGED FEMALES
     
       
FEMALES - DIFFERENTIAL IDENTIFICATION TIPS
     
       
  FEMALE COMPARISONS  
RED BASKER vs FERRUGINOUS GLIDER RED BASKER vs BLUE BASKER
       
  SIMILAR LOOKING SPECIES PAGE LINKS  
Urothemis edwardsii - Blue Basker Tramea limbata - Ferruginous Glider
       
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