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A Visual Guide to the Damselflies and Dragonflies of South Africa © John Wilkinson & Rob Dickinson |
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Orthetrum icteromelas |
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Brilskepper | ||||
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| MALES - DIFFERENTIAL IDENTIFICATION TIPS | ||||||
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| SIMILAR LOOKING SPECIES | ||||||
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On the younger males the pattern on the abdomen looks similar, but the
dark spectacles on the face is diagnostic. Fully pruinosed males retains the dark spectacles on the face and that combined with the turquoise instead of blue eyes it will be enough to differentiate between the two. Also see the id table for fully pruinosed males PDF. |
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| Orthetrum trinacria | ||||||
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| SIMILAR LOOKING SPECIES | ||||||
| Orthetrum trinacria | ||||||
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