A Visual Guide to the Damselflies and Dragonflies of South Africa © John Wilkinson & Rob Dickinson |
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Orthetrum caffrum |
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Strepieskepper | ||||
South African/African distribution records | South African Red List assessment | Red List assessments | ||||
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ADULT MALES | ||||||
TENERAL AND YOUNG MALES | ||||||
AGED MALES | ||||||
MALES - DIFFERENTIAL IDENTIFICATION TIPS | ||||||
SIMILAR LOOKING SPECIES | ||||||
As young males grouped together because of the pale stripe on the
thorax. Also see the id table for fully pruinosed males PDF. |
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Orthetrum chrysostigma | Orthetrum julia capicola (Young males) | |||||
ADULT FEMALES | ||||||
YOUNG FEMALES | ||||||
AGED FEMALES | ||||||
FEMALES - DIFFERENTIAL IDENTIFICATION TIPS | ||||||
SIMILAR LOOKING SPECIES | ||||||
Orthetrum chrysostigma | ||||||
PAIRS | ||||||
OVIPOSITING BEHAVIOR | ||||||
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