A Visual Guide to the Damselflies and Dragonflies of South Africa
© John Wilkinson & Rob Dickinson
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Agriocnemis
gratiosa
Gracious Wisp
Grasieuse Soetjie
South African/African distribution records South African Red  List assessment Red List assessments
Near threatened
       
ADULT MALES
       
TENERAL AND YOUNG MALES
       
AGED MALES
   
       
MALES - DIFFERENTIAL IDENTIFICATION TIPS
   
       
  MALE COMPARISONS  
GRACIOUS WISP vs WHITE-MASKED WISP    
 
GRACIOUS WISP vs ORANGE WISP GRACIOUS WISP vs PINHEYS WISP
GRACIOUS WISP vs LITTLE WISP  
   
     
COMPARISON: WISP MALES AT A GLANCE    
       
  SIMILAR LOOKING SPECIES PAGE LINKS  
Agriocnemis exilis - Little Wisp Agriocnemis falcifera - White-masked Wisp Agriocnemis pinheyi - Pinheys Wisp Agriocnemis ruberrima - Orange Wisp
       
ADULT FEMALES
   
       
YOUNG FEMALES
     
       
AGED FEMALES
       
FEMALES - DIFFERENTIAL IDENTIFICATION TIPS
 
       
  FEMALE COMPARISONS  
GRACIOUS WISP vs ORANGE WISP GRACIOUS WISP vs PINHEYS WISP
GRACIOUS WISP vs WHITE-MASKED WISP GRACIOUS WISP vs LITTLE WISP
       
FEMALE WISPS AT A GLANCE    
 
       
  SIMILAR LOOKING SPECIES PAGE LINKS  
Agriocnemis exilis - Little Wisp Agriocnemis falcifera - White-masked Wisp Agriocnemis pinheyi - Pinheys Wisp Agriocnemis ruberrima - Orange Wisp
       
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