A Visual Guide to the Damselflies and Dragonflies of South Africa
© John Wilkinson & Rob Dickinson
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Pseudagrion
kersteni
Powder-faced Sprite
Poeiergesiggie
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Least concerned
       
ADULT MALES
       
TENERAL AND YOUNG MALES
       
AGED MALES
       
MALES - DIFFERENTIAL IDENTIFICATION TIPS
     
       
  MALE COMPARISONS  
ADULT SPRITE MALES WITH EYES BLACK ABOVE AND GREEN BELOW, COMBINED WITH A PRUINOSED FACE
   
       
POWDER-FACED vs PALMIET SPRITE POWDER-FACED vs UPLAND SPRITE
POWDER-FACED vs BALINSKY SPRITE POWDER-FACED vs MAKABUSI SPRITE
POWDER-FACED vs MOUNTAIN SPRITE  
 
       
  SIMILAR LOOKING SPECIES PAGE LINKS  
Pseudagrion furcigerum - Palmiet Sprite      
       
ADULT FEMALES
       
YOUNG FEMALES
 
       
AGED FEMALES
       
FEMALES - DIFFERENTIAL IDENTIFICATION TIPS
 
       
  FEMALE COMPARISONS  
POWDER-FACED vs SLATE SPRITE  
POWDER-FACED vs MOUNTAIN SPRITE    
 
       
  SIMILAR LOOKING SPECIES PAGE LINKS  
Pseudagrion salisburyense - Slate Sprite   Pseudagrion draconis - Mountain Sprite  
       
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