A Visual Guide to the Damselflies and Dragonflies of South Africa
© John Wilkinson & Rob Dickinson
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Phyllogomphus
selysi
Bold Leaftail
Lowerstert
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least_concerned
least_concerned
least_concerned
       
ADULT MALES
       
TENERAL AND YOUNG MALES
   
       
AGED MALES
       
MALES - DIFFERENTIAL IDENTIFICATION TIPS
     
       
  MALE COMPARISONS  
BOLD LEAFTAIL vs COMMON TIGERTAIL GOMPHIDAE THORAX PATTERNS
       
  SIMILAR LOOKING SPECIES PAGE LINKS  
Ictinogomphus ferox - Common Tigertail      
       
ADULT FEMALES
   
       
YOUNG FEMALES
       
AGED FEMALES
       
FEMALES - DIFFERENTIAL IDENTIFICATION TIPS
     
       
  FEMALE COMPARISONS  
BOLD LEAFTAIL vs COMMON TIGERTAIL    
   
       
  SIMILAR LOOKING SPECIES PAGE LINKS  
Ictinogomphus ferox - Common Tigertail      
       
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