A Visual Guide to the Damselflies and Dragonflies of South Africa © John Wilkinson & Rob Dickinson |
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Orthetrum robustum |
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Forse Skepper | ||||
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 | ||||||
A large skimmer that resembles julia in thorax pattern but the shape and
color of the Pt together with the large number of doubled cells in the
Rspl loops of robustum should be enough to differenciate these two. Also see the id table for fully pruinosed males PDF. |
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Orthetrum julia falsum | ||||||
ADULT FEMALES | ||||||
YOUNG FEMALES | ||||||
AGED FEMALES | ||||||
FEMALES - DIFFERENTIAL IDENTIFICATION TIPS | ||||||
SIMILAR LOOKING SPECIES | ||||||
Orthetrum julia falsum | ||||||
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OVIPOSITING BEHAVIOR | ||||||
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