A Visual Guide to the Damselflies and Dragonflies of South Africa
© John Wilkinson & Rob Dickinson
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Bradinopyga
cornuta
Horned Rockdweller
Wegkruipertjie
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Least concerned
       
ADULT MALES
       
TENERAL AND YOUNG MALES
       
AGED MALES
     
       
MALES - DIFFERENTIAL IDENTIFICATION TIPS
   
       
  SIMILAR LOOKING SPECIES  
Notiothemis jonesi      
       
ADULT FEMALES
       
YOUNG FEMALES
       
AGED FEMALES
     
       
FEMALES - DIFFERENTIAL IDENTIFICATION TIPS
   
       
  SIMILAR LOOKING SPECIES  
Notiothemis jonesi      
       
PAIRS
       
OVIPOSITING BEHAVIOR    
 
 
 
I am unsure if the female is ovipositing by washing the eggs of the tip of the ovipositor, or if she dips her abdomen to clean herself.
HABITAT      
       
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