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A Visual Guide to the Damselflies and Dragonflies of South Africa © John Wilkinson & Rob Dickinson |
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Orthetrum trinacria |
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Gestrekte Skepper | ||||
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| MALES - DIFFERENTIAL IDENTIFICATION TIPS | ||||||
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| SIMILAR LOOKING SPECIES | ||||||
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On the younger males the pattern on the abdomen looks similar, but there
are no dark spectacles on the face. Fully pruinosed males have blue instead of turquoise eyes and it will be enough to differentiate between the two. Also see the id table for fully pruinosed males PDF. |
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| Orthetrum icteromelas | ||||||
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| FEMALES - DIFFERENTIAL IDENTIFICATION TIPS | ||||||
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| The females display both turquoise and dark blue eyes. | ||||||
| Orthetrum icteromelas | ||||||
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| FOR MORE INFORMATION ON, OR PHOTOGRAPHS OF THIS SPECIES, VISIT THESE WEBSITES | ||||||
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