Dragonflies & Damselflies of Southern Africa - Dragonflies & Damselflies

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Damselflies
- Damselfly or Dragonfly.
- Damselfly Families
- List by Common Name
- Bluetails
  Tropical Bluetail
- Bluets
  Mauve Bluet
  Peak Bluet
  Round-winged Bluet
  Sailing Bluet
  Saphire Bluet
  Slender Bluet
  Swamp Bluet
- Citrils
  Common Citril
  Suave Citril
- Demoiselles
  Glistening Demoiselle
- Goldtail
  Goldtails
- Jewels
  Boulder Jewel
  Dancing Jewel
- Malachites
  Amatola Malachite
  Conspicuous Malachite
  Drakensberg Malachite
  Elegant Malachite
  Forest Malachite
  Mountain Malachite
  Queen Malachite
  Rock Malachite
  Rainforest Malachite
  White Malachite
- Slims
  Graceful Slim
  Opal Slim
- Spesbona
  Spesbona
- Spreadwings
  Cryptic Spreadwing
  Highland Spreadwing
  Pallid Spreadwing
  Sickle Spreadwing
  Smoky Spreadwing
  Spotted Spreadwing
- Sprites (A-Group)
  Balinsky's Sprite
  Great Sprite
  Harlequin Sprite
  Makabisi Sprite
  Mountain Sprite
  Painted Sprite
  Palmiet Sprite
  Powder-faced Sprite
  Slate Sprite
  Springwater Sprite
  Upland Sprite
  Yellow-faced Sprite
- Sprites (B-Group)
  Acasia Sprite
  Assegai Sprite
  Black Sprite
  Blue-sided Sprite
  Castshead Sprite
  Cherry-eyed Sprite
  Massai Sprite
  Swarthy Sprite
  Vaal Sprite
  Variable Sprite
- Riverjacks
  Blue Riverjack
  Savanna Riverjack
- Threadtails
  Common Threadtail
  Sooty Threadtail
- Wisps
  Gracious Wisp
  Little Wisp
  Orange Wisp
  Pinhey’s Wisp
  White-masked Wisp
Damselfly Images
- Bluetails
  Tropical Bluetails
  Image Gallery
  By Corrie du Toit
  By Katharina Reddig
  By Basil Boer
- Bluets
  Mauve Bluet
  Image Gallery
  By Basil Boer
  By Corrie du Toit
  Peak Bluet
  Image Gallery
  Male Close-up
  Round-winged Bluet
  Image Gallery
  Sailing Bluet
  Image Gallery
  By Helena Coetzee
  By Sharon Stanton
  Sapphire Bluet
  Image Gallery
  Slender Bluet
  Image Gallery
  Female Close-up
  Male Close-up
  Swamp Bluet
  Image Gallery
  Male Close-up
- Citrils
  Common Citril
  Image Gallery
  Female-Teneral Close-up
  Male-1 Close-up
  Male-2 Close-up
  By Corrie du Toit
  By Helena Coetzee
  By Steve Woodall
  Suave Citril
  Image Gallery
  Male Close-up
- Demoiselles
  Glistening Demoiselle
  Image Gallery
  Female Close-up
  Male Close-up
- Goldtail
  Goldtail
  Image Gallery
  Male Close-up
  By Corrie du Toit
  By Helena Coetzee
  By Sharon Stanton
- Jewels
  Dancing Jewel
  Image Gallery
  By Helena Coetzee
  Female Close-up
  Female Old Close-up
  Male Close-up
  Male Old Close-up
  Boulder Jewel
  By Basil Boer
  By Corrie du Toit
  Female Close-up
  Female Mature Close-up
  Male Close-up
  Male Young Close-up
  Male Blue-S6
  Male Young Blue S6
  Image Gallery
- Malachites
  Amatola Malachite
  Image Gallery
  Female Close-up
  By Stewart MacLachlan
  Conspicuous Malachite
  Image Gallery
  By Basil Boer
  By Corrie du Toit
  By Sharon Stanton
  Drakensberg Malachite
  Image Gallery
  Male Close-up
  By Alan Manson
  Elegant Malachite
  Image Gallery
  Male Close-up
  Forest Malachite
  Image Gallery
  By Sharon Stanton
  Mountain Malachite
  Female Close-up
  Male Close-up
  By Alan Manson
  Queen Malachite
  Image Gallery
  Male Close-up
  By Sharon Stanton
  Rock Malachite
  Image Gallery
  By Basil Boer
  By Corrie du Toit
  By Corne Rautenbach
  By Sharon Stanton
  White Malachite
  Image Gallery
  By Basil Boer
  By Corrie du Toit
- Riverjacks
  Blue Riverjack
  Image Gallery
  Male Close-up
  Savanna Riverjack
  Image Gallery
  Female Close-up
  Male Close-up
  Male 1 Close-up
  By Helena Coetzee
- Slims
  Graceful Slim
  Image Gallery
  Male Close-up
- Spesbona
  Spesbona
- Spreadwings
  Cryptic Spreadwing
  Image Gallery
  Male Close-up
  Female Close-up
  Female-a Close-up
  Male-old Close-up
  Male Close-up
  Highland Spreadwing
  Image Gallery
  Male Close-up
  Male-1 Close-up
  Pallid Spreadwing
  Image Gallery
  Male Close-up
  Sickle Spreadwing
  Image Gallery
  By Ryan Tippett
  Smoky Spreadwing
  Image Gallery
  Male Close-up
  Spotted Spreadwing
  Image Gallery
- Sprites (A-Group)
  Balinsky’s Sprite
  Image Gallery
  Great Sprite
  Harlequin Sprite
  Makabusi Sprite
  Image Gallery
  Male Close-up
  Mountain Sprite
  Image Gallery
  Male Close-up
  By Corrie du Toit
  Painted Sprite
  Image Gallery
  Palmiet Sprite
  Image Gallery
  By Basil Boer
  By Sharon Stanton
  Powder-faced Sprite
  Springwater Sprite
  Upland Sprite
  Yellow-faced Sprite
  Slate Sprite
  Image Gallery
- Sprites (B-Group)
  Acacia Sprite
  Image Gallery
  Female Close-up
  Male Close-up
  Male Mature Close-up
  Male Young Close-up
  By Helena Coetzee
  Assegaai Sprite
  Image Gallery
  Male Close-up
  Black Sprite
  Blue-sided Sprite
  Image Gallery
  Female Close-up
  Male-Old Close-up
  Male-Young Close-up
  Catshead Sprite
  Image Gallery
  Male Close-up
  By Sharon Stanton
  Cherry-eye Sprite
  Image Gallery
  Female Close-up
  Male Close-up
  Masai Sprite
  Image Gallery
  Male Close-up
  Female Close-up
  Tandem
  By Corrie du Toit
  By Helena Coetzee
  Swarthy Sprite
  Image Gallery
  Male Old Close-up
  Male Close-up
  By Helena Coetzee
  Vaal Sprite
  Variable Sprite
  Image Gallery
- Threadtails
  Sooty Threadtail
  Image Gallery
  By Basil Boer
  By Corrie du Toit
  By Sharon Stanton
  Common Threadtail
  Image Gallery
  By Corrie du Toit
  By Eddie Reinecke
  Female Close-up
  Male Close-up
- Wisps
  Gracious Wisp
  Little Wisp
  Orange Wisp
  Image Gallery
  Pinhey's Wisp
  White-masked Wisp
  Image Gallery
Dragonflies
- Dragonfly or Damselfly
- Dragonfly Families
- Baskers
  Blue Basker
  Pygmy Basker
  Red Basker
  St Lucia Basker
- Blacktails
  Eastern Blacktail
- Bottletail
  Bottletail
- Cascaders
  Blue Cascader
  Ringed Cascader
- Cascaders
  Blue Cascader
  Ringed Cascader
- Clubtails
  Leaftails
  Bold Leaftail
  Talontails
  Clubbed Talontail
  Horned Talontail
  Tigertail
  Common Tigertail
  Scissortails
  Eastern Scissortail
  Claspertail
  Lined Claspertail
  Fingertails
  Southern Fingertail
  Fairytails
  Spined Fairytail
  Hooktails
  Common Hooktail
  Corkscrew Hooktail
  Flapper Hooktail
  Great Hooktail
  Rock Hooktail
  Comparison Chart
  Thorntails
  Cape Thorntail
  Common Thorntail
  Longlegs (Yellowjack)
  Yellowjack Longlegs
  Siphontail
  Zambezi Siphontail
  Quick Reference
  Thorax Patterns- Clubtails
- Coastal Pennant
  Coastal Penant
- Cruisers
  Darting Cruiser
  Sable Cruiser
  Two-Banded Cruiser
- Dropwings
  Denim Dropwing
  Elegant Dropwing
  Halfshade Dropwing
  Highland Dropwing
  Jaunty Dropwing
  Navy Dropwing
  Orange-winged Dropwing
  Red-veined Dropwing
  Russet Dropwing
  Silhouette Dropwing
  Violet Dropwing
- Duskdarter
  Banded Duskdarter
  Smoky Duskdarter
- Duskhawkers
  Brown Duskhawker
  Eastern Duskhawker
  Little Duskhawker
- Elfs
  Black-splashed Elf
- Emerald
  Emeralds
- Emperors
  Black Emperor
  Blue Emperor
  Orange Emperor
  Vagrant Emperor
- Flutterers
  Phantom Flutterer
- Forestwatcher
  Eastern Forestwatcher
- Gliders
  Keyhole Glider
  Ferruginous Glider
- Groundlings
  Southern Banded Groundling
  Red Groundling
- Hawkers
  Evening Hawker
  Forest Hawker
  Friendly Hawker
  Stream Hawker
- Inspector
  Inspector
- Nomad
  Nomad
- Pantala
  Pantala
- Perchers
  Barbet Percher
  Black Percher
  Dwarf Percher
- Piedspot
  African Piedspot
- Pintails
  Slender Pintail
  Stout Pintail
- Presbas
  Gilded Presba
  Mahogany Presba
  Rustic Presba
  Yellow Presba
- Riverkings
  Southern Riverking
- Rockdwellers
  Horned Rockdweller
  Red Rockdweller
- Scarlets
  Broad Scarlet
  Little Scarlet
  Rock Scarlet
- Skimmers
  Banded Skimmer
  Diffs
  Bold Skimmer
  Dark-shouldered Skimmer
  Elusive Skimmer
  Epaulet Skimmer
  Guinea Skimmer
  Highland Skimmer
  Julia Skimmer
  Cape Skimmer
  Little Skimmer
  Long Skimmer
  Robust Skimmer
  Spectacled Skimmer
  Two-striped Skimmer
  Woodland Skimmer
- Twister
  Twister
- Widows
  Deceptive Widow
  Lucia Widow
  Portia Widow
  Yellow-veined Widow
Dragonfly Images
- Baskers
  Blue Basker
  Image Gallery
  Female Close-up
  Male Close-up
  By Katherina Reddig
  Pygmy Basker
  Image Gallery
  Male Close-up
  By Ryan Tippet
  Red Basker
  Image Gallery
  Female Close-up
  By Katharina Reddig
  St Lucia Basker
  Image Gallery
- Blacktails
  Eastern Blacktail
  Image Gallery
  Male Close-up
  Male-Mature Close-up
  Female-Old Close-up
  By Basil Boer
  By Corrie Du Toit
  By Helena Coetzee
- Bottletail
  Bottletail Image Gallery
  Image Gallery
  Male Close-up
  By Katharina Reddig
- Cascaders
  Blue Cascader
  Image Gallery
  Female-Young Close-up
  Male Close-up
  Mature Male Close-up
  Male-Young Close-up
  Ringed Cascader
  Image Gallery
  Female Close-up
  Male Close-up
  Male-1 Close-up
- Clubtails
  Claspertails
  Lined Claspertail
  Image Gallery
  Male Close-up
  Male Appendages
  By Andries de Vries
  Fairytails
  Spined Fairytail
  Female Close-up
  Female Mature Close-up
  Male Close-up
  Male Mature Close-up
  Image Gallery
  Fingertails
  Southern Fingertail
  Image Gallery
  Male Close-up
  By Andries de Vries
  By Helena Coetzee
  Talontails
  Clubbed Talontail
  Image Gallery
  Male Close-up
  Male Appendages
  By Altha Liebenberg
  By Andries de Vries
  Horned Talontail
  Thorntails
  Cape Thorntail
  Image Gallery
  By Basil Boer
  By Corrie du Toit
  By Sharon Stanton
  Common Thorntail
  Image Gallery
  Female Close-up
  Male Close-up
  Male 1 Close-up
  By Corrie du Toit
  Tigertails
  Common Tigertail
  Image Gallery
  Male Close-up
  Hooktails
  Common Hooktail
  Image Gallery
  Female a Close-up
  Female b Close-up
  Male a Close-up
  Male b Close-up
  Corkscrew Hooktail
  Image Gallery
  By Andries de Vries
  Flapper Hooktail
  Image Gallery
  Male Close-up
  By Helena Coetzee
  Great Hooktail
  Image Gallery
  Male Close-up
  Rock Hooktail
  Image Gallery
  Female Close-up
  Male a Close-up
  Male b Close-up
  By Corne Rautenbach
  By Corrie du Toit
  By Sharon Stanton
  Comparison Chart
  Leaftails
  Bold Leaftail
  Image Gallery
  Male Close-up
  Longlegs (Yellowjacks)
  Yellowjack
  Image Gallery
  Female Close-up
  Male Close-up
  Male 1 Close-up
  By Corne Rautenbach
  By Stewart MacLachlan
  Scissortails
  Eastern Scissortail
  Male Close-up
  Female Close-up
  Image Gallery
  Siphontails
  Zambezi Siphontail
  Image Gallery
  Female Close-up
- Coastal Pennant
  Image Gallery
  Male Close-up
- Cruisers
  Two-banded Cruiser
  Image Gallery
  Male Close-up
  Darting Cruiser
  Image Gallery
  Female Close-up
  Male Close-up
  Male-Old Close-up
  Sable Cruiser
  Image Gallery
  Male Close-up
- Dropwings
  Elegant Dropwing
  Image Gallery
  Female Close-up
  Female Young Close-up
  Male Close-up
  Denim Dropwing
  Image Gallery
  By Andries de Vries
  By Evert Kleynhans
  Halfshade Dropwing
  Image Gallery
  Female Close-up
  Female 1 Close-up
  Male Close-up
  Highland Dropwing
  Image Gallery
  Female Close-Up
  By Corrie du Toit
  By Eddie Reinecke
  Jaunty Dropwing
  Image Gallery
  Jaunty Dropwing Male-Old Close-up
  Navy Dropwing
  Image Gallery
  Female-old Close-up
  Male Mature Close-up
  Male Close-up
  Male Young Close-up
  Male Young 1 Close-up
  Images of wings
  By Corrie du Toit
  By Eddie Reinecke
  Orange-winged Dropwing
  Image Gallery
  Female close-up
  Female1 Close-up
  Male Close-up
  By Katharina Reddig
  Red-veined Dropwing
  Image Gallery
  Male Close-up
  Male Young Close-up
  Male Immature Close-up
  Female Close-up
  By Corrie du Toit
  By Eddie Reinecke
  By Helena Coetzee
  Russet Dropwing
  Image Gallery
  Male Close-up
  Male Mature Close-up
  Silhouette Dropwing
  Image Gallery
  Male Close-up
  By Katarina Reddig
  Violet Dropwing
  Image Gallery
  Female Close-up
  Male Close-up
  By Helena Coetzee
  By Katharina Reddig
  By Steve Woodall
- Duskdarter
- Duskhawkers
- Elfs
  Black-splashed Elf
  Image Gallery
  By Andries de Vries
- Emerald
- Emperors
  Black Emperor
  Image Gallery
  By Katharina Reddig
  Blue Emperor
  Image Gallery
  Female Close-up
  Male Close-up
  By Basil Boer
  By Corrie du Toit
  By Katharina Reddig
  By Helena Coetzee
  Orange Emperor
  Image Gallery
  Male Close-up
  Male-Young Close-up
  By Alan Manson
  By Corne Rautenbach
  Vagrant Emperor
  Image Gallery
  Female-1 Close-up
  Female-2 Close-up
  By Corrie Du Toit
  By Helena Coetzee
  By Katharina Reddig
- Flutterers
  Phantom Flutterer
  Image Gallery
  Female Close-up
  Female-Young Close-up
  By Steve Woodall
  Male Close-up
- Forestwatcher
  Eastern Forestwatcher
  Image Gallery
  Male Close-up
  Male-1 Close-up
  By Helena Coetzee
- Gliders
  Ferrugenous Glider
  Image Gallery
  Male Close-up
  By Corrie du Toit
  Keyhole Glider
  Image Gallery
  Female Close-up
  Male Close-up
  Male 1 Close-up
  By Helena Coetzee
- Groundlings
  Southern Banded Groundling
  Image Gallery
  Female Close-up
  Female-1 Close-up
  Male Close-up
  By Steve Woodall
  Red Groundling
  Image Gallery
  Female Close-up
  Male Close-up
- Hawkers
  Evening Hawker
  Image Gallery
  By Ryan Tippett
  By Steve Woodall
  Forest Hawker
  Friendly Hawker
  Image Gallery
  By Basil Boer
  By Corrie du Toit
  Stream Hawker
  Female Close-up
  By Basil Boer
  By Corrie du Toit
  By Juanita Vilas-Marchant
- Inspector
  Inspector
  Image Gallery
- Nomad
  Nomad
  Image Gallery
  Female Close-up
  Male Close-up
  Male-Young Close-up
  By Basil Boer
  By Corrie du Toit
  By Katharina Reddig
- Pantala
  Female Close-up
  Male Close-up
  By Corrie du Toit
  By Helena Coetzee
  By Eddie Reinecke
- Perchers
  Barbet Percher
  Image Gallery
  Male Close-up
  Black Percher
  Image Gallery
  Female Close-up
  Female-1 Close-up
  Female-Old Close-up
  Male Close-up
  Male-Young Close-up
  Male-old Close-up
  By Corrie du Toit
  By Katharina Reddig
  Dwarf Percher
  Image Gallery
  Dwarf Percher Female Close-up
  Dwarf Percher Female-Old Close-up
  Male Close up
- Piedspot
  African Piedspot
  Image Gallery
  Female Close-up
  Female-1 Close-up
  Male Close-up
  Male-Teneral Close-up
  By Katharina Reddig
- Pintails
  Slender Pintail
  Image Gallery
  Female Close-up
  Male Close-up
  Stout Pintail
  Image Gallery
  Female Close-up
  Male Close-up
- Presbas
  Gilded Presba
  By Basil Boer
  By Corrie du Toit
  Mahogany Presba
  Image Gallery
  Female Close-up
  Rustic Presba
  Image Gallery
  By Corne Rautenbach
  By Corrie du Toit
  Yellow Presba
  Female Close-up
  Male Close-up
  By Basil Boer
  By Corrie du Toit
  Image Gallery
- Riverking
  Southern Riverking
  Image Gallery
- Rockdwellers
  Horned Rockdweller
  Image Gallery
  Female Close-up
  Male Close-up
- Scarlets
  Broad Scarlet
  Image Gallery
  Female Close-up
  Female Mature Close-up
  Female Young Close-up
  Male Close up
  By Corrie du Toit
  By Katharina Reddig
  Little Scarlet
  Image Gallery
  Female Close-up