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Yellow-veined Widow Female Close-up

Yellow-veined Widow, Palpopleura jucunda, Geelaarweetjie

Yellow-veined Widow Female Close-up as an identification aid for the dragonfly species Yellow-veined Widow, Palpopleura jucunda, Geelaarweetjie.

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More images:

100 1734 Palpopleura jacunda Yellow veined Widow Male Welgevonden RSA Dec 2017r 1Image Gallery

100 1737 Palpopleura jacunda Yellow veined Widow Male Close up Rustenburg LP RSA Sept 2017r 2Young Male

100 1744 Palpopleura jacunda Yellow veined Widow Male Close up RNR Apr 2017r 1Male

100 1946 Diplacodes pumila Dwarf Percherr Male Old Close up Hertzogbergr MP RSA Nov 2017r 5Female

 

 

About Palpopleura species
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100 1283 Palpopleura jacunda Yellow veined Widow Male Haenertsburg LP RSA Dec 2015r 1Portia WidowPalpopeura Portia,
Example
100 1396 Palpopleura deceptor Deceptive Widow RNR GP RSA Jan 2017r 10Deceptive WidowPalpopleura deceptor
100 1288 Palpopleura portia Portia Widow Banga Neck KZN Mch 2017r 5Portia Widow, Portia-weetjie
Palpopleura portia
100 741 Palpopleura lucia Lucia Widow Marloth Park Sept 2016 1r 1Lucia Widow,
Palpopleura lucia
100 581 Palpopleura jacunda Yellow veined Widow Male Mooinooi NWP RSA Dec 2015r 2Yellow-veined Widow
Palpopleura jacunda,
Palpopleura albifrons Pale faced Widow Jens Kipping Pale-faced Widow Palpopleura albifrons
© Jens Kipping
Distribution:

Distribution Map May 2020Distribution Map

Physical Map South Africa Topographical Map

Political Map South Africa Political Map

Palpopleura jucunda Yellow veined Widow Distribution Map Africa Nov 2021Distribution Map

Topographical Map AfricaTopographical Map

Political Map AfricaPolitical Map

South Africa:

  • Very common across most of South Africa, with limited records from the dry central and western areas

Africa:

  • Angola; Botswana; Cameroon; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Ethiopia; Kenya; Malawi; Mali; Mozambique; Namibia; Nigeria; Republic of South Africa; Sierra Leone; Sudan; Swaziland; Tanzania; Uganda; Zambia; Zimbabwe; 
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