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Deceptive Widow Male-Young Close-up

Palpopleura deceptor, Deceptive Widow, Valse-weetjie

Deceptive Widow Male-Young Close-up as an identification aid for the dragonfly species Palpopleura deceptor Deceptive Widow Valse-weetjie

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100 1251 Palpopleura deceptor Deceptive Widow LP Mch 2017r 3Image Gallery
100 1896 Palpopleura deceptor Deceptive Widow Male Close up RNR GP RSA Mch 2018r 2Male
100 2964 Palpopleura deceptor Deceptive Widow Male Mabusa LP RSA Dec 2019r 5Male
100 1252 Palpopleura deceptor Deceptive Widow Male Yng Wilge Jan 2023rMale Young
Palpopleura deceptor Deceptive Widow Female close up Mabusa LP RSA Oct 2019Female Old
100 1922 Palpopleura deceptor Deceptive Widow Female Close up RNR GP RSA Feb 2018r 2Female
Distribution:
Palpopleura deceptor Deceptive Widow Distribution Map May 2020Distribution Map
South Africa
Physical Map South Africa Physical Map
South Africa
Political Map South Africa Political Map
South Africa
Palpopleura deceptor Deceptive Widow Distribution Map Jan 2021Distribution Map
Africa
Physical Map AfricaPhysical Map
Africa
Political Map AfricaPolitical Map
Africa

South Africa:

  • Fairly common across the warm north eastern and northern areas of South Africa.  Distribution in LP, MP and northern KZN not common.

Africa:

  • Angola; Benin; Botswana; Burkina Faso; Côte d'Ivoire; Cameroon; Central African Republic; Chad; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Ethiopia; Gambia; Ghana; Kenya; Liberia; Malawi; Mali; Mauritania; Mozambique; Namibia; Nigeria; Republic of South Africa; Rwanda; Senegal; Somalia; Sudan; Tanzania; Togo; Uganda; Zambia; Zimbabwe;
About Palpopleura species
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100 1396 Palpopleura deceptor Deceptive Widow RNR GP RSA Jan 2017r 10Palpopleura deceptor
Deceptive Widow
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

 

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