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Dragonflies & Damselflies of southern Africa Dragonflies & Damselflies of southern Africa
  • Home
  • Damselflies
    • 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
  • Dragonflies
    • African Darters
      • Fiery Darter
      • Sooty Darter
    • Baskers
      • Blue Basker
      • Pygmy Basker
      • Red Basker
      • St Lucia Basker
    • Blacktails
      • Eastern Blacktail
    • Bottletail
      • Bottletail
    • Cascaders
      • Blue Cascader
      • Ringed Cascader, Zygonyx torridus
    • Clubtails
      • Thorax Patterns
      • Leaftails
        • Bold Leaftail
      • Talontails
        • Clubbed Talontail
        • Horned Talontail
      • Tigertail
        • Common Tigertail
      • Scissortails
        • Eastern Scissortail
      • Claspertails
        • 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
    • Coastal Pennant
      • Coastal Penant
    • Cruisers
      • Darting Cruiser
      • Sable Cruiser
      • Two-Banded Cruiser
    • Dropwings
      • Comparison Females
      • 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
      • Comparison Chart 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
      • Little Percher
    • Piedspot
      • African Piedspot
    • Pintails
      • Pintails Differences
      • 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
      • 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
      • Compare Females
      • Deceptive Widow
      • Lucia Widow
      • Portia Widow
      • Yellow-veined Widow
  • What am I
    • What am I - Quick Guide
    • What am I - Dragonfly
    • What am I - Damselfly
    • Damselfly Families Southern Africa
    • Dragonfly Families Southern Africa
    • What Am I - Clubtails
    • What Am I - Dropwings
  • Index
    • Common Names Damselflies
    • Common Names Dragonflies
    • Scientific Names Damselflies
    • Scientific Names Dragonflies
Articles
Title
Ferruginous Glider (Tramea limbata)
Keyhole Glider (Tramea basilaris)
  • Home
  • Damselflies
    • 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
  • Dragonflies
    • African Darters
      • Fiery Darter
      • Sooty Darter
    • Baskers
      • Blue Basker
      • Pygmy Basker
      • Red Basker
      • St Lucia Basker
    • Blacktails
      • Eastern Blacktail
    • Bottletail
      • Bottletail
    • Cascaders
      • Blue Cascader
      • Ringed Cascader, Zygonyx torridus
    • Clubtails
      • Thorax Patterns
      • Leaftails
        • Bold Leaftail
      • Talontails
        • Clubbed Talontail
        • Horned Talontail
      • Tigertail
        • Common Tigertail
      • Scissortails
        • Eastern Scissortail
      • Claspertails
        • 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
    • Coastal Pennant
      • Coastal Penant
    • Cruisers
      • Darting Cruiser
      • Sable Cruiser
      • Two-Banded Cruiser
    • Dropwings
      • Comparison Females
      • 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
      • Comparison Chart 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
      • Little Percher
    • Piedspot
      • African Piedspot
    • Pintails
      • Pintails Differences
      • 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
      • 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
      • Compare Females
      • Deceptive Widow
      • Lucia Widow
      • Portia Widow
      • Yellow-veined Widow
  • What am I
    • What am I - Quick Guide
    • What am I - Dragonfly
    • What am I - Damselfly
    • Dragonfly Families Southern Africa
    • Damselfly Families Southern Africa
    • What Am I - Clubtails
    • What Am I - Dropwings
  • Index
    • Common Names Damselflies
    • Common Names Dragonflies
    • Scientific Names Damselflies
    • Scientific Names Dragonflies