Odonata of Cedara Research Station
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English: Cedara Research Station is a research farm situated near Pietermaritzburg, in the midlands of KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa. This is a gallery of dragonflies and damselflies photographed on the farm.
Zygoptera (damselflies)
[edit]Synlestidae
[edit]- Chlorolestes
- Chlorolestes fasciatus, mountain malachite
- Chlorolestes tessellatus, forest malachite
Lestidae
[edit]- Lestes
- Lestes plagiatus, highland spreadwing (common spreadwing)
Platycnemididae
[edit]- Allocnemis
- Allocnemis leucosticta, common threadtail
- Elattoneura
- Elattoneura glauca, common threadtail
Coenagrionidae
[edit]- Africallagma
- Africallagma glaucum, swamp bluet
- Africallagma sapphirinum, sapphire bluet
- Agriocnemis
- Agriocnemis falcifera, white-masked whisp
- Ceriagrion
- Ceriagrion glabrum, common citril
- Ischnura
- Ischnura senegalensis, round-winged bluet
- Proischnura
- Proischnura rotundipennis, round-winged bluet
- Pseudagrion
- Pseudagrion caffrum, springwater sprite
- Pseudagrion kersteni, powder-faced sprite (Kersten's sprite)
- Pseudagrion salisburyense, slate sprite (Salisbury sprite)
- Pseudagrion spernatum, upland sprite
Anisoptera (dragonflies)
[edit]Gomphidae
[edit]- Ceratogomphus
- Ceratogomphus pictus, common thorntail
- Notogomphus
- Notogomphus praetorius, yellowjack
- Paragomphus
- Paragomphus cognatus, common thorntail
Aeshnidae
[edit]- Anax
- Anax imperator, blue emperor
- Anax speratus, orange emperor
- Pinheyschna
- Pinheyschna subpupillata, stream hawker
Libellulidae
[edit]- Acisoma
- Acisoma inflatum, stout pintail (grizzled pintail)
- Crocothemis
- Crocothemis erythraea, broad scarlet
- Orthetrum
- Orthetrum caffrum, two-striped skimmer
- Orthetrum icteromelas, spectacled skimmer
- Orthetrum julia, Julia skimmer
- Orthetrum machadoi, highland skimmer
- Pantala
- Pantala flavescens, wandering glider
- Sympetrum
- Sympetrum fonscolombii, nomad or red-veined darter
- Tramea
- Tramea basilaris, keyhole glider
- Tramea limbata, ferruginous glider
- Trithemis
- Trithemis dorsalis, highland dropwing
- Trithemis stictica, jaunty dropwing
