Odonata of Welgevonden Game Reserve
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Welgevonden Game Reserve is a conservation area within the Waterberg Biosphere Reserve of the Limpopo Province, South Africa. This gallery is for photographs of dragonflies and damselflies taken in the reserve.
Zygoptera (damselflies)
[edit]Calopterygidae
[edit]- Phaon
- Phaon iridipennis, glistening demoiselle
Chlorocyphidae
[edit]- Platycypha
- Platycypha caligata, dancing jewel
Lestidae
[edit]- Lestes
- Lestes plagiatus, highland spreadwing (common spreadwing)
Platycnemididae
[edit]- Elattoneura
- Elattoneura glauca, common threadtail
- Mesocnemis
- Mesocnemis singularis, savanna riverjack (riverjack, common riverjack)
Coenagrionidae
[edit]- Ceriagrion
- Ceriagrion glabrum, common citril
- Pseudagrion
- Pseudagrion kersteni, powder-faced sprite (Kersten's sprite)
- Pseudagrion makabusiense, makabusi sprite
- Pseudagrion salisburyense, slate sprite (Salisbury sprite)
Anisoptera (dragonflies)
[edit]Gomphidae
[edit]- Gomphidia
- Gomphidia quarrei, southern fingertail (Quarre's fingertail)
- Ictinogomphus
- Ictinogomphus ferox, common tigertail
Aeshnidae
[edit]- Anax
- Anax ephippiger, vagrant emperor
- Anax imperator, blue emperor
Libellulidae
[edit]- Acisoma
- Acisoma inflatum, stout pintail (grizzled pintail)
- Brachythemis
- Brachythemis leucosticta, banded groundling
- Crocothemis
- Crocothemis erythraea, broad scarlet
- Crocothemis sanguinolenta, little scarlet
- Nesciothemis
- Nesciothemis farinosa, eastern blacktail (black-tailed skimmer)
- Orthetrum
- Orthetrum abbotti, little skimmer (Abbott's skimmer)
- Orthetrum chrysostigma, epaulet skimmer
- Orthetrum hintzi, dark-shouldered skimmer (Hintz's skimmer)
- Orthetrum icteromelas, spectacled skimmer
- Orthetrum julia, Julia skimmer
- Orthetrum monardi, woodland skimmer
- Palpopleura
- Palpopleura jucunda, yellow-veined widow
- Palpopleura portia, portia widow
- Pantala flavescens, wandering glider
- Trithemis
- Trithemis arteriosa, red-veined dropwing
- Trithemis kirbyi, orange-winged dropwing (Kirby’s dropwing)
- Trithemis pluvialis, russet dropwing (river dropwing, riffle-and-reed dropwing)
- Trithemis stictica, jaunty dropwing
