Odonata of Welgevonden Game Reserve

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)

Calopterygidae

• Phaon
  • Phaon iridipennis, glistening demoiselle

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Chlorocyphidae

• Platycypha
  • Platycypha caligata, dancing jewel

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Lestidae

• Lestes
  • Lestes plagiatus, highland spreadwing (common spreadwing)

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Platycnemididae

• Elattoneura
  • Elattoneura glauca, common threadtail

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• Mesocnemis
  • Mesocnemis singularis, savanna riverjack (riverjack, common riverjack)

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Coenagrionidae

• Ceriagrion
  • Ceriagrion glabrum, common citril

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• Pseudagrion
  • Pseudagrion kersteni, powder-faced sprite (Kersten's sprite)

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• Pseudagrion makabusiense, makabusi sprite

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• Pseudagrion salisburyense, slate sprite (Salisbury sprite)

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Anisoptera (dragonflies)

Gomphidae

• Gomphidia
  • Gomphidia quarrei, southern fingertail (Quarre's fingertail)

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• Ictinogomphus
  • Ictinogomphus ferox, common tigertail

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Aeshnidae

• Anax
  • Anax ephippiger, vagrant emperor

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• Anax imperator, blue emperor

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Libellulidae

• Acisoma
  • Acisoma inflatum, stout pintail (grizzled pintail)

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• Brachythemis
  • Brachythemis leucosticta, banded groundling

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• Crocothemis
  • Crocothemis erythraea, broad scarlet

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• Crocothemis sanguinolenta, little scarlet

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• Nesciothemis
  • Nesciothemis farinosa, eastern blacktail (black-tailed skimmer)

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• Orthetrum
  • Orthetrum abbotti, little skimmer (Abbott's skimmer)

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• Orthetrum chrysostigma, epaulet skimmer

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• Orthetrum hintzi, dark-shouldered skimmer (Hintz's skimmer)

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• Orthetrum icteromelas, spectacled skimmer

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• Orthetrum julia, Julia skimmer

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• Orthetrum monardi, woodland skimmer

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• Palpopleura
  • Palpopleura jucunda, yellow-veined widow

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• Palpopleura portia, portia widow

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• Pantala flavescens, wandering glider

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• Trithemis
  • Trithemis arteriosa, red-veined dropwing

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• Trithemis kirbyi, orange-winged dropwing (Kirby’s dropwing)

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• Trithemis pluvialis, russet dropwing (river dropwing, riffle-and-reed dropwing)

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• Trithemis stictica, jaunty dropwing

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External links

• List of Odonata species of South Africa
• African Dragonflies and Damselflies Online
• Warwick Tarboton's photographs of Dragonflies and Damselflies of South Africa
• JP Labuschagne's site: Dragonflies and Damselflies of southern Africa
• A Visual Guide to the Damselflies and Dragonflies of South Africa