Insects/Arthropods of South Africa
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Roy Beckemeyer
Right: "Red Hot Poker" and an unidentified butterfly
photographed near Waakerstroom.
Last Updated 22 March 2005
Left: A very large Ant Lion, Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae: Palpares (caffer?),
a Mottled Veld Antlion.
Right: A specimen of a small Ant Lion, possibly a Cueta sp.
Below left: A blue damselfly, the Kersten's Sprite (Pseudagrion
kersteni) (photographed at the same
locality as the mating pair of Paragomphus cognatus). Thanks to
Warwick Tarboton for identifying the photo.
Right:
A male blue dragonfly, the Julia Skimmer: Libellulidae: Orthetrum julia.
Right below: A specimen of the damselfly Coenagrionidae: Ceriagrion
glabrum, the Common Pond Damsel.
Left: A specimen of the Julia Skimmer: Libellulidae: Orthetrum
julia.
Right:
A specimen of Libellulidae: Diplacodes lefebvrii, the Black Percher.
Left: A female specimen of the impressive Two-banded Cruiser, Corduliidae:
Macromiinae: Phyllomacromia bifasciata.
Left: Specimen and Right: Live Hemistigma albipunctum female at
Bonamanzi Game Preserve.
Right:
A specimen of Libellulidae: Diplacodes lefebvrii, the Black Percher.
