Africa Wild

Toko wrote:

BluTuna wrote:There has been an explosion of Damselflies in my garden after the rains last week.

I think this is a Common Threadtail

I think, this is a female Slate Sprite

I think this is a Kirsten's Sprite

BluTuna wrote:Here's the take from my garden on Saturday - Sunday was spent at Rietvlei.

Robber Fly.

Is this a Synolcus sp Synolcus dubius ???

http://africaninvertebrates.org/ojs/ind ... File/12/14


Field Guide to Insects of South Africa (Mike Picker, ‎Charles Griffiths, ‎Alan Weaving) says:
Identification: Large (wingspan 24 mm), light orange, with black stripe along thorax, abdomen long and tapering, with row of brown spots on top. Femora of all legs with black barring. Wings shaded, especially towards tips.

From Sharifa's visit to Garden Route NP, Wilderness

Anax imperator?

Anax imperator. I concur.

Robber Fly, 3 posts up.

Thaks for the link, Toko. With 13 species and, once again, reproductive plumbing that requires scrutiny, I'll be happy with settling on the genus alone.

wynand wrote:Anax imperator. I concur.

Thank you, wynand

Further reading reveals that it must be of dubius species group due to distribution and within this group, only S. dubius has the yellow femora barred with black.

Toko wrote:Further reading reveals that it must be of dubius species group due to distribution and within this group, only S. dubius has the yellow femora barred with black.

Well, done, reading further. It looked a bit daunting to me.
The specimen photographed does seem to be an exact match with the one in Picker et al.
Hence, I concur. S. dubius.

wynand wrote:

Toko wrote:Further reading reveals that it must be of dubius species group due to distribution and within this group, only S. dubius has the yellow femora barred with black.

Well, done, reading further. It looked a bit daunting to me.
The specimen photographed does seem to be an exact match with the one in Picker et al.
Hence, I concur. S. dubius.

So you're not dubious that it's dubius

Well done!