Horned Talontail (Crenigomphus cornutus)
View the above photo record (by Bertie Brink) in OdonataMAP here. Identification Medium Sized Length attains 49mm; Wingspan up to 68mm. Very similar to Crenigom...
Author: Dragonfly Atlas: Megan Loftie-Eaton, Ryan Tippett, Rene Navarro & Les Underhill
Megan Loftie-Eaton is our communications, social media and citizen science projects coordinator. Prior to her work for the BDI, she coordinated OdonataMAP, the Atlas of African Odonata. Ryan Tippett is an enthusiastic contributor to Citizen Science and has added many important and interesting records of fauna and flora. He has been a member of the VMU since 2014 and has currently submitted over 11000 records. He is also on the expert identification panel for the OdonataMAP project. Rene Navarro is the genius behind the Virtual Museum. Prof Les Underhill has been Director of the Animal Demography Unit (ADU) at the University of Cape Town since it started in 1991. Although citizen science in biology is Les’s passion, his academic background is in mathematical statistics.
Eastern Scissortail (Microgomphus nyassicus)
View the above photo record (by John Wilkinson) in OdonataMAP here. Find the Eastern Scissortail in the FBIS database (Freshwater Biodiversity Information Syste...
Silke’s Fairytail (Lestinogomphus silkeae)
http://addo.adu.org.za/index.php?taxon_id=48800
Fork-tailed Bluet (Proischnura subfurcata)
View the above photo record (by N Hart) in OdonataMAP here. Family Coenagrionidae Proischnura subfurcata – FORK-TAILED BLUET Identification Very small siz...
Ruby Jewel (Chlorocypha consueta)
View the above photo record (by Nick Hart) in OdonataMAP here. Family Chlorocyphidae Chlorocypha consueta – RUBY JEWEL Identification Small size Length up...
Epaulet Skimmer (Orthetrum chrysostigma)
The photo above (by Gert Bensch) can be viewed in OdonataMAP here. Find this species in the FBIS database (Freshwater Biodiversity Information System) here...
Cape Skimmer (Orthetrum capicola)
The photo above (by Joe Smereczansky) can be viewed in OdonataMAP here. Find this species in the FBIS database (Freshwater Biodiversity Information System) here...
Two-striped Skimmer (Orthetrum caffrum)
The photo above (by Katharina Reddig) can be viewed in OdonataMAP here. Find this species in the FBIS database (Freshwater Biodiversity Information System)...
Little Skimmer (Orthetrum abbotti)
View the above photo record (by Richard Johnstone) in OdonataMAP here. Find the Little Skimmer in the FBIS database (Freshwater Biodiversity Information System)...
Bottletail (Olpogastra lugubris)
View the above photo record (by Niall Perrins) in OdonataMAP here. Find the Bottletail in the FBIS database (Freshwater Biodiversity Information System) he...