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Lucia Widow (female)

Palpopleura lucia

Description:

This dragonfly was seen inland, away from any obvious water sources,

Habitat:

Savanna woodland...

Notes:

Seen at the Butterfly spot behind the Education Center.

2 Comments

KateBraun
KateBraun 9 years ago

At first glance, it looks more like the Portia widow, but I peered closely at the wing patterns, and it matched up nicely with this one:
http://www.sntc.org.sz/biodiversity/sdod...

pamsai
pamsai 9 years ago

Thanks Kate. The black design on the wings fooled me. Different from the male.

pamsai
Spotted by
pamsai

Sifundza seLubombo, Swaziland

Spotted on Apr 20, 2014
Submitted on May 3, 2014

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