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Eastern Blacktail

Nesciothemis farinosa

Description:

Found on a muddy road recently submerged by flood waters.

Notes:

Along the road by the Mlawula River in the Mbaluzi Gorge.

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5 Comments

pamsai
pamsai 9 years ago

Hehehe Larry, I think you were answering a different spotting and were just on the wrong page. Wonder if I didn't have an owl fly spotting somewhere around that time!

LarryGraziano
LarryGraziano 9 years ago

Without a doubt…I don't know what I was thinking!

pamsai
pamsai 9 years ago

thanks Larry, but I think Kate has nailed it! Looks identical to the link she supplied.

KateBraun
KateBraun 9 years ago

Most likely the Eastern Blacktail (Nesciothemis farinosa)
http://www.warwicktarboton.co.za/dfpgs/1...

LarryGraziano
LarryGraziano 9 years ago

Could this be an owl fly?

pamsai
Spotted by
pamsai

Sifundza seLubombo, Swaziland

Spotted on May 29, 2014
Submitted on May 29, 2014

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