Seedless Plants
Fauna - Vertebrates
Fauna - Invertebrates
Palpopleura lucia - Lucia Widow
Phylum: Arthropoda, Class: Insecta, Order: Odonata, Family: Libellulidae - Skimmers, Dropwings
Palpopleura lucia
Lucia Widow
More information on this species
Photographer/Source: Christopher K Willis - © Christopher K Willis
Features
pale blue broad abdomen with dark tip (male)
wings with extensive dark markings (male)
broad abdomen, dark with yellow patches (female)
wings with two connected dark patches, yellowish around the patches (female)
More photos on other websites:Look for Palpopleura_lucia on iNaturalist
UCT Animal Demography Unit Virtual Museum
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