Seedless Plants
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Fauna - Invertebrates
Tetrathemis polleni - Black-splashed Elf
Phylum: Arthropoda, Class: Insecta, Order: Odonata, Family: Libellulidae - Skimmers, Dropwings
Tetrathemis polleni
Black-splashed Elf
More information on this species
Photographer/Source: G Diedericks - Photo from the Virtual Museum of the Odonata Atlas of Southern Africa, photo credit: G Diedericks
Features
large roundish dark patches on ends of wings (male)
yellow and black stripes and speckles, eyes dark blue above pale blue below (female)
More photos on other websites:Look for Tetrathemis_polleni on iNaturalist
UCT Animal Demography Unit Virtual Museum
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