Fauna - Vertebrates

Zygonyx torridus - Ringed Cascader

Phylum: Arthropoda, Class: Insecta, Order: Odonata, Family: Libellulidae - Skimmers, Dropwings
Zygonyx torridus
Ringed Cascader

More information on this species

Female

Photographer/Source: Alan Manson - Photo from the Virtual Museum of the Odonata Atlas of Southern Africa, photo credit: Alan Manson


Features
black and yellow body, abdomen with yellow patches on sides, narrow yellow lines on top (male)

black and yellow body, abdomen with yellow patches on sides, narrow yellow lines on top (male)

black and yellow body, thorax with distinct black and yellow stripes (female)

black and yellow body, thorax with distinct black and yellow stripes (female)

More photos on other websites:
Look for Zygonyx_torridus on iNaturalist
UCT Animal Demography Unit Virtual Museum
 



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