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