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Africallagma glaucum
      Swamp Bluet
   

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Distribution: Common throughout South Africa from sea level to alpine zone of Drakensberg. To tropical Africa, and La Réunion.
Body Length: 28-29 mm
Hind Wing Length: 15.5-16.5 mm
Habitat: Pools, dams and still parts of streams and rivers where conditions are swampy and with an abundance of short grasses and sedges.
Flight Period: Flies all year, but scarce in winter.
Features: Very small to small, all sky blue and black, with no black marking on abdominal S8, which is all blue. Very common in marshy areas throughout South Africa.
Comments: Occurrence in Eswatini confirmed by photos by Ernst Klimsa, UCT-ADU OdonataMAP historical and other records, and by SA damselflies and dragonflies checklist (Durban Natural Science Museum, 2000).

1 record, from 12/22/2016

Information extracted from "Dragonflies and Damselflies of South Africa" by Michael J Samways, which also includes detailed descriptions of each species.