Fauna - Vertebrates
Common Hooktail, Mlawula

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Agriocnemis falcifera
      White-masked Wisp
   Possibly found in Eswatini

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Distribution: Southern African endemic
Body Length: 24-25 mm
Hind Wing Length: 11-12 mm
Habitat: Reed- and grass-packed, swampy margins of pools and dams, and occasionally still reaches of rivers.
Flight Period: Nov-May
Features: Very small, black-headed with pruinescent white 'moustache', elongated or linked postocular spots, shiny black thorax with yellow or pruinescent white stripe, differently-coloured pterostigmas in forewing and hindwing. Grassy fringes of pools and dams in montane areas.
Comments: Possible occurrence in Eswatini based on UCT-ADU OdonataMAP records adjacent to Swaziland.

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




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