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OdonataMAP:   62819
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2931AB
Observer:   Woodhall S
Date of record:   2018-12-24
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   No idea what this is; the anal blue pattern isn't in any damselfly species account in Tarboton. Could not get the whole thing in focus. You need to look at both images, because different ends of the insect are in focus in each.
Last updated:   2022-02-02 19:05:11
Sp. code:   663410
Species name:   Pseudagrion hageni
Common name:   Painted Sprite
Family:   Coenagrionidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=OdonataMAP-62819
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map | Species text
VM-number: 62819 - photo: 1
VM-number: 62819 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   John Henry Wilkinson
Comment:   Female
Date:   2018-12-25 06:44:35
Species name:   Pseudagrion hageni -- Painted Sprite
Species code:   663410
Comment number:   2
By:   Andries Petrus de Vries
Comment:  
Date:   2018-12-25 13:37:38
Species name:   Pseudagrion hageni -- Painted Sprite
Species code:   663410

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