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Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Natal Sprite (Pseudagrion spernatum) Female

Family Coenagrionidae
These are widespread and are found from Port Elizabeth up along the coast an further inland heading north and were first described in SA in 1911.

The male’s uniformly blue body and the specific blue shapes on the tails of both sexes is quite distinctive.

They frequent vegetated margins of streams and rivers.