Slender Pintail

Acisoma variegatum · Order: Odonata · Family: Libellulidae

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Slender Pintail
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The slender pintail is a dragonfly species in the family Libellulidae. It lives in open marshes, flood plains, ponds and reservoirs across eastern and south-eastern Africa.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

Acisoma variegatum, the slender pintail, belongs to the dragonfly family Libellulidae.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

It is found in open marshes, often in low-lying, expansive flood-plain areas. It also occurs near ponds and reservoirs.

Source: Wikipedia

More photos

Slender Pintail photo 2
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Slender Pintail photo 5
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Questions people ask

What kind of insect is the slender pintail?

It is a dragonfly species in the family Libellulidae.

Source: Wikipedia

Where does the slender pintail live?

It lives in open marshes, flood plains, ponds and reservoirs in eastern and south-eastern Africa.

Source: Wikipedia

Same family (Libellulidae)

Blue DasherBlue DasherPachydiplax longipennisEastern PondhawkEastern PondhawkErythemis simplicicollisCommon WhitetailCommon WhitetailPlathemis lydiaWidow SkimmerWidow SkimmerLibellula luctuosaAutumn MeadowhawkAutumn MeadowhawkSympetrum vicinumCommon DarterCommon DarterSympetrum striolatum

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acisoma_variegatum

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