This site is where you can find photos and post information on African Odonata.

KD's recent publication:
"The name-bearing types of Odonata held in the Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe, with systematic notes on Afrotropical taxa. Part 2: Zygoptera and descriptions of new species. International Journal of Odonatology 10: 137-170."

is now available on his website (currently the richest resource on African Odonata on the web).

  Covers the Afrotropic and the African part of the Palearctic Ecozones

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 Member Guide & How to post a new photo

How To: Studying Tropical Dragonflies and Damselflies
by Viola Clausnitzer, KD Dijkstra and Vincent Kalkman

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Africa Dragonfly Community

You are welcome to join the Community, in order to post new pictures or new references and meet other fellow odonatists.

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Pic of the day by Dirk Motshagen


Lestes dissimulans Fraser, 1955 (Nigeria)

The latest 5 posted photos:

Phil Benstead
  Neodythemis munyaga (Uganda)
Joe Pan
  Ischnura senegalensis (Japan)
Eric Matthews
  Platycypha caligata (Tanzania)
William van Niekerk
  Lestes virgatus (Zambia)
Jo Wilson
  Trithemis arteriosa (Ghana)

Do you know which species is on the photo 6841 taken in Tamboti River - Waterberg (South Africa) ?


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 Note:
Neotropical is dedicated to the Neotropic Ecozone thus only photos taken within this ecozone are considered. This filtering does not apply to the species list.