© Vogelgat Private Nature Reserve           Design: Webwits © Vogelgat Private Nature Reserve           Design: Webwits © Vogelgat Private Nature Reserve       BUTTERFLIES    CRABS     DAMSELFLIES  DRAGONFLIES     SCORPIONS    SPIDERS   ANISOPTERANS -“TRUE” DRAGON FLIES Jill Silsley - February 1991 Family: Aeshnidae - Hawkers Aeshna miniscula African Hawker Anax imperator The Emperor Anax speratus Red Emperor Family: Corduliidae - Emeralds Syncordulia venator  Ferruginous Emerald (The “Puzzle”) Family: Libellulidae - Darters & Skimmers Orthetrum abbotti Small Blue Skimmer Orthetrum caffrum Blue Skimmer Orthetrum chrysostigma Crocothemis erythraea Scarlet Darter Crocothemis sanguinolenta Lesser Scarlet Darter Trithemis arteriosa Red-veined Dropwing Trithemis furva Blue Dropwing Trithemis kirbyi Scarlet Dropwing Trithemis stictica Blue &Yellow Dropwing ZYGOPTERANS - DAMSELFLIES Family: Chlorolestidae - Sylphs Chlorolestes umbrata   Lesser Pied-winged Sylph Chlorolestes conspicua   Conspicous Sylph Family: Lestidae - Spreadwings Lestes virgatus  Large Spreadwing Family: Coenagrionidae Ceriagrion glabrum   Orange Damselfly Pseudagrion massaicum   Orange-Breasted Sprite Pseudagrion salisburyense   Dark Blue Sprite Ischnura senegalensis   African Blue-tailed Damselfly SCORPION LIST Uropletes sp. CRAB LIST Potamonantes perlatus LEPIDOPTERA - BUTTERFLIES Family: Danaidae Danaus chrysippus   Southern Milkweed/ African Monarch Family: Satyridae Pseudonymphypha trimenii trimenii Pseudonymphypha magus Pseudonymphypha deteca Styigionymphpha vigilans       Hillside Brown Tarsocera cassina   Sand Dune Widow Family: Charaxidae Charaxes pelias Family: Nyphalidae Vanessa cardui  Painted Lady Family: Lycaenidae Aloeides thyra  Mountain Copper Aloeides almeida Aloeides aranda Capys alphaeus   Protea Scarlet/ Orange banded Protea Lampides boeticus   Lucern Blue/ Long-tailed Blue Lepidochrysops methymna Lepidochrysops robertsoni Lepidochrysops variabilis     Cottrell’s Brown Blue Tarucus thespis   Macchia Blue/ Vivid Blue Family: Pieridae Colias electo electo   African Clouded Yellow/ Lucern Yellow Pontia helice   Meadow White/ African Cabbage Family: Papilionidae Papilio demodocus   Christmas Butterfly/ Citrus Swallowtail Rhopalocera group  (Survey of Fernkloof Nature Reserve 1988, R. Warren) Due to Proximity of Fernkloof these species should occur in Vogelgat. ARACHNIDS - SPIDERS Araneus/ Neoscona   Hairy Field Spider Argiope sp.                    Garden Orb Web Spiders Caerostris sexcuspidata     Bark Spiders Chaiasmopes sp.   Nursery Web Spiders Cyrtophora sp.   Tropical Tent Spiders Gasteracantha sp.   Kite Spiders Gnaphosidae sp.   Mouse Spiders Harpactira chrysogaster    Common Baboon Spiders Latrodectus geometricus   Brown Button Spider Palystes sp.   Large Wandering Crab Spiders (Rain spiders) Salticidae sp.   Jumping Spiders Steatoda sp.   Comb Footed Spiders Smeringopus sp.   Daddy Long Legs Thomisus sp. Small Crab Spiders Design: Webwits Graciously sponsored by: Dr Gerrit Wyma & Nosy Rosy