Black tailed bluet

Introduction: Black-tailed Bluets (Azuragrion nigridorsum) can be found in spring-fed ponds created from the damming of streams. The species appears to be totally black from above.

Distribution: Otavi Mountains, Sesfontein, Ongongo and the Upper Swakop River near Gross Barmen.

Colouration: Pale brown pterostigma, black head with a green to blue labrum, blue thorax and a greenish-blue abdomen.

Breeding: Oviposits in submerged plants. The hatched larvae live between the plants.

Flight season: Throughout the year.

Max size: 30mm.