Elegant Dropwings were named after Dr Franz Werner an Austrian zoologist and explorer who collected the first specimens in Uganda in 1905. They have a slender, cylinderical abdomen and are known to inhabit rivers in the north of the country.
Elegant Dropwing
Introduction: Elegant Dropwings (Trithemis werneri) were named after Dr Franz Werner an Austrian zoologist and explorer who collected the first specimens in Uganda in 1905. They have a slender, cylinderical abdomen and are known to inhabit rivers in the north of the country.
Distribution: Kunene River, Epupa Falls.
Colouration: Red abdomen, brownish thorax.
Breeding:Females consume large numbers of insects to maximise their reproductive numbers.
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