Tetrathemis platyptera - male
Sungai Durian, Lintang, Perak
Dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata) are a group of aesthetic aquatic insects. Over 420 species of Odonata have been recorded for Malaysia (Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah and Sarawak). They are waiting for me to explore.
20 February 2026
Dragonflying at Sungai Durian, Lintang, Perak
Sungai Durian flows through Kampung Sungai Durian, Lintang, Perak. The Perak state government develops an ecotourism project at Kampung Sungai Durian - Lata Gerik Kampung Sungai Durian. One of the attractions to Lata Gerik Kampung Sungai Durian is the Sungai Durian (see the photos below). The water of the stream is clean. I visited to Lata Gerik Kampung Sungai Durian on 19 February 2026 to survey the Odonata. I managed to record 26 species of Odonota (11 species are damselflies and 15 species are dragonflies) at Lata Gerik Kampung Sungai Durian (see the species list below).
Photos of Sungai Durian
Odonata species list of Lata Gerik Kampung Sungai Durian (recorded on 19 February 2026)
Damselflies
Argiocnemis rubesences
Copera marginipes
Dysphaea dimidiata
Heliocypha perforata
Libellago lineata
Mortonagrion aborense
Neurobasis chinesis
Prodasineura humeralis
Pseudagrion pruinosum
Pseudocopera ciliata
Vestalis amoena
Dragonflies
Acisoma panorpoides
Cratilla metallica
Lathrecista asiatica
Megalogomphus sumatranus
Neurothemis fluctuans
Neurothemis fulvia
Onychothemis culminicola
Orthetrum chrysis
Orthetrum luzonicum
Orthetrum testaceum
Tetrathemis hyalina
Tetrathemis platyptera
Trithemis aurora
Trithemis festiva
Zygonyx iris
19 February 2026
15 February 2026
17 January 2026
16 January 2026
Larva - Agrionoptera sexlineata
Agrionoptera sexlineata - larva (final stadium); female
UKM Bangi, Selangor
Larval Emergence - Tholymis tillarga
Larval emergence of Tholymis tillarga normally takes place at the late evening.
larval emergence of Tholymis tillarga (female)
UKM Bangi, Selangor
15 January 2026
11 January 2026
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