Cratilla lineata vs Cratilla metallica - Famale

The females of Cratilla lineata and Cratilla metallica are not too hard to be told apart. At first glance, the wing tips for both the females are tinted. However, the edge of the tinted area is more defined and darker in C. metallica than C. lineata. Apart from that, the colour of C. metallica is metallic but not so in C. lineata. 

Cratilla lineata - female

UKM Bangi, Selangor

Cratilla metallica - female

UKM Bangi, Selangor

Heliocypha biforata

Heliocypha biforata - female

Hutan Simpan Batang Melaka, Melaka

Agrionoptera insignis

Agrionoptera insignis - male

Hutan Simpan Bukit Senggeh, Melaka

Preying - Acisoma panorpoides on Onychargia atrocyana

Acisoma panorpoides (female) is preying on Onychargia atrocyana (freshly emerged male)

Hutan Simpan Batang Melaka, Melaka

Nesoxenia lineata

Nesoxenia lineata - male

Hutan Simpan Bukit Senggeh, Melaka

Preying on Heliocypha biforata

a strider is preying on Heliocypha biforata (male)

Hutan Simpan Batang Melaka, Melaka

Scientific Expedition of Melaka Forests

I joined the Scientific Expedition of Melaka Forest 2025 organized by Jabatan Perhutanan Negeri Melaka and Jabatan Perhutanan Semenanjung Malaysia on 22-26 June 2025. The expedition covered three forest reserves - Hutan Simpan Bukit Sedanan, Hutan Simpan Bukit Senggeh and Hutan Simpan Batang Melaka. The basecamp of the expedition was located at Taman Negeri Melaka Bukit Sedanan.

the basecamp at Taman Negeri Melaka Bukit Sedanan

a nice lake (ex-sand mining lake) at Taman Negeri Melaka Bukit Sedanan

Trithemis pallidinervis

Trithemis pallidinervis - male

Hutan Simpan Bukit Sedanan, Melaka

Pseudagrion rubriceps

Pseudagrion rubriceps - mating

UKM Bangi, Selangor

Libellago aurantiaca

Libellago aurantiaca - female

Hutan Lipur Tembakah, Terengganu