Devadatta clavicauda - tandem pair
Mentawai, Sarawak
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.
16 June 2024
15 June 2024
Pseudagrion australasiae - Submerged Oviposition
I have seen underwater oviposition of Pseudagrion australasiae on a few occasions. The female totally submerges into water for oviposition. At the beginning of the oviposition, the male is attached to the female while the female retreats slowly down into the water. Later on, the male is detached from the female, leaving the female in the water. However, the male guards above the water throughout the whole process of underwater oviposition of the female. The underwater duration for the female may last for more than 10 minutes.
Pseudagrion australasiae - oviposition
UKM Bangi, Selangor
Dragonflies and Damselflies of Tasik Ghazali UKM - II
I visited again Tasik Ghazali for dragonfly watching on 15 June 2024 (10 am - 3 pm). I managed to add two additional species (Pseudagrion australasiae and Prodasineura humeralis) to the species list for Tasik Ghazali. The story of the previous visit of Tasik Ghazali can be viewed here.
Here is the updated species list for Tasik Ghazali:
Family Platycnemididae
Copera marginipes
Copera vittata
Onychargia atrocyana
Prodasineura humeralis
Pseudocopera ciliata
Family Coenagrionidae
Agriocnemis femina
Argiocnemis rubescens
Ceriagrion cerinorubellum
Pseudagrion australasiae
Pseudagrion microcephalum
Pseudagrion rubriceps
Family Gomphidae
Ictinogomphus decoratus
Family Macromiidae
Epophthalmia vittigera
Family Libellulidae
Acisoma panorpoides
Aethriamanta gracilis
Brachydiplax chalybea
Brachythemis contaminata
Hydrobasileus croceus
Neurothemis fluctuans
Orthetrum sabina
Orthetrum testaceum
Pseudothemis jorina
Rhodothemis rufa
Rhyothemis aterrima
Rhyothemis phyllis
Rhyothemis triangularis
Tetrathemis hyalina
Tholymis tillarga
Tramae transmarina
Trithemis aurora
Tyriobapta torrida
Urothemis signata
Zyxomma petiolatum
Here are some of the Odonata photos taken at Tasik Ghazali on 15 June 2024:
Hydrobasileus croceus - male
Rhyothemis phyllis - male
Tramea transmarina - male
Prodasineura humeralis - male
Pseudagrion australasiae - male
Pseudagrion rubriceps - male
14 June 2024
Indothemis carnatica
Indothemis carnatica - male
UKM Bangi, Selangor
Indothemis carnatica - female
UKM Bangi, Selangor
13 June 2024
Agriocnemis femina
Agriocnemis femina
a young male and a young female
the parting of a male and a female after copulation
UKM Bangi, Selangor
12 June 2024
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