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dragons damsels dragons damsels a dragonfly chaser blogs about odonata of borneo and other regions monday 24 august 2020 zyxomma obtusum 2 anisoptera species name zyxomma obtusum family libellulidae mature males of this crepuscular species are entirely covered with white bloom which gives it a ghostly appearence when silently flitting over drains at dusk or early dawn a male in flight see another male in flight here i recently found some larvae living in a cement water tank no doubt feeding on tadpoles of the four lined tree frog and other aquatic life in the water a final instar nymph a nymph that has crawled out of the water and ready to emerge the newly emerged imago beside its exuvia in the process of drying its wings it is a male teneral still lacking its full mature colour posted by dragonchaser at 22 29 no comments labels crepuscular dawn dusk emergence ghostly friday 7 april 2017 sieboldius japponicus anisoptera species name sieboldius japponicus family gomphidae the first time i saw this species was on a boat ride on a clear rocky forest stream in long pasia sabah in september 2016 to my astonishment one flew past our boat as my friend shauming lo and i were just beginning to take in the beauty of the surroundings it was large and flew quite audibly and was like nothing we had seen before shauming promptly nicknamed it the helicopter we quickly scrambled to take photos of it when it perched on the side of the boat but when we met more and more along the way we took our time and were able to take some photos of them on rocks and wood in the river with a hindwind length of 55mm in males and up to 57mm in females it is the largest of borneo s gomphids its colour and rather small headed appearance also make it easy to recognise though its name japponicus may seems to indicate that it is also found in japan it in fact is only present in borneo sumatra malaya and southern thailand it was named in 1854 on the mistaken belief of the author that the specimen was collected in japan posted by dragonchaser at 19 08 2 comments labels cream and black forest streams large small heads undisturbed forest streams tuesday 4 april 2017 brachygonia oculata anisoptera species name brachygonia oculata family libellulidae even though described as widespread and common in its range i only recently encountered this dainty species in the sama jaya nature reserve in kuching sarawak after years of semi serious dragonfly chasing the males i did not see any females were gathered in quite large numbers in the swampy area of the park and were quite conspicuous in their attractive powder blue and orange attire after i saw the first one it was very easy to see one everywhere i looked along the forest paths the species range is sundaland except java up to indochina posted by dragonchaser at 00 50 no comments labels forest paths forest swamp male small sized territory tuesday 4 march 2014 rhodothemis rufa anisoptera species name rhodothemis rufa family libellulidae my last post on this species was in december 2009 featuring a newly emerged female male r rufa is not easy to distinguish from other medium sized red species of libellulid like orthetrum testaceum crocothemis servilia or urothemis signata the female however is easier to recognise with her brownish colour and a middorsal pale yellowish streak i have recently photographed both males and females in the field male female posted by dragonchaser at 15 10 3 comments labels brown female mid dorsal stripe red male tuesday 1 january 2013 pantala flavescens emergence anisoptera species name pantala flavescens family libellulidae without realizing it two long years had passed since my last post my first post for the new year 2013 is only my second emergence post of arguably the most common dragonfly in the world in december 2012 i was lucky to find a few nymphs in a water tank and one night literally stumbled on an emergence in progress posted by dragonchaser at 21 26 no comments labels emergence nymph teneral sunday 12 december 2010 trithemis aurora anisoptera species name trithemis aurora family libellulidae a whole year has passed since i last posted in this blog i just can t believe how time passes so fast well at least i still have one post in 2010 hopefully more male in all its splendou r female the crimson dropwing is a common dragonfly of open ponds and drains the male is brightly coloured its whole body as well as the viens on its wings are bright pinkish crimson quite a sexy guy who likes to show off his colours basking in the sun while assuming the obelisk posture the female however is comparatively dull she s light brownish male in obelisk posture female doing handstand what he can do so can she this is a widespread species with a geographic range that cover the whole of asia posted by dragonchaser at 18 53 8 comments labels crimson drains pink ponds sexy male sunday 20 december 2009 rhodothemis rufa anisoptera species name rhodothemis rufa family libellulidae for the first time i was able to rear a dragonfly larva up to emergence however unfortunately although i guessed the day of emergence i was too late to catch the start of the emergence process on the morning of the larva s change to adulthood i woke up at 3 15 a m but found that it had already fully emerged i was only able to take photos of it hanging fully extended from the exuvia this after 2 months of guessing and wondering about its species turned out to be rhodothemis rufa a common species in asia with a range from bangladesh through india indochina china malaysia indonesia and the philippines my thanks to dr rory dow and dr sadayuki ugai for the sp identification the male however is rather difficult to distinguish from other common and very similar red libellulids however the female shown here is recognized by its brownish colour and the mid dorsal light yellow streak which run from the top of the antefrons through the thorax down to segment 5 of the abdomen unfortunately i don t have a photo of a male the larva when i first collected it was a rather long legged spiderlike creature mature larva underside mature larva with mosquito larvae which i provided it it also readily ate small tadpoles the newly emerged female with its characteristic mid dorsal line posted by dragonchaser at 12 04 7 comments labels bred brown female common emergence exuvia larva red male older posts home subscribe to posts atom about me dragonchaser sabah malaysia how many boys and girls have not caught or played with dragonflies and damselflies here s one who hasn t outgrown his fascination and interest in these wonderful insects and still chases them across hills and streams but instead of catching them and pulling them apart i now only take their photos view my complete profile blog archive 2020 1 august 1 zyxomma obtusum 2 2017 2 april 2 2014 1 march 1 2013 1 january 1 2010 1 december 1 2009 15 december 1 june 3 may 3 april 2 march 2 february 2 january 2 2008 21 december 2 november 1 october 3 september 1 august 2 july 2 june 1 may 1 april 2 march 3 february 2 january 1 2007 9 december 3 november 6 malaysia bloggers followers no of dragonflies viewers the following text will not be seen after you upload your website please keep it in order to retain your counter functionality family health insurance counter odonata links a blog with dragonfly posts a japanese odonata blog a singaporean fauna blog with great odonata posts asia dragonfly damsels and dragons of wishnik woods dragonflies of peninsular malaysia gallicissa a mainly bird blog with great occassional odonata photos nature photography singapore odonata odonata of malaysia my other blogs all things borneo what is a dragonfly what is a dragonfly dragonflies and damselflies are the most recognizable of all insects so if you don t know already the images on this blog will show you how they look like and i ll just tell you about how they are generally classified without attempting to go into how scientists called odonatologists separate them into families genera species and subspecies which is just too complicated for even this dragonchaser dragonflies and damselflies belong to the order odonata which is further divided into the subfamilies anisoptera true dragonfly and zygoptera damselflies however when we say dragonfly we generally mean any of the odonata which can be either a dragonfly anisoptera or a damselfly zygoptera but if we say damselfly we mean only a zygopteran and not anisopteran understand dragonflies vs damselflies dragonflies suborder anisoptera dragonflies are larger have large eyes that touch or almost touch two pairs of strong transparent wings which are dissimilar the hindwings broaden near the base to the connecting point to their bodies they rest with their wings open and held horizontally damselflies suborder zygoptera damselflies are small and delicate looking and have eyes that are separated they rest holding their wings together above the body or held slightly open above the hindwing of the damselfly is essentially similar to the forewing both however have similar life cycles females lays their eggs in or near water the larval or immature odonates meaning member of the odonata are called nymphs or naiads using internal gills to breathe and using extendable jaws have you seen the movie alien to catch other aquatic insects or even tadpoles and fish the larvae of large dragonflies may live as long as five years or two months to three years in smaller species when the the larva is ready to metamorphose into an adult it climbs up some emergent plant at night then the skin splits at a weak spot behind the head and the adult dragonfly crawls out of its old larval skin waits for the sun to rise pumps up its wings and flies off to feed on flying insects like mosquitoes and flies in the adult stage larger species of dragonfly can live as long as four months dragonfly in other languages what do other people call drangonflies and damselflies here s a short list that i ve compiled without googling honest dragonfly english ching ting 蜻蜓 chinese putonghua pepatung or patung patung also sibu sibu bahasa malaysia tutubi tagalog philippines alindanaw cebuano philippines libelo esperanto tombo とんぼ japanese tompokizu kadazan malaysia tompokiyu kiyu kiyu or kuyu kuyu dusun malaysia capung bahasa indonesia tike antolin toraja indonesia tumbikal malayalam india koora bath koora sinhalese sri lanka chu ồ n chu ồ n vietnamese mang por lao other photos of mine www flick r com this is a flickr badge showing items in a set called borneo creatures make your own badge here how many species of dragonflies are there in borneo more than 275 species of dragonflies and damselflies have been recorded on the huge island of borneo but more are being discovered some are possibly entirely new to science and some are those that have been recorded elsewhere ethereal theme powered by blogger