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This tinny Agriocnemis femina oryzae are often being eaten by other bigger species of damselflies,
Agriocnemis femina oryzae inturn feeds on something smaller.

From 2:51 to 3:11, in 20 minutes this Agriocnemis femina oryzae swallowed an insect as big as her thorax. She bit the hard part of the insect body to break and soften it, she squeezes the abdomen for 'Juice'......see photo detail below:

02:51 PM

The insect's 3 pairs of legs looks like a cockroach, but it is a fly not a cockroach. The wings are gone most probably bitten off first before eating.

02:55 PM

Damselflies uses 1st pair front legs to lift up the dead insect while the remaining two pairs of legs used to stabilize the body.

Notice that her 1st pair of front feet are not attaches to the body (thorax) but attached directly to her neck...

02:55 PM

The white tooth is Mandibles, a pair of toothed jaws for cutting and chewing.
Lower part of the mouth is a snake' tongue shape LABIUM. Labium is a pair of plates fused together to form the lower lip.

Labrum = the upper lip of the insect mouth.
Mandibles = a pair of toothed jaws for cutting and chewing.
maxillas = a pair of accessory jaws inside the mouth normally not being seen outside.
A pair of sensory organ maxillary palp is attached to maxillas.
Labium, is a pair of plates, fused together to form the lower lip of the mouth with a pair of labial palp attached

Out of the global 10 families of damselflies, the following 6 families are found in Borneo Island :

Damselfly head include :
1- compound eyes,
2- ocelli,
3- antennae,
4- mouth structures

Dragonflies of Borneo
"With 275 named species so far recorded in Borneo, the island has one of the richest and most exciting dragonfly faunas in the world. More than 40% of species occur nowhere else, making it the most distinctive sub-region of Sundaland." A Guide to the Dragonflies of Borneo by Albert G. Orr

GO FURTHER

FLORA

Fig trees of Sabah

Borneo has 150 species of wild fig trees. Most of them are found in forests of Sabah.

FISHERIES

Tiger Prawn Farms in Tawau

Prawn farming is a main commercial activities in Tawau. Spawners from Tawau are graded the best in Malaysia. For decades, Tawau has been exporting high-grade tiger prawns to several countries such as Korea, Japan, Taiwan, China, Vietnam, Singapore, Egypt and Australia.

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