Red Dragonfly of Sabah in Borneo Island
(Including dark brown colour)
Last Updated on Thursday, 31 August, 2023 11:58:35 PM
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Red Dragonfly of Sabah in Borneo Island
(Including dark brown colour)
Dragonflies are beautiful creatures on earth. Dragonflies in nature bring out
nostalgic memories back to the past when insects are playmates of our early
childhood.
After the torrential monsoon rains, they are seen in abundance in the wet lands
along with damselflies.
These wonderful organisms enhance the beauty of our nature.
RED COLOURED DRAGONFLIES of Borneo:
There are 21 common red species of dragonflies found in Sabah. All from the Family Libellulidae:
Camacinia gigantea
Lathrecista asiatica
Urothemis
signata
Agrionoptera insignis
Hydrobasileus croceus
Lyriothemis
cleis
Lyriothemis biappendiculata
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Neurothemis x3 species
Nannophya
pygmaea
Onychothemis culminicola
Orthetrum
testaceum
Orthetrum
chrysis
Orthetrum
pruinosum
Pantala
flavescens
Rhodothemis
rufa
Tramea
transmarina
Tholymis
tillagra
Trithemis
aurora
Urothemis
signata
Neurothemis
Dragonflies from the other two common families are either dark green or brown colour.
No record of female
Lyriothemis biappendiculata
No record of female
♂33mm
2023-08-30 HILL ZONE
Female no record.
No record of female
No record for female
Camacinia gigantea
♀50mm
body length = 50mm
hind wing = 48mm
wingspan = 100mm
Wildspread inAsia but rare in Borneo.
Agrionoptera insignis
Female 43mm 2008-07-13 TAWAU
Male 42mm 2007-09-23 TAWAU
Urothemis signata
Male ♂42mm 2007-10-13 DRAGONFLY POND
Female 44mm 2007-11-25 DRAGONFLY POND
Trithemis aurora
Male 2005-07-11 BUKIT GEMOK
Female ♀ 2007-02-05 BUKIT GEMOK
Orthetrum testaceum
Male 49mm
2016-02-23 VOCATIONAL COLLEGE
Lathrecista asiatica
Male 46mm 2007-09-12 SG TAWAU
Female ♀43mm 2007-09-16 SG TAWAU
Rhodothemis rufa
Male 43mm 2008-05-04 DRAGONFLY POND
Female 44mm 2008-05-04 DRAGONFLY POND
Easily mistaken as an Orthetrum. Found in weedy pond. Not common in Malaysia.
Tholymis tillarga
Male ♂43mm
2016-09-20 BUKIT GEMOK
| Neurothemis terminata | Neurothemis fluctuans | Neurothemis ramburii |
| MALE Bright Red |
MALE Dark Red |
MALE Bright Red |
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| Bigger ( hw, 28-32 mm) |
Smaller (hw, 21-25 mm) |
Bigger ( hw, 28-32 mm) |
| FEMALE Female are 2 types: |
FEMALE Only 1 type: |
FEMALE Female are 2 types: 1) Clear Wings 2) Red Wings |
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Spider Web Dragonfly net
In India the local people in the forest area use a special Dragonfly net
to catch these flies cleverly. The net is made and used in a very simple way . A
long twig is cut ,the apical end is made round or oval in shape and tied
tightly. The rounded or oval part is twisted in the spider web( which is easily
available in the forest area , of the Giant spider) two or three times until it
is covered by the web as a thin film. Then the same is placed on the body of the
Dragonfly /Damselfly carefully. Immediately , the insect tries to fly , but it
is entangled in the spider web and we can catch the same very easily.
RELATED TOPICS
The compound eyes of dragonflies
Dragonflies and damselflies have large compound eyes that can see in all directions. When the compound eye is magnified several hundred times, each individual facet (ommatidium) is shown to be hexagonal in shape.
Ovipositor (Vulvar Lamina)
of Female Dragonflies and Damselflies
Female dragonflies have either one of the two method of depositing eggs from
the abdomen:
1- using Ovipositor Structure
2- using Vulvar Lamina
Male do not have an ovipositor. Instead male dragonfly and damselfly have appendages.
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GO FURTHER FLORA Borneo has 150 species of wild fig trees. Most of them are found in forests of Sabah. FISHERIES 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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Damselflies of Borneo |
