Royal Belum, Perak

My first visit to Royal Belum was in 2007. Time really flies, and that I revisited to Royal Belum a couple of days ago for an Odonata inventory. In a short 4-day of inventory, I recorded 43 species, and the most interesting find was Coeliccia kimurai.....

Kooi Waterfall

Temengor Lake

Gold Dust Weevil

I spotted this beautiful gold dust weevil (Hypomeces squamosus) in Taman Negara.....

Pseudagrion pilidorsum in Tandem

Scopion - Heterometrus spinifer

Bohedulang Island

Bohedulang (or Bohey Dulang) island is part of Tun Sakaran Marine Park (Sabah). The view of Bohedulang (see photo below) from the top hill of the island is so gorgeous....

Sunrise in Danum Valley

I was in Danum Valley (12-16 August 2015) to conduct dragonflying (dragonfly watching) to a group of international students. The sunrise in Danum Valley (see below photo) is so spectacular.....

Gomphidia abbotti (male)

Gynacantha limbalis (Female)

Tholymis tillarga

One of the libellulid species that I am always attracted to is Tholymis tillarga. The hindwings of T. tillarga have white patch. It is definitely not easy to bring out the white patch of the hindwings in photos....

Odonata Checklist for Gunung Tebu Forest Reserve, Terengganu

Gunung Tebu Forest Reserve is located at the northern part of Terengganu. It is 40 km away from Besut town. Below is the Odonata checklist for Gunung Tebu Forest Reserve, Terengganu:

Choong, C.Y. & Ng, Y.F. 2014. The Odonata of Gunung Tebu Forest Reserve, Terengganu. In: Abd Rahim, A.R., Abu Hassan, M.N., Nordin, A., Nor Hasliza, M.B. & Latiff, A. (eds.) Hutan Simpan Gunung Tebu, Terengganu: Pengurusan Hutan, Persekitaran Fizikal dan Kepelbagaian Biologi. Jabatan Perhutanan Semenanjung Malaysia, pp. 293-298.

Family Amphipterygidae
1. Devadatta argyoides (Selys, 1859)

Family Calopterygidae
2. Echo modesta Laidlaw, 1902

3. Neurobasis chinensis (Linnaeus, 1758)

4. Vestalis amethystina Lieftinck, 1965

5. Vestalis amoena Selys, 1853

6. Vestalis gracilis (Rambur, 1842)

Family Chlorocyphidae

7. Heliocypha biforata (Selys, 1859)

8. Libellago aurantiaca (Selys, 1859)

9. Libellago hyalina (Selys, 1859)

10. Sundacypha petiolata (Selys, 1859)

Family Euphaeidae
11. Dysphaea dimidiata Selys, 1853

12. Euphaea impar Selys, 1859

Family Argiolestidae

13. Podolestes orientalis Selys, 1862

Family Megapodagrionidae

14. Rhinagrion macrocephalum (Selys, 1862)

Family Coenagrionidae

15. Agriocnemis femina (Brauer, 1868)

16. Archibasis rebeccae Kemp, 1989

17. Archibasis viola Lieftinck, 1949

18. Argiocnemis rubescens rubeola Selys, 1877

19. Ceriagrion cerinorubellum (Brauer, 1865)

20. Mortonagrion aborense (Laidlaw, 1914)

21. Pseudagrion australasiae Selys, 1876

22. Pseudagrion williamsoni Fraser, 1922

Family Platystictidae

23. Drepanosticta sp.

Family Platycnemididae

24. Coeliccia albicauda (Förster, 1907)
25. Copera ciliata (Selys, 1863)

26. Copera marginipes (Rambur, 1842)

27. Copera vittata (Selys, 1863)
28. Elattoneura analis (Selys, 1860)

29. Prodasineura collaris (Selys, 1860)

30. Prodasineura humeralis (Selys, 1860)

31. Prodasineura laidlawii (Förster, 1907)

32. Prodasineura notostigma (Selys, 1860)

Family Gomphidae
33. Ictinogomphus decoratus melaenops (Selys, 1858)

34. Macrogomphus thoracicus McLachlan, 1884

Family Aeshnidae

35. Heliaeschna sp.

36. Indaeschna grubaueri (Förster, 1904)

Family Corduliidae
37. Idionyx yolanda Selys, 1871

Family Libellulidae

38. Aethriamanta gracilis (Brauer, 1878)

39. Brachydiplax chalybea Brauer, 1868

40. Cratilla metallica (Brauer, 1878)

41. Diplacodes trivialis (Rambur, 1842)

42. Lyriothemis biappendiculata (Selys, 1878)

43. Nannophya pygmaea Rambur, 1842

44. Neurothemis fluctuans (Fabricius, 1793)

45. Onychothemis testacea Laidlaw, 1902

46. Orchithemis pulcherrima Brauer, 1878

47. Orthetrum chrysis (Selys, 1891)

48. Orthetrum glaucum (Brauer, 1865) 

49. Orthetrum sabina (Drury, 1770)

50. Orthetrum testaceum (Burmeister, 1839)

51. Rhyothemis phyllis (Sulzer, 1776)

52. Rhyothemis triangularis Kirby, 1889

53. Tetrathemis irregularis hyalina Kirby, 1889

54. Trithemis aurora (Burmeister, 1839)

55. Tyriobapta torrida Kirby, 1889

56. Urothemis signata insignata (Selys, 1872)