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Over 250 species of odonates living in all kinds of aquatic habitats in Peninsular Malaysia. They are waiting for me to be explored........
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Larval Emergence - Lathrecista asiatica
The larvae of Lathrecista asiatica and Agrionoptera sexlineata are quite similar in shape. I didn't pay much attention on the L. asiatica larva until it emerged. Just before the emergence, however, I did realize that the size of asiatica larva is slightly smaller than that of sexlineata. I shall look into the masks of this two species to find out if there is any difference.
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a newly emerged female L. asiatica and its casing
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