Gynacantha subinterrupta - Female

Emergence - Megalogomphus sumatranus

Megalogomphus sumatranus - Female

An Exuvia of Megalogomphus sumatranus

Melastoma malabathricum - Three Colour Forms

Antigonon leptosus

Nepenthes mirabilis - Female Inflorescence

Lestes praemorsus in Wheel

You Wanna Guess?

This is a gomphid larva.... you wanna guess the species of this gomphid larva?

Inflorescences of Nepenthes gracilis

male inflorescence

female inflorescence

Macrogomphus parallelogramma (male)

Burmagomphus arthuri

Burmagomphus insularis

Lately, I had a close encounter with Burmagomphus insularis for the second time in Peninsular Malaysia...

Orolestes wallacei - Female

Libellago semiopaca - Female

Burmagomphus plagiatus

Gynacantha basigutatta - Female

Gomphidia abbotti

Libellago semiopaca

Neurobasis chinensis in Wheel

Libellago stigmatizans in Wheel

Rhyothemis plutonia

Rasphimia bispina

Costus globosus

Snake - Rhabdophis chrysargos

It is a juvenile Rhabdophis chrysargos...

An Odonata Book

I received this wonderful Odonata book from Vincent and Bert...

Mortonagrion arthuri

Top is male; bottom is female

Flying Fox

There are thousands and thousands of flying foxes (Pteropus hypmelanus) roosting at the trees...

Agriocnemis minima - Female

Neurothemis ramburii

Agriocnemis minima - Male

Teinobasis ruficollis

Rhyothemis aterrima - Wheel Pair

A Site for Dragonfly Watching

The site shown in the below photograph is an excellent site for dragonfly watching. At least 27 Odonata species can be spotted at this site. The Odonata species are:

Acisoma panorpoides
Aethriamanta gracilis
Agriocnemis nana
Brachydiplax chalybea
Brachythemis contaminata
Ceriagrion cerinorubellum
Crocothemis servilia
Diplacodes nebulosa
Epophthalmia vittigera
Hydrobasileus croceus
Ictinogomphus decoratus
Indothemis limbata
Lestes praemorsus
Nannophya pygmaea
Neurothemis fluctuans
Orthetrum chrysis
Orthetrum sabina
Pseudagrion australasiae
Pseudagrion microcephalum
Pseudothemis jorina
Rhodothemis rufa
Rhyothemis phyllis
Rhyothemis triangularis
Tramea transmarina
Trithemis aurora
Trithemis festiva
Urothemis signata

If you fancy a dragonfly watching at this site, do kindly contact me.

Tramea transmarina vs Tramea phaeoneura

Tramea transmarina can be found in Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo while T. phaeoneura is confined to Borneo. Even in Borneo, T. phaeoneura is much less common compared to T. transmarina. Both the species are hard to be identified when they are high in flight. One may use the extensiveness of dark patch of hind wings to tell them apart - T. transmarina has more extensive dark patch of hind wings compared to T. phaeoneura. However, this character is sometime variable. The best way to verify these two species is to look into their anal appendages and genitalia.

Handicraft with Dragonfly Motif

This handicraft with dragonfly motif was a gift from a colleague who just came back from Vietnam. I find it very cute and innovative.

Hosea lobbii

Ictinogomphus acutus - Male

Sungai Belait, Brunei

I felt so calm looking over the abandoned village of Kuala Balai by the Sungai Belait...

Ginger Plant - Cleilocostus globosus

Podolestes harrisoni

Brachygonia oculata on Flight

Pinkish Mushroom

Nepenthes ampullaria

A Small Waterfall in Brunei

I visited to this small waterfall in Brunei for Odonata...

Mortonagrion falcatum - Female