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Dragonflies of Jurong Lake Gardens. Dragonflies are from the suborder Anisoptera. Compared to damselflies, they are stronger fliers and have bulkier bodies. Their forewings and hindwings are shaped differently and they tend to hold their wings out horizontally at rest, like an airplane.
Join us for the Dragonfly Watch, organised as part of the NParks Community in Nature Biodiversity Watch series, and contribute to a citizen science study on these amazing flying predators. You can also learn more about our common dragonflies and damselflies through our interactive e-learning module.
Abstract. Over the past few years, the popularisation of local dragonflies (Odonata) among academics and amateurs has resulted in several new records, rediscoveries, and a better understanding of the distribution and conservation significance.
One of these is Bishan Park. Bishan Park contains three ponds, which harbour up to 33 species of dragonflies – almost a quarter of the 124 known species recorded from Singapore. In fact, most of the common Singapore dragonflies can be found in this park, especially in the lotus plant pond near Upper Thomson Road.
Sep 19, 2022 · SINGAPORE - As the clouds part at Windsor Park, a lone pink dragonfly raises its long body skywards, sticking its "butt" up. The insect assumes this tower-like position on sunny days to avoid...
A Photographic Field Guide to the Dragonflies & Damselflies of Singapore is a fully comprehensive field guide to the 136 species of dragonfly and damselfly found in Singapore. With stunning, close-up photographs from the authors, each species is illustrated with multiple variants.
Prodasineura, the Asian threadtails, is a genus of damselflies in the family…. The Sultan appears to be an uncommon but widespread dragonfly in Singapore. The…. The Spine-tufted skimmer, or brown-backed red marsh hawk, is a species of…. The spine–legged redbolt, also known as rufous marsh glider, and common redbolt,….
In Singapore, urban parks with freshwater bodies form a useful adjunct to the conservation of dragonflies in the more forested Nature Reserves. They increase the number of sites at which dragonflies can occur, and therefore enhance total population size.
Aug 3, 2022 · The largest dragonfly in the Family Libellulidae, the native Sultan dragonfly (Camacinia gigantea) Camacinia is a small genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae. Species of Camacinia are found from South-east Asia to the Solomon Islands, Australia and New Guinea.
Jan 22, 2021 · October 29, 2022. Diplacodes trivialis is small dragonfly with bluish eyes and greenish-yellow or olivaceous thorax and abdomen with black marks. In very old adults, the whole thorax...
