Venus' Mirror
Species seen:
Anisoptera--Dragonflies
Libellulidae
Zygoptera--Damselflies
Coenagrionidae
Megapodagrionidae
Yesterday evening, I went to Venus' Mirror with my dad, my brother, the two Mr. Tang-s, and Robin from N Parks. It was around 6:30pm, and we were there to try and catch the rare Aeshnidae that Mr. Tang Junior had seen there before.
We arrived there just as the light was getting dim. Walking in to the pond, Mr. Tang told us that it was maintained by an elderly man who sold the aquatic plants he grew there to aquariums. That was why there were planks across the surface of the pond.
When we reached the pond, many Zyxomma petiolatum were zooming across the water surface. There were some mating, but most were just catching other insects. Zyxomma petiolatum are extremely thin black dragonflies.
There were several Neurothemis flactuans also, and a solitary Brachydiplax chalybea.
Nearing dusk, we saw several huge dragonflies flying around very fast, but were unable to identify them.
We also saw an Onychargia rufusens (I'm not sure about the spelling, and I'm not sure if it was rufusens, but that's what Mr. Tang said it was). It was black with a purplish tinge across the thorax and head.
We were rewarded with a beautiful firefly with a blue light, which was the grand finale of the night before we went home. Venus' Mirror is very pretty, and its definitely worth another visit.
-actually the name (venus' mirror) is a very obvious clue-
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