Teneral Dragonfly Archives - Singapore Geographic https://www.singaporegeographic.com/tag/teneral-dragonfly Singapore Biodiversity, List of Wild Animals, Insect, Nature Article that has been recorded in Singapore. Mon, 14 Mar 2022 12:20:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 135464637 Libellago lineata https://www.singaporegeographic.com/insects/odonata-dragonfly-damselfly/libellago-lineata?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=libellago-lineata https://www.singaporegeographic.com/insects/odonata-dragonfly-damselfly/libellago-lineata#respond Tue, 01 Mar 2022 12:11:06 +0000 https://www.singaporegeographic.com/?p=6726 Libellago lineata, river heliodor is a species of damselfly in the family Chlorocyphidae. It is found in many Asian countries. The species is found in clear streams or rivers. Wikipedia Teneral of a Chlorocyphid, could be anything of jewel species (Libellago, Rhynocypha, Heliocypha etc). The proper term for a young adult dragonfly that has just emerged is a […]

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]]> Libellago lineata, river heliodor is a species of damselfly in the family Chlorocyphidae. It is found in many Asian countries. The species is found in clear streams or rivers. Wikipedia

Teneral of a Chlorocyphid, could be anything of jewel species (Libellago, Rhynocypha, Heliocypha etc).

The proper term for a young adult dragonfly that has just emerged is a teneral. The Latin root word of teneral, tener, means tender or young. After moulting, an insect is in the teneral stage. An arthropod in the teneral state is described as soft-bodied, as their new exoskeleton has not hardened yet

Thanks, Muhammad Nazri Janra and Marcus Ng  Dragonflies of Singapore  for the ID.

Location: Mandai – March 2021


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