Asian Blood Tail

Lathrecista asiatica

Description

Lathrecista asiaticahas grey brown eyes and red blood tail with black on the end of the tail. The male has small body, the thorax is chopper brown with a pair of yellow parallel strip on the side. The abdomen is red, except the last two segment is black. The female is paler than the male. The abdomen is brownish red while the thorax is orange.

Population Size

Unknown

Life Span

-

WEIGHT​

-

LENGTH

44-47 mm

Ar

Arboreal

Ca

Carnivore

Di

Diurnal

In

Insectivorest

Te

Terrestrial

Classification

KINGDOM

:

Animalia

PHYLUM

:

Arthropoda

CLASS

:

Insecta

ORDER

:

Odonata

FAMILY

:

Libellulidae

GENUS

:

Lathrecista

SPECIES

:

Lathrecista asiatica

Distribution

Lathrecista asiaticacould be found near pond, mashers, swaps forest, and forest pond.

Geography

Continent : Asia, Australia

Country : India, Indonesia, Vietnam, Papua New Guinea, Australia.

Habits and Lifestyle

Lathrecista asiaticaperch on the tree branch. It is sensitive to outside disturbance, which make this dragonfly hard to approach.

Lifestyle

Terrestrial, Arboreal

Biome

Tropical rain forest

Climate Zone

Tropical

Diet and Nutrition

Lathrecista asiaticaeats smaller insects.

Diet : Carnivore, Insectivore

Mating Habits

Lathrecista asiaticais an oviparous animal. The male and femal mating at the water area. The female laid their eggs on the surface of pond, marshes, swamp forest and shallow forest pool.

Reproduction session : –

Incubation periods : –

Independent age : at birth

Baby name : –

Baby carrying : –

Population

Population status : Least Concern (LC)

NE

DD

LC

NT

VU

EN

CR

EW

EX

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