surprise in the lab

yong brought back some dragonfly and damselfly larvae during the field trip last week. they were left in the lab when we were back to KL on last friday. over the long weekend, i had been wondering what would have happened to them, whether they would survive, since they had no food. today when i was back to the lab, i found that some of them actually survived, alive and kicking in the plastic jars..and when i moved one of the jars, something actually flew out of it! God!! i was really surprised! it was actually a damselfly..one of the damselfly larva had turned into an adult!! hahaa...really didnt expect this to happen. the damselfly looks really delicate, and it is white in colour. maybe it will change colour later on, which i am not sure. i remember seeing the same type of damselfly when i went to one of the sampling sites. one of them flew out when i disturbed the water grass in the stream.

so what happens to the damselfly? it is still in the lab hahaa..the owner decided to let it hang around in the lab. it is still alive and hiding on the plant in the lab when i left. hopefully tomorrow i will still see it alive in the lab. poor thing...struggling without food. i wonder how long more it can survive

this is how a damselfly looks like. damselflies look more or less like dragonfllies, but they have a slimmer body, more delicate-looking. damselflies have their wings closed up when they perch on somewhere, whereas dragonflies have their wings spreaded out when they perch. do have a good look at a dragonfly next time if you have never noticed this before