Thursday, May 10, 2018

Yellow Featherleg (Copera marginipes) മഞ്ഞക്കാലി പാല്‍ത്തുമ്പി. Rambur, 1842

Common name: Yellow Featherleg
Malayalam name: മഞ്ഞക്കാലി പാല്‍ത്തുമ്പി.
Scientific name: Copera marginipes  Rambur, 1842
Family: Platycnemididae
Place of observation: Thumboor, Kerala 
Date of observation: Various

Male :      Abdomen 28-31 mm  Hind-wing 16-18 mm
Female :  Abdomen 29-30 mm  Hind-wing 20mm.

Emergence of Female
Teneral Female
Juvenile female
Juvenile Female
Sub adult Female
Female
Female
Female
Juvenile Male
Sub adult male. 
Subadult Male
Male
Male
Male
Male
Mating Tandem 
Mating Tandem 
Mating
Ovipositing
Ovipositing
Ovipositing




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