Freshwater Macroinvertebrates in Hong Kong

Rhyothemis variegata (Variegated flutterer)

Habitat: larvae could be found in marshes and ponds

General appearance: body relatively medium sized, up to about 15mm long; legs long and slender, especially femur of hind legs reaching to abdominal segment VII; abdomen oblong shaped; dorsal spines on abdominal segments IV - IX and lateral spines tiny on abdominal segments VIII and IX

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Head in ventral view
Labium
Abdomen

Specimen provided by Allied Environmental Consultants Limited (AEC)