Dragonfly

Dragonfly needle (Schnura heterosticta) is very easily recognizable and distinguished from other types of dragonflies. In general, the dragonfly is large but the needle dragonfly has a slim body shape characteristic, especially on the needle-like tail, the needle dragonfly has a characteristic wing perpendicular upward and extends along the tail.

The female needle dragonfly body has a bright and striking color while the male dragonflies tend to have a plain color and tend to yellowish or have a dark color.

Dragonflies are the natural enemies of pests. Natural enemies themselves help farmers to control the number of pests that attack cultivated crops.

With an explanation of the sequence of predator odonata insects, at the time of the dragonfly needles prey on leaf moths, while when the needle is still nymph, nymph nymph nymphs can eat nymphs from nymphs and when dragonfly adulthood small needle insects small insects like aphis. Needle dragonfly usually hunts its prey flying under the leaf canopy of rice plants.