Authors : Rathod P. P, N. A. Manwar, R. P. Joshi and I. A. Raja
Page Nos : 1-6
Description :
Vision is the most developed sense in dragonfly, uses for habitat selection and mate
recognition. The present investigation explains the role of visual sense in selection
of oviposition site in dragon fly. This study was reported in female of Bradinopyga
geminata which observed to be decepted by the shining black surfaces as water
bodies and selected them as its ovipositing site. In our study on reproductive
behavior, we observed ovipositing Bradinopyga geminata females, instead of water
body, selected dark brown shining colored flag base, the moving shiny black wheels
of heavy vehicles and the front screen glass of a car as its oviposition site and
deposited the eggs. Thus it is found that the female of dragonfly Bradinopyga
geminata very much depends on its visual sense in selection of it oviposition site
and capable of misguided in this regard.
