Visual deception in oviposition site selection in female dragonfly Bradinopyga geminata (Rambur) Libellulidae : Anisoptera

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 dragonfly. 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.