Odonates from Mato Grosso and southern Para, Amazonian Brazil, November 2008 : |
From November 12 - 24, 2008 Sheridan and I were on a birding trip to south-central Brazil, and while there I tried to photograph every odonate that came my way. Sites visited were:
A small clear flowing forest stream on the Chapada dos Guimaraes - a spectacular sandstone outcrop east of Cuiaba the captial of Mato Grosso state (= CDG).
Along the banks and within half-a-mile of the Rio Azul at Pousada Rio Azul in southern Para state c. 4 hours by vehicle north of Alta Floresta, northern Mato Grosso state (=PRA).
Roadside swampy ponds with riparian edges in mostly cleared ranchland between Rio Azul and Rio Cristalino (=RSP).
Along the Rio Cristalino and in forest within half-a-mile of the river at Cristalino Jungle Lodge, northernmost Mato Grosso state (=CJL).
Along a forested road close to the banks of the Rio Teles Pirres near Cristalino Jungle Lodge (=RTP).
Zygoptera damselflies:
CLICK HERE to see those with red abdomens or red/orange tips to the abdomen.
CLICK HERE to see Epipleonura-types that are metallic bronzy-green with a very slender abdomen.
CLICK HERE to see Calopterygids that are Hetaerina or a related genus.
CLICK HERE to see Argia-types.
CLICK HERE to see Acanthagrion-types and other misc Coenagrionids.
CLICK HERE to see Mecistogaster-types.
Anisoptera dragonflies.
CLICK HERE to see the non-Libellulids.
CLICK HERE to see the dasher-types.
CLICK HERE to see the colorful types (with red or orange in abdomen and/or thorax).
CLICK HERE to see the rest (mostly blue/gray/black types).