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).
NOTE: The numbers assigned on this page to each entry correspond to those used in the image filenames; entries are grouped as best I can by morphological type and therefore are not in numerical order:
07): on knee-high twigs next to a clear flowing small stream under the canopy of primary forest at CDG. Per Dennis Paulson: a female Anatya guttata:
10): trailhead in forest at river, at PRA. Per Dennis Paulson: a female Anatya guttata:
13): on side of entrance road at PRA, close to where the campina transitions to tall forest. Per Dennis Paulson: Erythrodiplax anatoidea:
15): perched low over dwindling rainpool on wide track through campina (stunted forest/scrub on white-sand) at PRA. Per Dennis Paulson: Erythrodiplax, possibly unimaculata:
16): perched low over dwindling rainpool on wide track through campina (stunted forest/scrub on white-sand) at PRA (same spot as 15) above). Per Dennis Paulson: Erythrodiplax attenuata:
25):
on twigs next to a shaded patch of water along the wooded edge of large RSP not far from Teles Pirres River in northernmost Mato Grosso.Per Dennis Paulson: Erythrodiplax attenuata:
34): main clearing at CJL. Per Dennis Paulson: Erythrodiplax attenuata:
09): over a dwindling rain pool in red clay in a clearing in large forest fragment near Rio Azul, not far from PRA. Per Dennis Paulson: a Micrathyria:
17): on the edge of the lodge clearing at PRA. Per Dennis Paulson: a Micrathyria:
28): clay lick at CJL (small clearing in forest with rainpool on damp clay/mud). Per Dennis Paulson: Micrathyria atra:
38): edge of clearing at CJL. Per Dennis Paulson: a Micrathyria:
18): at a RSP 5 kms south of PRA; this small pool was formed by a small obstruction in a narrow stream flowing across mostly pasture, with some scattered patches of secondary and primary forest . Per Dennis Paulson: Erythrodiplax latimaculata:
19): at a RSP 5 kms south of PRA; this small pool was formed by a small obstruction in a narrow stream flowing across mostly pasture, with some scattered patches of secondary and primary forest (same spot as 18) above). Per Dennis Paulson: Erythrodiplax fusca:
20): at a RSP 5 kms south of PRA; this small pool was formed by a small obstruction in a narrow stream flowing across mostly pasture, with some scattered patches of secondary and primary forest (same spot as 18) above). Per Dennis Paulson: Erythrodiplax basalis:
22): at a RSP 5 kms south of PRA; this small pool was formed by a small obstruction in a narrow stream flowing across mostly pasture, with some scattered patches of secondary and primary forest (same spot as 18) above). Per Dennis Paulson: a Micrathyria:
23): on tall grass next to a shaded patch of water along the wooded edge of large RSP not far from Teles Pirres River in northernmost Mato Grosso. Per Dennis Paulson: a Micrathyria:
32): low over small grassy clearing by road in large forest tract next to river at RTP. Per Dennis Paulson: all are Anatya guttata:
The rest here were along the same road; a 2nd individual - same taxon?
3rd individual - same taxon?
4th individual - same taxon?
a female - same taxon?
2nd female - same taxon?
