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:
24): 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: Diastatops obscura :
21): 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 24) above). Per Dennis Paulson: Orthemis schmidti :
29): clay lick at CJL (small clearing in forest with rainpool on damp clay/mud). Per Dennis Paulson: Rhodopygia cardinalis :
30): clay lick at CJL (small clearing in forest with rainpool on damp clay/mud). Per Dennis Paulson: Orthemis schmidti:
01): perched more than 100 feet up in subcanopy at CJL next to tower. Per Dennis Paulson: Orthemis attenuata:
27): 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 24) above). Per Dennis Paulson: Perithemis lais :
37): edge of river among floating vegetation at CJL. Per Dennis Paulson: Perithemis lais :
