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:
03): on waist-high vine next to a clear flowing small stream at a sunlit opening in primary forest at CDG. Per Dennis Paulson: not sure of genus; definitely something different:
04): on knee-high vegetation next to a clear flowing small stream at a sunlit opening in primary forest at CDG (within 6 feet of 03) above). Per Dennis Paulson: an Acanthagrion:
21): persistently perched shoulder-high on outer edge of small shrub in 2nd lodge clearing at CJL; 15 yards from forest; 120 yards from river. Per Dennis Paulson: an Acanthagrion:
07): perched 2 - 6 feet high on vegetation at forest/clearing ecotone, 50 yards from the river at PRA; I saw just this one individual despite much checking of similar habitat. Per Dennis Paulson: Acanthagrion apicale:
16): perched on tall emergent grass 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; while similar to 07) above, the terminal appendages look different. Per Dennis Paulson: Acanthagrion apicale:
17): an Enallagma-like damsel perched on tall emergent grass 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 location as 16) above). Per Dennis Paulson: ? - possibly one of the smaller Acanthagrion:
