Odonates
from the western and
central Andes of Colombia, August 2009 :
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Update Sep 08, 2009:
IDs have been added, thanks to Dennis Paulson:
From August 23 - 29, 2009 Sheridan and I were on a birding trip to
central Colombia, and while there I tried to photograph any
odonate that came my way; not many did so, largely because we were
mostly at mid to upper elevations (and there were just too many
great birds to photograph!):
1) Rubyspot Haeterina aurora
at Ucumari Regional Park, c. 1,900 meters on the west slope of
central Andes:
2) Polythore gigantea
at La Romera Watershed Reserve, southeast of Medellin on the west
slope of central Andes:
3) Cora inca
at Ucumari Regional Park, c. 1,900 meters on the west slope of
central Andes:
4) Cora/Euthore klenei
at San Jose - El Palmar road near El Cairo (c. 1,700m), west slope
of western Andes:
5) very likely Argia medullaris
at Ucumari Regional Park, c. 1,900 meters on the west slope of
central Andes:
This may/may not be same taxon; very likely Argia medullaris:
This may/may not be same taxon; very likely Argia medullaris:
6) very likely Argia
medullaris at San Jose - El
Palmar road near El Cairo (c. 1,700m), west slope of western
Andes:
7) Female darner - probably Rhionaeschna marchali
at Rio Blanco lodge, c. 2,400 meters on west slope of central
Andes:
8) Male Rhionaeschna joannisi
on crest of San Jose - El Palmar road near El Cairo (c. 2,100m),
west slope of western Andes:
9) Dragonlet - probably Erythrodiplax
castanea in Cauca Valley, c. 600
meters:
10) Dragonlet; probably Erythrodiplax
melanorubra on crest of San Jose - El
Palmar road near El Cairo (c. 2,100m), west slope of western
Andes:
11) Brechmorhoga rapax
at San Jose - El Palmar road near El Cairo (c. 1,700m),
west slope of western Andes:
12) Orthemis (sulphurata?)
in Cauca Valley, c. 600 meters:
13) Perithemis mooma
in Cauca Valley, c. 600 meters: