|
Odonates
from the Eastern
Andes and Santa Marta region of Colombia, December
2009 :
|
From Dec 05 - 19, 2009 Sheridan and I were again on a birding trip
to Colombia - this time a few days in the Eastern Andes then more
than a week in the far north. We spent more time at lower
elevations than on our previous trip, and consequently we saw more
odes, however some were common wide-spread taxa (e.g.
Three-striped Dasher) which I have not included here:
Part A:- rubyspots and dancers:
1) Rubyspot sp. Haeterina sp.
in second growth scrub near a large
flowing stream with riparian trees, in coastal lowlands south of
Camarones, on the northeast coast:
2) Rubyspot sp. Haeterina sp.
near the
water's edge of a large flowing stream with riparian trees, in
coastal lowlands south of Camarones, on the northeast coast:
3) Rubyspot
sp. Haeterina sp. along a
wooded road close to large flowing stream (Blue Hole) above Minca
(northwest foothills of Sierra de Santa Marta); c. 800m:
4) Haeterina
occisa (per Cornelio
Bota) along a wooded road close to large flowing stream (Blue
Hole) above Minca (northwest foothills of Sierra de Santa Marta);
c. 800m:
5) Haeterina cruentata
(per Cornelio Bota) near a stream crossing along the road between
El Dorado Lodge and the Antennae, Cuchillo de Santa Marta; 2,200m:
6) Haeterina occisa
(per Cornelio Bota) over a small, slow stream with overhanging
riparian trees and light shrubbery, just before it ran into a
forested medium-sized swift-flowing river; on the coastal plain
near Tayrona N.P., northeast coast:
7) Mesamphiagrion risi
(per Cornelio Bota) close to a roadside small stream just below
Lago Pedropalo; c. 1,500m on the west slope of the Eastern Andes,
in the central Magdalena Valley:
8) Argia pulla
near the water's edge of a large flowing stream with riparian
trees, in coastal lowlands south of Camarones, on the northeast
coast:
9) Argia pulla
near the water's edge of a large flowing stream with riparian
trees, in coastal lowlands south of Camarones, on the northeast
coast:
10) Probably Dusky Dancer Argia
translata over a small, slow stream
with overhanging riparian trees and light shrubbery, just before
it ran into a forested medium-sized swift-flowing river; on the
coastal plain near Tayrona N.P., northeast coast:
11) Argia sp.
near the water's edge of a large flowing stream with
riparian trees, in coastal lowlands south of Camarones, on the
northeast coast:
12) Argia orichalcea
(per Cornelio Bota) over a small, slow stream with overhanging
riparian trees and light shrubbery, just before it ran into a
forested medium-sized swift-flowing river; on the coastal plain
near Tayrona N.P., northeast coast:
13) Probably Dusky Dancer Argia translata
over a small, slow stream with overhanging
riparian trees and light shrubbery, just before it ran into a
forested medium-sized swift-flowing river; on the coastal plain
near Tayrona N.P., northeast coast:
14) Argia oculata
(per Cornelio Bota) along a wooded road close to large flowing
stream (Blue Hole) above Minca (northwest foothills of Sierra de
Santa Marta); c. 800m:
15) Argia oculata
(per Cornelio Bota) along a wooded road close to large flowing
stream (Blue Hole) above Minca (northwest foothills of Sierra de
Santa Marta); c. 800m:
