Odonates from Northern Ecuador, February 2006: |
Update: June 13, 2006: Click here to see Orthemis biolleyi from Ecuador in 2003.
Update: Feb 20, 2006: I've added at the bottom (letters L ,M)) the last two odes from the trip.
Update: Feb 19, 2006: Thanks to Bill Mauffray and Dennis Paulson, I can stick some names on these bugs; see below. Also, I've added at the bottom (letter K)) another cool-looking ode from the trip.
All the following odes are from a birding trip to Ecuador, Feb 16 - 17, 2006:
A) I was rather surprised to find this Darner patrolling a low beat along a short section of the road above the Thermas de Papallacta, Napo Province - this is very high-up on the East Slope and my altimeter read more than 11,800 feet! Id'ed as either Rhionaeschna absoluta or R. elsia:
B) This Darner was one of two similar ones found patrolling small, low beats along the roadside on the old road from Tandayapa to Mindo, Pichincha Province, at c. 7,200 feet on the West Slope; ID'ed as Rhionaeschna marchali:
C): This bright Darner was fairly common along the entrance road to Cabanas San Isidro, Napo Province, on the East Slope at c. 6,600 feet ID'ed as Rhionaeschna cornigera:
D): This Sylph was along the entrance road to Cabanas San Isidro, Napo Province, on the East Slope at c. 6,600 feet ID'ed as Macrothemis hahneli:
- and I presume the same species was fairly common along the roadside on the Loreto Road, Napo Province, on the East Slope at c.4,000 feet; UD'ed as Macrothemis hahneli:
E) Presumeably Cannaphila insularis, it was fairly common along the roadside on the Loreto Road, Napo Province, on the East Slope at c.4,000 feet; ID'ed as Cannaphila vibex:
F) Presumed Argia sp. uncommon along the roadside on the Loreto Road, Napo Province, on the East Slope at c.4,000 feet; Dennis wrote: " this Argia is in the medullaris group and could possibly be medullaris":
G) Presumed Argia sp. fairly common along the roadside on the Loreto Road, Napo Province, on the East Slope at c.4,000 feet:
H) Is this the South American form of Erythemis mithroides?; from Archidona, Napo Province at c. 3,000 feet on the East Slope, where it was uncommon along with many Carmine Skimmers Orethemis discolor and some type of Amberwing/Perithemis sp. inside open forest with small pools and wet areas; ID'ed as Erythrodiplax castanea:
I) A small skimmer found (along with the more-common species below) at a waterlogged trail with knee-high sedge-type grasses on the Loreto Road, Napo Province, on the East Slope at c.3,500 feet; ID'ed as Erythrodiplax ines:
J) I presume that this is Red-faced Dragonlet Erythrodiplax fusca; it was fairly common (along with the less-common species above) at a waterlogged trail with knee-high sedge-type grasses on the Loreto Road, Napo Province, on the East Slope at c.3,500 feet:
Added Feb 19, 2006:
K) This striking female Lestid/Calopterygid-type was the only one we found, along the roadside on the Loreto Road, Napo Province, on the East Slope at c.4,000 feet: IDed by Dennis Paulson as a female Polythore sp.:
Added Feb 20, 2006:
L) This damsel was on a small grass-lined pond next to a small forested stream south of Rio Silanche, north of Autopista Occidental between Puerto Vicente Maldonaldo and Puerto Quito, Pichincha Province, at c. 1,800 feet: IDed by Dennis Paulson as a male Acanthagrion sp.:
M) This Libellulid was on a small grass-lined pond next to a small forested stream south of Rio Silanche, north of Autopista Occidental between Puerto Vicente Maldonaldo and Puerto Quito, Pichincha Province, at c. 1,800 feet: IDed by Dennis Paulson as a male Dythemis sterilis:
N) IDed by Dennis Paulson as a young male Dasythemis esmeralda from near Archidona, Napo Province at c. 3,000 feet on the East Slope:
