Odonates from the Andes and foothills of northern Peru, May 2010 : |
From May 02 - 19, 2010 Sheridan went on a birding trip to central and northern Peru, and while there I tried to photograph odonates whenever possible; here are the results:
PART A: damsels, darners and clubtails (my thanks to Dennis Paulson for help with some of the IDs):-
1) Rubyspot sp. ; overhanging a small river running through a forest remnant at Yacumama Tourist Lodge, 950m, north of Rioja in eastern foothils of northern Andes:
2) Rubyspot sp. ; overhanging a small river running through a forest remnant at Yacumama Tourist Lodge, 950m, north of Rioja in eastern foothils of northern Andes:
3) Rubyspot sp.; small stream on edge of forest remnant at Yacumama Tourist Lodge, 950m, north of Rioja in eastern foothils of northern Andes:
4) Argia sp.; a small, very shallow streamlet flowing through woodland with a small boggy area in a wide trail cut with low regrowth, on the edge of Aguas Verdes, an area of scattered white-sand forest at 1200m in the eastern foothills of the nothern Andes:
5) Argia sp. ; Quebadra Mishquiyacu south of Moyobamba; on a small clear rocky stream with large boulders within woodland at c. 1100m, eastern foothills of the northern Andes:
6) probably Acanthagrion sp.; a small, very shallow streamlet flowing through woodland with a small boggy area in a wide trail cut with low regrowth, on the edge of Aguas Verdes, an area of scattered white-sand forest at 1200m in the eastern foothills of the nothern Andes:
7) Acanthagrion sp. ; over small pond at Moro de Calzada near Moyobamba; 950m in eastern foothills, northern Andes:
8)
Female Rhionaeschna biliosa; track above Carpish Tunnel; c. 2,400m in central Andes:
9) Probably female Rhionaeschna intricata; on the side of a track through mixed woody scrub/pastures on west side of Porculla Pass, c. 1500m in northern Andes:
10) Male Blue-spotted Comet Darner Anax concolor; over small pond at Moro de Calzada near Moyobamba; 950m in eastern foothills, northern Andes:
11) Probably a small Progomphus; Quebadra Mishquiyacu south of Moyobamba; on a small clear rocky stream with large boulders within woodland at c. 1100m, eastern foothills of the northern Andes:
