Odonates from north-central Suriname, November 2011: |
From November 09 - 16 2011 Sheridan and I were on a birding trip to north-central Suriname, and while there I tried to photograph odonates whenever possible; here are the results:
PART A: the damselflies, darners and clubtails .
1) Argia sp. within gallery woods in white-sand savanna zone:
2) Argia sp. within gallery woods in white-sand savanna zone:
3) Argia sp. within gallery woods in white-sand savanna zone:
4) Hetaerina sp. within gallery woods in white-sand savanna zone:
5) probably Homeoura sp. per Dennis Paulson; open small creek with reeds near Paramaribo:
6) Darner sp. small clearing inslide large forest tract in white-sand savanna zone southeast of Airport; per Dennis Paulson possibly Gynacantha chelifera - described from Rio de Janeiro, southern Brazil and a virtually unknown species:
from below:
7) likely Coryphaeschna amazonica per Dennis Paulson; feeding in a small loose swarm of mosty darners late afternoon in clearing amidst extensive tall primary forest on 400m ridge line (Brownsberg):
8) likely Coryphaeschna viriditas per Dennis Paulson: feeding in a small loose swarm of mosty darners late afternoon in clearing amidst extensive tall primary forest on 400m ridge line (Brownsberg):
9) Gynacantha membranalis found dead inside kitchen of restaurant in small clearing amidst tall primary forest at 400m (Brownsberg):
9A)
Pale Green Darner Triaganthacyna septima found outside our door in hallway of small hotel in resedential Paramaribo:
10) Aphylla sp. per Dennis Paulson; on small trail deep in woodland on white-sand savanna:
