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 gemella (per Marcel Wasscher); within gallery woods in white-sand savanna zone:
2) Argia oculata (per Marcel Wasscher); within gallery woods in white-sand savanna zone:
3)Argia oculata (per Marcel Wasscher); within gallery woods in white-sand savanna zone:
4) Hetaerina laesa (per Marcel Wasscher); within gallery woods in white-sand savanna zone:
5) Ischnura fluviatilis (per Marcel Wasscher); open small creek with reeds near Paramaribo:
6) Aeschnosoma auripennis (per Marcel Wasscher); small clearing inslide large forest tract in white-sand savanna zone southeast of Airport; per Dennis Paulson - this appears to be the only photo of a free-fying individual of this taxon, and the only photo of a live male (the formal description of which was published in 2013):
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 producta (per Marcel Wasscher); on small trail deep in woodland on white-sand savanna:
