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 B: the Libellulids/Skimmers:.
11) Erythrodiplax unimaculata per Dennis Paulson; small heavily-vegetated pond just inside small patch of forest near Paramaribo:
12) probably Erythrodiplax unimaculata per Dennis Paulson; same taxon as above? open small creek with reeds near Paramaribo:
13) probably Diastatops pullata per Dennis Paulson; along edge of forested large blackwater creek in white-sand savanna zone:
14) Black Pondhawk Erythemis attala ; semi-open trail within small patch of forest near Paramaribo:
female:
15) Claret Pondhawk Erythemis mithroides ; small heavily-vegetated pond just inside small patch of forest near Paramaribo This form is much smaller than those I've found in south Texas:
16) Red Pondhawk Erythemis haematogastra ; open end of heavily-vegetated ditch inside large patch of forest near Paramaribo (Peperpot):
17) Flame-tailed Pondhawk Erythemis peruviana ; water lilly-choked section of open large roadside ditch (Weg naar Zee):
female from small vegetated ditch on edge of forest patch near Paramaribo:
18) Three-striped Dasher Micrathyria didyma ; semi-open trail within small patch of forest near Paramaribo:
19) Micrathyria, poss. didyma or similar sp. per Dennis Paulson; open end of heavily-vegetated ditch inside large patch of forest near Paramaribo (Peperpot):
20) Micrathyria mengeri ; small heavily-vegetated pond just inside small patch of forest near Paramaribo:
20A) female
Misagria parana ; very small pond hidden inside large area of forest in white-sand savanna:
21) Carmine Skimmer Orthemis discolor ; semi-open trail within small patch of forest near Paramaribo:
another male from forest edge in white-sand savanna zone:
22)
Libellula herculea per Dennis Paulson - but S.A. form may be split; in small clearing amidst extensive tall primary forest on 400m ridge line (Brownsberg); new for Suriname:
23) Orthemis nr. levis? ; semi-open trail inside large patch of forest near Paramaribo (Peperpot):
24) Hyacinth Glider Miathyria marcella per Dennis Paulson; below water lilly-choked section of large mostly-open ditch near Paramaribo:
25)
Perithemis mooma ; below water lilly-choked section of large mostly-open ditch near Paramaribo; new for Suriname:
26) female Tauriphila sp. prob. australis per Dennis Paulson; scattered woodland in white-sand savanna zone:
27) Garnet Glider Tauriphila australis per Dennis Paulson; water lilly-choked section of open large roadside ditch (Weg naar Zee):
28) Uracis sp. poss. ovipositrix per Dennsi Paulson; on small trail deep in woodland on white-sand savanna:
