Sonora Odes - February 2005
Thanks to Doug Danforth for many of the identifications from the less than
optimal photos!
February 20 - pond on north edge of Navajoa
- Common Green Darner (Anax junius)
- Roseate Skimmer (Orthemis ferruginea)
- Red Saddlebags (Tramea onusta)
- Wandering Glider (Pantala flavescens)
February 21 - lake back from canal at Juan de la Barrea
- Common Green Darner (Anax junius)
- Citrine Forktail (Ischnura hastata)
- Mexican Amberwing (Perithemis intensa)
- Wandering Glider (Pantala flavescens)
- Red Saddlebags (Tramea onusta)
- Photos below (click on thumbnails)
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| I. hastata |
I. ramburii
female |
T. onusta |
T. onusta |
P. intensa |
E. civile |
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| T. onusta |
T. onusta |
T. onusta |
I. ramburii? |
I. ramburii? |
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February 22 - Rio El Cuchujaqui near the bridge (26° 56' 643"; 108° 53'
102")
- Filigree Skimmer (Pseudoleon superbus)
- Macrothemis pseudimitans
- American Rubyspot (Hetaerina americana)
- Desert Firetail (Telebasis salva)
- Wandering Glider (Pantala flavescens)
- Spot-winged Glider (Pantala hymenaea)
- Photos below (click on thumbnails)
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| T. salva |
A. tezpi |
H. americana |
E. novaehispaniae |
M. pseudimitans |
A. tezpi |
February 23 - Rio El Cuchujaqui/Arroyo El Mentidero (26° 54' 751"; 108° 54'
803")
(many of these were along the small trickle of the arroyo leading down to the
river)
- Roseate Skimmer (Orthemis ferruginea)
- Plateau Dragonlet (Erythrodiplax basifusca)
- Macrothemis pseudimitans
- Argias
- Photos below (click on thumbnails)
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| Orthemis sp. |
Orthemis sp. |
Orthemis sp. |
O. ferruginea |
E. basifusca |
A. carlcooki |
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| T. salva |
A. carlcooki |
A. tezpi |
M. pseudimitans |
A. tezpi |
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February 24 - Just above the Alamos dump near a seep - Orthemis sp.
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