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Part of the group at the hotel in Wiwili after coming down from Cerro Kilambe, August 20012001 Odonata Collecting Trip to Nicaragua - Page 2 of 3

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Right: From left (standing): George Harp, Jean-Michel Maes, Nick Donnelly.  Sitting: John Abbott, Enrique Gonzalez.  Back in Wiwili after coming down from Cerro Kilambe.  Photos not attributed to John Abbott are by Roy Beckemeyer.    Photos by Roy Beckemeyer are available in Higher Resolution at: NICINDEX


Entomologists at the hotel in Wiwili in the interval between Cerro Kilambe and collecting in the Wiwili area

Entomologists or revolutionaries?  From left: Nick Donnelly (New York), George Harp (Arkansas), Maria Lourdes Chamorro (Nicaragua), John Abbott (Texas), Enrique Gonzalez (Mexico), Roy Beckemeyer (Kansas).  In front of the hotel at Wiwili in Jinotega Department, northern Nicaragua.


A male Brechmorhoga pertinax - photo by John Abbott

Right: Photo by John Abbott.  The stream libellulid Brechmorhoga pertinax.  Somewhat "nervous" fliers that patrol restlessly along streams, species of this genus can be problematic to capture at times.  Other species caught in Nicaragua included B. rapax and B. vivax.


A male Megaloprepus caerulatus - photo by John Abbott.

Left - a male pseudostigmatid, Megaloprepus coerulatus.  Photo by John Abbott.  This specimen was captured in the forest at Selva Negra.  


Our transportation for collecting dragonflies around Wiwili and MaleconcitoFilling up with gas, Wiwili, Nicaragua

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Above left: our transportation while collecting in the vicinity of Wiwili.  The vehicle did not have a functioning starter, so the driver would park on hills so he could coast downhill to start it up.  Good thing that streams are generally in valleys!  Above right:  fueling up in Wiwili for a day of collecting.

View from truck - Cerro Kilambe

View of Cerro Kilambe from the back of our truck.  Jinotega Department, Nicaragua.


Photo of Aeshna psilus - taken by John Abbott

Left - photo by John Abbott: Aeshna psilus.  Specimen collected at Selva Negra.

Northern Nicaragua landscape - photo by Roy Beckemeyer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Above right - A view of the Nicaraguan countryside on the road between Maleconcito and Matagalpa.


 

Selva Negra - the hotel and pond - Matagalpa Department, Nicaragua

Left - the pond at Selva Negra.  Home to Aeshna jalapensis, Libellula foliata, Remartinia lateipennis, and other neat Odonata.


Remartinia luteipennis - Photo by John Abbott

Right: The Aeshnidae Remartinia luteipennis.  Photo by John Abbott.  Specimen taken at Selva Negra.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Epigomphus westfalli male - Photo by John Abbott
Left - A male Epigomphus westfalli - photo by John Abbott.

 

 

Below right - A female Epigomphus wetfalli - photo by John Abbott.

Epigomphus westfalli female - Photo by John Abbott

 

 

 

 

 

 


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