Phyllocycla volsella in flight

Taken today, windy and rainy and cold to our standards zooming along a forest stream, using highly specialized dragon lens.
that is a tele zoom :)
ID here..
http://efg.cs.umb.edu/efg2/search?displayFormat=HTML&ALL_TABLE_NAME=efg_rdb_tables&searchType=plates&displayName=Odonata of Costa Rica&dataSourceName=odonataofcostarica_1321652367880&ALL_TABLE_NAME=efg_rdb_tables

comments (7)

Ferdy Christant

Lion

Quite a shot for a windy day! Posted 9 years ago

WildFlower

Lion

I don't think this is Phyllocycla volsella, the number and shape of the stripes don't match. There are many similar species with the white spot towards the tail but I couldn't find a better match.
http://bdei2.cs.umb.edu:8080/efg2/EFGImages/odonata/Phyl-vols-f-e25.jpg Posted 9 years ago, modified 9 years ago
1. RMFelix
  
  Lion
  
  I agree, Wildflower. Female of Genus Phyllocycla present black appendix. Female from genus Desmogomphus, Erpetogomphus, Perigomphus, Phyllogomphoides, and Progomphus present white appendix. Looking at the in flight capture this markings are evident. http://bdei2.cs.umb.edu/efg2/Redirect.jsp.
  
  I couldn't find any more data that could help me conclude at least the Genus. If it was a male it would be much more simpler. Based on the length and positioning of lateral markings, the defined yellow spot on 7th segment, and the 'blue' color of the eyes I would risk Phyllogomphoides sp. A (however, female is absent on the file):
  http://bdei2.cs.umb.edu:8080/efg2/EFGImages/odonata/Phyllo-m-4793-3e25.jpg.
  
  Desmogomphus sp. also a probability. More photos would help if an ID is to be reached. Posted 9 years ago, modified 9 years ago
2. 1. Annette Flottwell
    
    Lion
    
    Ok I will try to get out later and see if I can find more of them. There was only one that day and it decided to give me a right run for my shots.
    Definitely not the one you say, wrong location. I am Pacific side and I took it at only 300m.
    OK, you might say the altitude isn't THAT important but it is a long way from there to the atlantic side with lots of high mountains in between. Also it wasn't that big, it was more like 50-60 mm max. There was a common red one, orthemis discolor and that was bigger.
    Now here is a thing, that orthemis discolor is not on the list. That is certainly the most common one I know??
    Unfortunately I am not an expert like you I am only trying. When I posted this one I gave up so nobody came to tell me I was wrong.
    
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    Important, this was about the 20kms SW from the other one and only 200m of altitude.
    Posted 9 years ago

RMFelix

Lion

A great capture indeed! Capture gomphids in mid air is quite a did, to capture a female is more than great!
do you have any more records from this specimen? Again, beautiful shot! Cheers Posted 9 years ago
1. Annette Flottwell
  
  Lion
  
  Right now no, But I will *TRY*
  So because I have decided that we get nowhere with that list I leave these two to you.
  no 1, only 1 shot on top of a mountain, Nancite biological station near the sea. I don't deserve all the credittotally exhausted, a friend 20 years younger took me up there and actually carried that lens a good part of the slippery rocky path.
  https://www.jungledragon.com/image/41289 Posted 9 years ago
2. Annette Flottwell
  
  Lion
  
  and here is nº2, two shots
  
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  Also from the same mountain top. Pheew. Posted 9 years ago

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By Annette Flottwell

Uploaded Jul 18, 2016. Captured Jul 17, 2016 14:16 in Unnamed Road, Guanacaste, Tierras Morenas, Costa Rica.

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NIKON D3X
f/7.1
1/250s
ISO500
400mm

Captured in the summer. More summer photos.