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Thursday, April 30, 2020

Endromis versicolora - Kentish glory

I finally managed to catch Endromis this week, a superb monotypic moth.

Friday, April 10, 2020

Zygonoides lachesis

Zygonoides lachesis, Le Relais de la Reine, Madagascar. 20151113.

Friday, April 3, 2020

Nannophya australis

Nannophya australis, one of the highlights of our wildfire-affected recce in southern Queensland in December.

Crenigomphus kavangoensis

Crenigomphus kavangoensis, one of the gomphid highlights of our recent trip to Namibia with Odonatours.

Monday, March 16, 2020

oxythemis phoenicosceles

Pepperpants or Oxythemis phoenicosceles, easily the best libellulid in Africa. (Bigodi Swamp, Uganda).

Friday, March 13, 2020

Paragomphus cataractae

The stunning Paragomphus cataractae at the rapids on the Zambezi near Katima Mulilio.

Libellago stigmatizans

Sparring male Libellago stigmatizans near Bekok, Malaysia.

Thursday, March 12, 2020

Aethiothemis solitaria

One of the highlights of our day at Popa Falls (Namibia) was a scattering of this nice libellulid, Aethiothemis solitaria.

Wednesday, March 11, 2020

paragomphus sabicus

The awesome Paragomphus sabicus seen on a recent visit to Rundu in Namibia.

Austrocordulia refracta

We were very pleased to find a hanging Austrocordulia refracta during a visit to Carnarvon Gorge in Queensland in December.

Crenigomphus cornutus

It took four visits to the Zambezi rapids near Katima Mulilo in NE Namibia to finally connect with Crenigomphus cornutus on our recent trip to the country.

Lestinogomphus angustus

My recent tour to Namibia was all about gomphids, not many species but some very special species encountered. Lestinogomphus (angustus) was a new genus for me at Rundu.