Agrionoptera longitudinalis Kali Batu Putih, Halmahera, September 2006
Agrionoptera lineata Kali Batu Putih, Halmahera, September 2006
Diplacodes sp Salawati Island, West Papua October 2006
Ground Skimmer Diplacodes trivialis Salawati Island, West Papua October 2006
Huonia daphne Kali Batu Putih, Halmahera September 2006
Huonia/Diplacina sp Kali Batu Putih, Halmahera September 2006
Indigo Dropwing Trithemis festiva Kali Batu Putih, Halmahera September 2006
Neurothemis stigmatans Kali Batu Putih, Halmahera September 2006
Neurothemis stigmatans Pokili, New Britain July 2004 (for comparison)
Orthetrum testaceum/vittatum Kali Batu Putih, Halmahera September 2006
Nannophya pygmaea (male) Salawati Island, West Papua October 2006. Dragonflies of the Nannophya genus are the world's smallest. This one is only 15mm long!
Nannophya pygmaea (teneral male) Salawati Island, West Papua October 2006
The dragonflies on Halmahera were seen along or close to fast-flowing forest streams with rocky limestone beds. The Diplacodes on Salawati were on a coral beach and the Nannophyas were in rank vegetation along a trail through a small plantation.
Thanks to Rob de Vos R.deVos@uva.nl and Vincent Kalkman vincent@naturalis.nmn.nl of the University of the Netherlands for helping with some of the identifications. Their excellent West Papua Insects website can be found at http://www.papua-insects.nl
Opinions on the unidentified species above are welcome!
Mike Watson, Clitheroe | 
