Like hunting Odes anywhere you may go out with a certain species in mind to photograph. Before going on this expedition I really wanted to photograph at least one of the Pseudostigmatidae or Forest Giant damselflies. They are the largest of any dragon or damselfly in the world. Their wing span is around 7" and their body length about 5". It was very difficult to get into good position to photograph these amazing Odes in the dense jungle. Sometimes you had to shoot into the sun.
This family of damselflies breed in holes in trees, bamboo, fruit hulls or tank bromeliads that are filled with water. These are fiercely guarded by the males. They will fly up one side of a tree and down the other looking for spiderwebs. Their main food is soft bodied spiders. They will carefully approach the web grab the spider and back away from the web so as not to become entangled in it. If there is no spider they may steal the prey of the spider that is in the web.
I was luck to find two species. I hope you enjoy them even though there is no way to judge their size from the photographs.
-Doc