July 30, 2023 — Dane County
A small man-made pond with some cattails surrounded by a strip of prairie, some boulders, wooden bridge across the middle, in a suburban neighborhood.
Common Green Darner (Anax junius)
Observed
Black Saddlebags (Tramea lacerata)
Observed
Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis)
Observed
Common Whitetail (Plathemis lydia)
Observed
Eastern Amberwing (Perithemis tenera)
Observed
Twelve-spotted Skimmer (Libellula pulchella)
Observed
Wandering Glider (Pantala flavescens)
Observed
Widow Skimmer (Libellula luctuosa)
Observed
Azure Bluet (
Enallagma aspersum)
Photographed
one female
Double-striped Bluet (
Enallagma basidens)
Photographed
several, including pairs mating
Eastern Forktail (Ischnura verticalis)
Observed
Familiar Bluet (
Enallagma civile)
Photographed
a few males
Orange Bluet (
Enallagma signatum)
Photographed
one male
Skimming Bluet (Enallagma geminatum)
Observed
numerous
Tule Bluet (Enallagma carunculatum)
Observed
one male