July 19, 2020 — Bayfield County
My home on Bourgo Road west of Washburn
Black-tipped Darner (
Aeshna tuberculifera)
Photographed
Quite a few, including a female laying eggs in my pond
Canada Darner (
Aeshna canadensis)
Photographed
Fair number in a "swarm"
Common Green Darner (Anax junius)
Observed
Female laying eggs in my pond
Lake Darner (
Aeshna eremita)
Photographed
A male - one of few I've had at my house
Lance-tipped Darner (
Aeshna constricta)
Photographed
1 female
Shadow Darner (Aeshna umbrosa)
Photographed
1 male
Variable Darner (
Aeshna interrupta)
Photographed
Quite a few at my ponds
Arrowhead Spiketail (Zoraena obliqua)
Observed
1 female - getting late!
American Emerald (Cordulia shurtleffii)
Observed
2-3 indiv
Williamson's Emerald (
Somatochlora williamsoni)
Photographed
Several at my ponds, including at least one egg laying female
Autumn Meadowhawk (Sympetrum vicinum)
Observed
2 indiv, my first of year
Calico Pennant (Celithemis elisa)
Observed
1 male
Chalk-fronted Corporal (Ladona julia)
Observed
Just a few left
Common Whitetail (Plathemis lydia)
Observed
still pretty common
Dot-tailed Whiteface (Leucorrhinia intacta)
Observed
just one male
Four-spotted Skimmer (Libellula quadrimaculata)
Observed
just one worn individual
Twelve-spotted Skimmer (Libellula pulchella)
Observed
Some adults yet, with more tenerals emerging from ponds
Wandering Glider (
Pantala flavescens)
Photographed
several
White-faced Meadowhawk (Sympetrum obtrusum)
Observed
several, including mating pair already
Familiar Bluet (Enallagma civile)
Observed
just 1 indiv
Marsh Bluet (
Enallagma ebrium)
Netted and released
I netted 4-5 bluets and all were this species
Sedge Sprite (Nehalennia irene)
Observed
abundant
Lyre-tipped Spreadwing (Lestes unguiculatus)
Observed
fair numbers
Northern Spreadwing (
Lestes disjunctus)
Photographed
a few
Slender Spreadwing (
Lestes rectangularis)
Photographed
2-3 males were my first of the year
Sweetflag Spreadwing (Lestes forcipatus)
Observed
lots of mating pairs