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June 19, 2022 — Brown County

UWGB Campus - Cofrin Memorial Arboretum. Marsh Pond area with slow moving streams, surrounded by open prairies (with wild roses, Foxglove Beardtongue, Dogwood, Bluejackets, Tufted Vetch, Blue Flag and Yellow Iris, White Campion, Wild Indigo, Bird's-foot Trefoil, Self-heal & various tall grasses). Trail winds throughout and into areas of intermingled patches of lush, soft grasses, shrubs and a deciduous hardwood forest (Basswood, Poplar, Oak, Maple, Ash).

Black Saddlebags (Tramea lacerata)
Observed
2 (at least) zooming the pond and chasing the Red Saddlebags (and vice versa), but unable to see if they were male or female.
Common Whitetail (Plathemis lydia)
Photographed
Over a dozen males and females. One Adult Chalky Male (photographed) and Two Adult Females. Several smaller immature females on the trailways (moist soil) and also perching in the prairie.
Photo of Common Whitetail
Photo of Common Whitetail
Photo of Common Whitetail
Dot-tailed Whiteface (Leucorrhinia intacta)
Photographed
3 males. (Two mature and One immature)
Photo of Dot-tailed Whiteface
Photo of Dot-tailed Whiteface
Photo of Dot-tailed Whiteface
Photo of Dot-tailed Whiteface
Four-spotted Skimmer (Libellula quadrimaculata)
Photographed
1 Mature Male.
Photo of Four-spotted Skimmer
Red Saddlebags (Tramea onusta)
Observed
4 zooming the pond and chasing the Black Saddlebags (and vice versa), but unable to see if they were male or female.
Twelve-spotted Skimmer (Libellula pulchella)
Photographed
10 Mature Males.
Photo of Twelve-spotted Skimmer
Widow Skimmer (Libellula luctuosa)
Photographed
1 Male. 1 Female.
Photo of Widow Skimmer
Photo of Widow Skimmer
Photo of Widow Skimmer
Ebony Jewelwing (Calopteryx maculata)
Photographed
5-6 each mature males and females
Photo of Ebony Jewelwing
Photo of Ebony Jewelwing
Photo of Ebony Jewelwing
Eastern Forktail (Ischnura verticalis)
Photographed
2 Males
Photo of Eastern Forktail
Slender Spreadwing (Lestes rectangularis)
Photographed
1 Male. 1 Female.
Photo of Slender Spreadwing
Southern Spreadwing (Lestes australis)
photographed
ID updated by DEJackson
Photo of Southern Spreadwing