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June 4, 2018 — Milwaukee County

This area is across the road to the south from Hansen Park Golf Course in Wauwatosa and features a trail around a low wetland with a pond on the northwest end that persists all year.

Common Green Darner (Anax junius)
Observed
Black Saddlebags (Tramea lacerata)
Observed
Chalk-fronted Corporal (Ladona julia)
Photographed
Saw several - very "friendly", landing on my bag and net.
Photo of Chalk-fronted Corporal
Common Whitetail (Plathemis lydia)
Observed
Dot-tailed Whiteface (Leucorrhinia intacta)
Observed
Twelve-spotted Skimmer (Libellula pulchella)
Observed
Widow Skimmer (Libellula luctuosa)
Photographed
Photo of Widow Skimmer
Marsh Bluet (Enallagma ebrium)
Netted and released
netted and released several and used hand lens to compare images with images in DuBois and Lam books.
Photo of Marsh Bluet
Photo of Marsh Bluet
Sedge Sprite (Nehalennia irene)
Netted and released
Netted, photographed, and released both male and female. These were more in the area SE of the main pond, a little further from the edge of the pond itself.
Photo of Sedge Sprite
Photo of Sedge Sprite