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July 24, 2018 — LaCrosse County

Private retention pond on west side of Timberwood Lane in Holmen

Blue-eyed Darner (Rhionaeschna multicolor)
Observed
1 flying over pond area
Lance-tipped Darner (Aeshna constricta)
Observed
1 male
Autumn Meadowhawk (Sympetrum vicinum)
Observed
1 immature male
Black Saddlebags (Tramea lacerata)
Observed
1 male
Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis)
Observed
A few males and 1 female
Common Whitetail (Plathemis lydia)
Observed
1 male
Dot-tailed Whiteface (Leucorrhinia intacta)
Observed
1 male
Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis)
Observed
10-15 males and females including pairs and ovipositing females
Spot-winged Glider (Pantala hymenaea)
Photographed
1 immature female
Photo of Spot-winged Glider
Twelve-spotted Skimmer (Libellula pulchella)
Observed
Several including ovipositing females
White-faced Meadowhawk (Sympetrum obtrusum)
Observed
2 mature males
Widow Skimmer (Libellula luctuosa)
Observed
Several at pond
Azure Bluet (Enallagma aspersum)
Photographed
1 male
Eastern Forktail (Ischnura verticalis)
Observed
Several males and females
Familiar Bluet (Enallagma civile)
Netted and released
1 teneral male
Sedge Sprite (Nehalennia irene)
Observed
Several
Northern Spreadwing (Lestes disjunctus)
Netted and released
A few tenerals / immatures. 1 mature adult Lestes sp. seen but missed with net.