August 14, 2020 — Bayfield County
Long Lake (USFS Day Use Area)
Black-tipped Darner (Aeshna tuberculifera)
Observed
Females laying eggs
Common Whitetail (Plathemis lydia)
Observed
Just one individual
Frosted Whiteface (Leucorrhinia frigida)
Observed
Plenty of mated pairs
White-faced Meadowhawk (Sympetrum obtrusum)
Photographed
A few
Eastern Forktail (Ischnura verticalis)
Photographed
Fair numbers
Hagen's Bluet (Enallagma hageni)
Netted and released
Netted 1
Tule Bluet (
Enallagma carunculatum)
Photographed
Just getting into bluets this year and don't have experience with this species. Mine seems to be an intermediate-type on a big lake leading me to Tule but the cerci don't quite seem right so I'm confused. Let me know what you think! And sorry for the bad pics - I find it hard to photograph these well from a kayak and it sneaked off before I could net it.
Northern Spreadwing (Lestes disjunctus)
Observed
Several mated pairs
Swamp Spreadwing (
Lestes vigilax)
Photographed
Just one individual
Sweetflag Spreadwing (Lestes forcipatus)
Observed
Lots of mated pairs