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June 23, 2015 — LaCrosse County

Private retention pond on west side of Timberwood Lane in Holmen

Blue-eyed Darner (Rhionaeschna multicolor)
Photographed
2-3 males and 1 ovipositing female
Photo of Blue-eyed Darner
Common Green Darner (Anax junius)
Observed
3-4 ovipositing pairs, a few patrolling males
Common Baskettail (Epitheca cynosura)
Observed
1 flying over trail near pond
Black Saddlebags (Tramea lacerata)
Netted and released
3-4 ovipositing pairs, 4-5 other patrolling males
Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis)
Observed
2-3 males
Common Whitetail (Plathemis lydia)
Observed
15-20 males, mating pairs, and ovipositing females
Dot-tailed Whiteface (Leucorrhinia intacta)
Observed
30+ including pairs in wheel
Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis)
Observed
5-6 males and 1 mating and ovipositing pair
Four-spotted Skimmer (Libellula quadrimaculata)
Observed
2
Red Saddlebags (Tramea onusta)
Observed
1 male Red.
Twelve-spotted Skimmer (Libellula pulchella)
Observed
20+ males and females including mating pairs and ovipositing females
Variegated Meadowhawk (Sympetrum corruptum)
Photographed
4-5 tenerals flushed along edge of pond
Photo of Variegated Meadowhawk
White-faced Meadowhawk (Sympetrum obtrusum)
Observed
2 juveniles
Widow Skimmer (Libellula luctuosa)
Observed
a few males and some juveniles away from pond
Azure Bluet (Enallagma aspersum)
Photographed
1 mating pair and a few other males
Eastern Forktail (Ischnura verticalis)
Observed
many
Hagen's Bluet (Enallagma hageni)
Netted and released
1 male
Marsh Bluet (Enallagma ebrium)
Netted and released
10+ males
Sedge Sprite (Nehalennia irene)
Netted and released
1 female
Amber-winged Spreadwing (Lestes eurinus)
Photographed
8-10 males
Photo of Amber-winged Spreadwing
Photo of Amber-winged Spreadwing
Lyre-tipped Spreadwing (Lestes unguiculatus)
Netted and released
3-4 males
Southern Spreadwing (Lestes australis)
Netted and released
1 male
Carolina Saddlebags (Tramea carolina)
Observed
1 male flying with male red. Bigger saddles, black on tip of abdomen wrapped farther down. Seen at close range.