September 20, 2016 — LaCrosse County
Private retention pond on west side of Timberwood Lane in Holmen
Black-tipped Darner (
Aeshna tuberculifera)
Photographed
1-2 ovipositing females and 1-2 patrolling males
Canada Darner (Aeshna canadensis)
Photographed
1 ovipositing female (green form)
Common Green Darner (Anax junius)
Observed
1 feeding over pond
Autumn Meadowhawk (Sympetrum vicinum)
Observed
15-20 including pairs in tandem and in wheel.
Red Saddlebags (Tramea onusta)
Netted and released
5-10 tenerals flushed from edge of pond.
Azure Bluet (Enallagma aspersum)
Observed
a few males
Eastern Forktail (Ischnura verticalis)
Observed
a few
Familiar Bluet (Enallagma civile)
Observed
several males
Tule Bluet (Enallagma carunculatum)
Observed
1 male
Spotted Spreadwing (Lestes congener)
Netted and released
1 male