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June 6, 2017 — Vernon County

Sand prairie upland of the Upper Mississippi NWR on the west side of Prairie Ln just SE of Stoddard sewage lagoons.

Common Green Darner (Anax junius)
Observed
Two patrolling males and a pair in tandem
Common Baskettail (Epitheca cynosura)
Observed
a few males
Dot-tailed Whiteface (Leucorrhinia intacta)
Observed
a few
Photo of Dot-tailed Whiteface
Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis)
Observed
a few
Twelve-spotted Skimmer (Libellula pulchella)
Observed
2 immature males
Widow Skimmer (Libellula luctuosa)
Photographed
Several tenerals
Eastern Forktail (Ischnura verticalis)
Observed
many
Marsh Bluet (Enallagma ebrium)
Netted and released
Several males and females
Orange Bluet (Enallagma signatum)
Observed
A few teneral / immature females
Photo of Orange Bluet
Skimming Bluet (Enallagma geminatum)
Observed
a few
Tule Bluet (Enallagma carunculatum)
Netted and released
a few