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September 10, 2019 — 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
15 males and females flushed from vegetation or feeding in openings
Lance-tipped Darner (Aeshna constricta)
Observed
3 males
Autumn Meadowhawk (Sympetrum vicinum)
Observed
8 males and females
Black Saddlebags (Tramea lacerata)
Observed
5 immatures
Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis)
Observed
1 female
Wandering Glider (Pantala flavescens)
Observed
1 feeding with Darners and Saddlebags
White-faced Meadowhawk (Sympetrum obtrusum)
Netted and released
1 female
Eastern Forktail (Ischnura verticalis)
Observed
15 males and females
Familiar Bluet (Enallagma civile)
Netted and released
1 male
Orange Bluet (Enallagma signatum)
Netted and released
1 immature female
Skimming Bluet (Enallagma geminatum)
Photographed
1 female
Tule Bluet (Enallagma carunculatum)
Photographed
4 males and 5 females
Photo of Tule Bluet