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September 16, 2019 — LaCrosse County

Private retention pond on west side of Timberwood Lane in Holmen

Black-tipped Darner (Aeshna tuberculifera)
Netted and released
3 patrolling males and 1 female
Canada Darner (Aeshna canadensis)
Netted and released
A few patrolling males, a pair in wheel and ovipositing females
Photo of Canada Darner
Common Green Darner (Anax junius)
Observed
2 patrolling males and 10 immature adults flushed from vegetation
Green-striped Darner (Aeshna verticalis)
Netted and released
1 male
Lance-tipped Darner (Aeshna constricta)
Observed
1 male
Shadow Darner (Aeshna umbrosa)
Photographed
1 female
Autumn Meadowhawk (Sympetrum vicinum)
Observed
20 males and females including several pairs in tandem and ovipositing
Black Saddlebags (Tramea lacerata)
Observed
4 tenerals
Red Saddlebags (Tramea onusta)
Observed
2 tenerals
White-faced Meadowhawk (Sympetrum obtrusum)
Photographed
a few males
Photo of White-faced Meadowhawk
Eastern Forktail (Ischnura verticalis)
Observed
10 males and females
Familiar Bluet (Enallagma civile)
Netted and released
1 teneral and 1 mature male
Spotted Spreadwing (Lestes congener)
Photographed
10+ males
Photo of Spotted Spreadwing