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June 18, 2020 — 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
6-10 males feeding over openings
Cobra Clubtail (Gomphurus vastus)
Photographed
1 male and 1 female perched on vegetation
Photo of Cobra Clubtail
Common Baskettail (Epitheca cynosura)
Netted and released
20+ in feeding swarm
Prince Baskettail (Epitheca princeps)
Observed
3-4 in feeding swarm
Black Saddlebags (Tramea lacerata)
Observed
6-10 in feeding swarm. May have been 1 T. onusta with them.
Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis)
Observed
1 male and 2 females
Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis)
Observed
1 immature male
Spot-winged Glider (Pantala hymenaea)
Netted and released
1 male in feeding swarm
Photo of Spot-winged Glider
Twelve-spotted Skimmer (Libellula pulchella)
Observed
1 immature male
Widow Skimmer (Libellula luctuosa)
Observed
2 females
Eastern Forktail (Ischnura verticalis)
Observed
20-25 males and females
Familiar Bluet (Enallagma civile)
Netted and released
1 male
Orange Bluet (Enallagma signatum)
Observed
1 immature female
Skimming Bluet (Enallagma geminatum)
Observed
2 males
Tule Bluet (Enallagma carunculatum)
Observed
Several mature males, 3 immature males, and a few female Enallagma.