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July 19, 2020 — Bayfield County

My home on Bourgo Road west of Washburn

Black-tipped Darner (Aeshna tuberculifera)
Photographed
Quite a few, including a female laying eggs in my pond
Photo of Black-tipped Darner
Photo of Black-tipped Darner
Canada Darner (Aeshna canadensis)
Photographed
Fair number in a "swarm"
Photo of Canada Darner
Common Green Darner (Anax junius)
Observed
Female laying eggs in my pond
Lake Darner (Aeshna eremita)
Photographed
A male - one of few I've had at my house
Photo of Lake Darner
Lance-tipped Darner (Aeshna constricta)
Photographed
1 female
Photo of Lance-tipped Darner
Shadow Darner (Aeshna umbrosa)
Photographed
1 male
Variable Darner (Aeshna interrupta)
Photographed
Quite a few at my ponds
Photo of Variable Darner
Photo of Variable Darner
Arrowhead Spiketail (Cordulegaster obliqua)
Observed
1 female - getting late!
American Emerald (Cordulia shurtleffii)
Observed
2-3 indiv
Williamson's Emerald (Somatochlora williamsoni)
Photographed
Several at my ponds, including at least one egg laying female
Photo of Williamson's Emerald
Photo of Williamson's Emerald
Autumn Meadowhawk (Sympetrum vicinum)
Observed
2 indiv, my first of year
Calico Pennant (Celithemis elisa)
Observed
1 male
Chalk-fronted Corporal (Ladona julia)
Observed
Just a few left
Common Whitetail (Plathemis lydia)
Observed
still pretty common
Dot-tailed Whiteface (Leucorrhinia intacta)
Observed
just one male
Four-spotted Skimmer (Libellula quadrimaculata)
Observed
just one worn individual
Twelve-spotted Skimmer (Libellula pulchella)
Observed
Some adults yet, with more tenerals emerging from ponds
Wandering Glider (Pantala flavescens)
Photographed
several
Photo of Wandering Glider
Photo of Wandering Glider
Photo of Wandering Glider
Photo of Wandering Glider
White-faced Meadowhawk (Sympetrum obtrusum)
Observed
several, including mating pair already
Familiar Bluet (Enallagma civile)
Observed
just 1 indiv
Marsh Bluet (Enallagma ebrium)
Netted and released
I netted 4-5 bluets and all were this species
Photo of Marsh Bluet
Sedge Sprite (Nehalennia irene)
Observed
abundant
Amber-winged Spreadwing (Lestes eurinus)
Photographed
nice mature adults still flying
Photo of Amber-winged Spreadwing
Photo of Amber-winged Spreadwing
Photo of Amber-winged Spreadwing
Photo of Amber-winged Spreadwing
Photo of Amber-winged Spreadwing
Lyre-tipped Spreadwing (Lestes unguiculatus)
Observed
fair numbers
Northern Spreadwing (Lestes disjunctus)
Photographed
a few
Photo of Northern Spreadwing
Photo of Northern Spreadwing
Photo of Northern Spreadwing
Slender Spreadwing (Lestes rectangularis)
Photographed
2-3 males were my first of the year
Photo of Slender Spreadwing
Photo of Slender Spreadwing
Photo of Slender Spreadwing
Photo of Slender Spreadwing
Sweetflag Spreadwing (Lestes forcipatus)
Observed
lots of mating pairs