July 23, 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
2 males
Lance-tipped Darner (Aeshna constricta)
Photographed
1 teneral female
Autumn Meadowhawk (Sympetrum vicinum)
Observed
a few immatures
Black Saddlebags (Tramea lacerata)
Observed
1 male
Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis)
Observed
a few females
Eastern Forktail (Ischnura verticalis)
Observed
40+ males and females
Familiar Bluet (
Enallagma civile)
Photographed
1 male
Orange Bluet (
Enallagma signatum)
Photographed
15+ including males, pairs, mature females, and teneral / immature females
Skimming Bluet (Enallagma geminatum)
Observed
a few
Tule Bluet (Enallagma carunculatum)
Observed
25+ males and females
Lyre-tipped Spreadwing (
Lestes unguiculatus)
Photographed
1 female
Slender Spreadwing (
Lestes rectangularis)
Netted and released
a few