August 8, 2021 — Bayfield County
My home on Bourgo Road west of Washburn
Black-tipped Darner (
Aeshna tuberculifera)
Photographed
Many ovipositing in ponds now
Common Green Darner (Anax junius)
Observed
Just one individual
Shadow Darner (Aeshna umbrosa)
Observed
1 indiv
Variable Darner (
Aeshna interrupta)
Photographed
Many around my ponds now
Williamson's Emerald (Somatochlora williamsoni)
Observed
A couple at ponds
Autumn Meadowhawk (Sympetrum vicinum)
Observed
1 teneral
Twelve-spotted Skimmer (Libellula pulchella)
Observed
A couple hanging on
White-faced Meadowhawk (Sympetrum obtrusum)
Observed
2 mature indiv
Azure Bluet (
Enallagma aspersum)
Photographed
Pleased to find a male again this year, on the same exact date I found 2 here last year!
Eastern Forktail (Ischnura verticalis)
Observed
Several indiv
Marsh Bluet (
Enallagma ebrium)
Netted and released
Several indiv
Sedge Sprite (Nehalennia irene)
Observed
Many
Amber-winged Spreadwing (
Lestes eurinus)
Photographed
Surprised to find a late female
Northern Spreadwing (
Lestes disjunctus)
Photographed
A handful of individuals
Slender Spreadwing (
Lestes rectangularis)
Photographed
Several indiv
Spotted Spreadwing (Lestes congener)
Observed
Several indiv
Sweetflag Spreadwing (Lestes forcipatus)
Observed
Abundant, many in pairs and ovipositing