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July 17, 2022 — Bayfield County

My home on Bourgo Road west of Washburn

Black-tipped Darner (Aeshna tuberculifera)
Photographed
Good numbers now emerging from my ponds
Photo of Black-tipped Darner
Canada Darner (Aeshna canadensis)
Observed
Just one individual
Variable Darner (Aeshna interrupta)
Observed
One individual
Horned Clubtail (Arigomphus cornutus)
Observed
Down to one individual now
American Emerald (Cordulia shurtleffii)
Observed
Only a few left
Williamson's Emerald (Somatochlora williamsoni)
Photographed
Several males and a female around ponds now
Belted Whiteface (Leucorrhinia proxima)
Observed
Still a fair number
Calico Pennant (Celithemis elisa)
Observed
Just one individual
Chalk-fronted Corporal (Ladona julia)
Observed
Still a fair number
Common Whitetail (Plathemis lydia)
Observed
Still a fair number
Dot-tailed Whiteface (Leucorrhinia intacta)
Observed
Still a fair number
Twelve-spotted Skimmer (Libellula pulchella)
Observed
Still a fair number
White-faced Meadowhawk (Sympetrum obtrusum)
Photographed
2-3 individuals
Widow Skimmer (Libellula luctuosa)
Photographed
A lone female/immature individual, maybe only my second or third ever at this site?
Marsh Bluet (Enallagma ebrium)
Netted and released
Dominant bluet now
Sedge Sprite (Nehalennia irene)
Observed
Good numbers yet
Taiga Bluet (Coenagrion resolutum)
Observed
Just one male left
Amber-winged Spreadwing (Lestes eurinus)
Observed
Only a couple individuals
Northern Spreadwing (Lestes disjunctus)
Photographed
Small numbers out and mature now
Photo of Northern Spreadwing
Photo of Northern Spreadwing
Sweetflag Spreadwing (Lestes forcipatus)
Photographed
Small numbers out and mature now, some even breeding already
Photo of Sweetflag Spreadwing