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July 24, 2022 — Bayfield County

My home on Bourgo Road west of Washburn

Black-tipped Darner (Aeshna tuberculifera)
Photographed
multiple
Variable Darner (Aeshna interrupta)
Photographed
multiple
Horned Clubtail (Arigomphus cornutus)
Observed
just 1 indiv left
American Emerald (Cordulia shurtleffii)
Observed
1 indiv
Williamson's Emerald (Somatochlora williamsoni)
Photographed
multiple
Belted Whiteface (Leucorrhinia proxima)
Observed
a couple left
Calico Pennant (Celithemis elisa)
Observed
1 indiv
Chalk-fronted Corporal (Ladona julia)
Observed
a couple left
Common Whitetail (Plathemis lydia)
Observed
a few left
Dot-tailed Whiteface (Leucorrhinia intacta)
Observed
multiple
Four-spotted Skimmer (Libellula quadrimaculata)
Observed
1 very worn indiv
Twelve-spotted Skimmer (Libellula pulchella)
Observed
a few left
White-faced Meadowhawk (Sympetrum obtrusum)
Observed
multiple
Ebony Jewelwing (Calopteryx maculata)
Photographed
1 female, only the 3rd time I can recall seeing one on my property
Marsh Bluet (Enallagma ebrium)
Netted and released
small to moderate numbers of bluets, all Marsh from what I could tell
Sedge Sprite (Nehalennia irene)
Observed
lots of them, alas no Sphagnums among them
Emerald Spreadwing (Lestes dryas)
Photographed
1 male
Lyre-tipped Spreadwing (Lestes unguiculatus)
Photographed
1 indiv, first of year
Photo of Lyre-tipped Spreadwing
Northern Spreadwing (Lestes disjunctus)
Observed
Good numbers now
Sweetflag Spreadwing (Lestes forcipatus)
Observed
Good numbers now