June 23, 2023 — Dane County
Abandoned railway line that cuts across County Rd Y 100 yards west of where Y crosses Rte 78. Walk the railway line north approximately 0.5 miles to where it passes over a small, slow stream. A faster, sandy-bottomed stream crosses a little further north.
Cobra Clubtail (
Gomphurus vastus)
Photographed
one male working the bushes on the edge of the Wisconsin River, possibly the same individual I earlier saw through binoculars hunting way out over the river
Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis)
Observed
Common Whitetail (Plathemis lydia)
Observed
Dot-tailed Whiteface (Leucorrhinia intacta)
Observed
Four-spotted Skimmer (Libellula quadrimaculata)
Observed
Twelve-spotted Skimmer (Libellula pulchella)
Observed
Ebony Jewelwing (Calopteryx maculata)
Observed
River Jewelwing (
Calopteryx aequabilis)
Photographed
a hard species to find in Dane County - this is the only spot I have found them, only one individual last year and this year
Blue-fronted Dancer (
Argia apicalis)
Photographed
Eastern Forktail (Ischnura verticalis)
Observed
Familiar Bluet (
Enallagma civile)
Photographed
Orange Bluet (Enallagma signatum)
Observed
River Bluet (
Enallagma anna)
Photographed
at least three males and one female
Skimming Bluet (Enallagma geminatum)
Observed
Western Red Damsel (
Amphiagrion abbreviatum)
Photographed
two or three males