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July 21, 2023 — Waukesha County

Rainbow Springs Nature Preserve.

Prince Baskettail (Epitheca princeps)
Observed
Racket-tailed Emerald (Dorocordulia libera)
Photographed
One near the pines on the paved trail.
Autumn Meadowhawk (Sympetrum vicinum)
Observed
Foy
Black Saddlebags (Tramea lacerata)
Observed
Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis)
Observed
Common Whitetail (Plathemis lydia)
Observed
Halloween Pennant (Celithemis eponina)
Observed
Slaty Skimmer (Libellula incesta)
Photographed
Photo of Slaty Skimmer
Twelve-spotted Skimmer (Libellula pulchella)
Observed
Widow Skimmer (Libellula luctuosa)
Observed
Eastern Forktail (Ischnura verticalis)
Observed
Lilypad Forktail (Ischnura kellicotti)
Photographed
Stream Bluet (Enallagma exsulans)
Observed
Variable Dancer (Violet Dancer ssp.) (Argia fumipennis violacea)
Photographed
This is the only dancer I saw today at this location. Abundant around the lake and trails.
Swamp Spreadwing (Lestes vigilax)
Photographed
Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis)
Observed