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July 4, 2023 — Lafayette County

Blackhawk Memorial County Park

Common Green Darner (Anax junius)
Observed
3 males
Common Baskettail (Epitheca cynosura)
Netted and released
1 male
Photo of Common Baskettail
Photo of Common Baskettail
Black Saddlebags (Tramea lacerata)
Observed
2 individuals
Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis)
Observed
1 male, 1 female
Common Whitetail (Plathemis lydia)
Observed
5 males, 1 female, Tandem
Dot-tailed Whiteface (Leucorrhinia intacta)
Netted and released
1 female
Photo of Dot-tailed Whiteface
Eastern Amberwing (Perithemis tenera)
Observed
40 individuals
Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis)
Observed
5 males, 1 female
Four-spotted Skimmer (Libellula quadrimaculata)
Observed
1 individual, Brown large bodied skimmer with spots in the middle and the base of the wings. Unfortunately could not get photo.
Halloween Pennant (Celithemis eponina)
Photographed
2 males
Twelve-spotted Skimmer (Libellula pulchella)
Observed
5 males
Widow Skimmer (Libellula luctuosa)
Observed
75 males
Eastern Forktail (Ischnura verticalis)
Observed
200 individuals
Familiar Bluet (Enallagma civile)
Netted and released
2 males
Fragile Forktail (Ischnura posita)
Photographed
1 individual
Photo of Fragile Forktail
Marsh Bluet (Enallagma ebrium)
Netted and released
1 male
Photo of Marsh Bluet
Photo of Marsh Bluet
Tule Bluet (Enallagma carunculatum)
Netted and released
1 male
Slender Spreadwing (Lestes rectangularis)
Photographed
2 males
Photo of Slender Spreadwing