June 5, 2024 — Rusk County
Potato Creek State Wildlife Area, by Potato Lake; Time: 11:30AM; Weather: Sunny
Common Green Darner (Anax junius)
Observed
A few
Lilypad Clubtail (
Arigomphus furcifer)
Photographed
Several
American Emerald (
Cordulia shurtleffii)
Photographed
Several in woods and at bog pond
Common Baskettail (
Epitheca cynosura)
Photographed
a few on trail in woods
Ebony Boghaunter (
Williamsonia fletcheri)
Collected
On netted in tall grass in trail through woods
Racket-tailed Emerald (
Dorocordulia libera)
Photographed
a few observed. one netted in woods
Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis)
Observed
two along the bank of Potato Creek
Chalk-fronted Corporal (
Ladona julia)
Photographed
Abundant at bog pond
Common Whitetail (
Plathemis lydia)
Photographed
several on perched on rocks and logs in woods
Dot-tailed Whiteface (
Leucorrhinia intacta)
Photographed
whitefaces abundant in grass on trail from marshy pond through the woods to bog pond.
Eastern Pondhawk (
Erythemis simplicicollis)
Photographed
One in woods. one along bank of Potato Creek
Elfin Skimmer (
Nannothemis bella)
Photographed
A few in tall grass on trail next to bog pond
Four-spotted Skimmer (
Libellula quadrimaculata)
Photographed
a few by marshy pond and bog pond
Frosted Whiteface (
Leucorrhinia frigida)
Photographed
in grass on trail
Hudsonian Whiteface (
Leucorrhinia hudsonica)
Photographed
in grass on trail
Twelve-spotted Skimmer (
Libellula pulchella)
Photographed
Two tenerals on bank of Potato Creek
Widow Skimmer (
Libellula luctuosa)
Photographed
a few in grass on trail near marshy pond
Eastern Forktail (Ischnura verticalis)
Observed
Abundant
Amber-winged Spreadwing (
Lestes eurinus)
Photographed
in tall grass on trail through woods