August 2, 2024 — 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.
Blue-fronted Dancer (
Argia apicalis)
Netted and released
Eastern Forktail (Ischnura verticalis)
Observed
Fragile Forktail (Ischnura posita)
Observed
Powdered Dancer (Argia moesta)
Observed
Common Green Darner (Anax junius)
Observed
Shadow Darner (
Aeshna umbrosa)
Photographed
Band-winged Meadowhawk (
Sympetrum semicinctum)
Photographed
Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis)
Observed
Common Whitetail (Plathemis lydia)
Observed
Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis)
Observed
Spot-winged Glider (
Pantala hymenaea)
Photographed
Twelve-spotted Skimmer (Libellula pulchella)
Observed
Wandering Glider (Pantala flavescens)
Observed
Widow Skimmer (Libellula luctuosa)
Observed