June 6, 2025 — Waukesha County
Ottawa Lake. Trails accessed via hwy 67, fire road. Trails lead to marsh with a spring running along path behind thick brush. Trail is overgrown and difficult to navigate in areas. Update, the trail is very overgrown with Buckthorn. The best way in is starting at the spring fed stream by the road which has a white marker and then navigating toward the marshy area carefully. The area where the Elfin Skimmers are is slightly to the south of the stream, cutting left before you sink in too deep.
Ottawa Lake. Trails accessed via hwy 67, fire road. Trails lead to marsh with a spring running along path behind thick brush. Trail is overgrown and difficult to navigate in areas. Update, the trail is very overgrown with Buckthorn. The best way in is starting at the spring fed stream by the road which has a white marker and then navigating toward the marshy area carefully. The area where the Elfin Skimmers are is slightly to the south of the stream, cutting left before you sink in too deep.
Prince Baskettail (Epitheca princeps)
Observed
One
Observed
One
Calico Pennant (Celithemis elisa)
Photographed
One
Photographed
One
Elfin Skimmer (Nannothemis bella)
Photographed
Abundant! It was hard to estimate numbers, possibly 25 conservatively but likely two, three times that.
Photographed
Abundant! It was hard to estimate numbers, possibly 25 conservatively but likely two, three times that.