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June 28, 2025 — Sauk County

Aldo Leopold Foundation preserve. The checklist includes species found on my hike to the bank of the Wisconsin River and around the edge of Chapman Lake on the second day of the Milwaukee Public Museum Bioblitz.

Lyre-tipped Spreadwing (Lestes unguiculatus)
Netted and released
one male, netted, photographed, and lyre-shaped cerci were observed through loupe
Photo of Lyre-tipped Spreadwing
Photo of Lyre-tipped Spreadwing
Blue-fronted Dancer (Argia apicalis)
Observed
Blue-tipped Dancer (Argia tibialis)
Photographed
a few were present, much less common than A. apicalis
Photo of Blue-tipped Dancer
Eastern Forktail (Ischnura verticalis)
Observed
Orange Bluet (Enallagma signatum)
Photographed
this female seemed a little unusual, but I think she is E. signatum.
Photo of Orange Bluet
Sedge Sprite (Nehalennia irene)
Observed
only one
Tule Bluet (Enallagma carunculatum)
Observed
Common Green Darner (Anax junius)
Observed
Common Baskettail (Epitheca cynosura)
Observed
a small number was seen - one was netted to confirm identity
Black Saddlebags (Tramea lacerata)
Observed
common
Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis)
Observed
Dot-tailed Whiteface (Leucorrhinia intacta)
Photographed
Eastern Amberwing (Perithemis tenera)
Observed
Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis)
Observed
Spot-winged Glider (Pantala hymenaea)
Observed
see well through binoculars as it hovered
Twelve-spotted Skimmer (Libellula pulchella)
Observed
Wandering Glider (Pantala flavescens)
Observed
White-faced Meadowhawk (Sympetrum obtrusum)
Observed
Widow Skimmer (Libellula luctuosa)
Netted and released