June 7, 2025 — Dane County
Hiked into property from Rutland Dunn Townline Road. North until overgrown path turns east. Path borders wetlands and goes through a mix of wooded area and upland overgrown pasture with invasives like honeysuckle and buckthorn as well as a stand of aspen.
Sweetflag Spreadwing (
Lestes forcipatus)
Photographed
Hello Dan, I am submitting this as a Sweetflag Spreadwing knowing that this may be a new Dane County record. I had posted it on iNaturalist as just a pond spreadwing because I wasn't sure of ID even though I suspected Sweetflag. I appreciate you weighing in on the ID on iNaturalist.