September 11, 2025 — Dane County
I paddled from Governor Nelson SP to where Dorn Creek enters Lake Mendota, then up the creek until it crosses highway M.
Eastern Forktail (Ischnura verticalis)
Observed
Fragile Forktail (
Ischnura posita)
Photographed
Orange Bluet (Enallagma signatum)
Observed
abundant
Skimming Bluet (Enallagma geminatum)
Observed
a couple of males
Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis)
Observed
Eastern Pondhawk (
Erythemis simplicicollis)
Photographed
two or three, both sexes
White-faced Meadowhawk (Sympetrum obtrusum)
Observed
Widow Skimmer (Libellula luctuosa)
Observed
one male