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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
Photo of Fragile Forktail
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
Photo of Eastern Pondhawk
White-faced Meadowhawk (Sympetrum obtrusum)
Observed
Widow Skimmer (Libellula luctuosa)
Observed
one male