September 27, 2025 — Dane County
Wetland/native plant restoration park immediately off of Old Middleton Road in Madison. The shallow pond appears to have good water quality, reeds rather than cattails around the edge.
Wetland/native plant restoration park immediately off of Old Middleton Road in Madison. The shallow pond appears to have good water quality, reeds rather than cattails around the edge.
Familiar Bluet (Enallagma civile)
Photographed
abundant including mating pairs
Photographed
abundant including mating pairs
Black-tipped Darner (Aeshna tuberculifera)
Netted and released
photographed in flight and then netted
Netted and released
photographed in flight and then netted
Common Green Darner (Anax junius)
Observed
a couple of males feeding over nearby mowed area
Observed
a couple of males feeding over nearby mowed area
Lance-tipped Darner (Aeshna constricta)
Netted and released
one of at least three or four darners patrolling the reeds around the pond
Netted and released
one of at least three or four darners patrolling the reeds around the pond
Autumn Meadowhawk (Sympetrum vicinum)
Observed
several
Observed
several
White-faced Meadowhawk (Sympetrum obtrusum)
Photographed
one mature female
Photographed
one mature female