June 9, 2026 — Dane County
UW Arboretum Odonata Monitoring - Gardner Area UW Arboretum East Entrance & Gardner Marsh. Includes channelized Wingra Creek either direction from the Arboretum Drive bridge over the creek and the Gardner Marsh trails/boardwalks. 12;16-1:30 PM - Wingra Creek - 79F, mostly cloudy, calm -- LOTS of damselflies that I couldn't identify skimming over water and perching on lily pads, several times the number that I could identify. I noticed very few damselflies in the shoreline vegetation. 1:32-1:50 PM - Gardner Marsh trails/boardwalks - 82F, cloudy, calm - NO ODES AT ALL HERE (not even unidentified ones)
UW Arboretum Odonata Monitoring - Gardner Area UW Arboretum East Entrance & Gardner Marsh. Includes channelized Wingra Creek either direction from the Arboretum Drive bridge over the creek and the Gardner Marsh trails/boardwalks. 12;16-1:30 PM - Wingra Creek - 79F, mostly cloudy, calm -- LOTS of damselflies that I couldn't identify skimming over water and perching on lily pads, several times the number that I could identify. I noticed very few damselflies in the shoreline vegetation. 1:32-1:50 PM - Gardner Marsh trails/boardwalks - 82F, cloudy, calm - NO ODES AT ALL HERE (not even unidentified ones)
Eastern Forktail (Ischnura verticalis)
Observed
1 male
Observed
1 male
Familiar Bluet (Enallagma civile)
Photographed
1 photographed, didn't notice any others
Photographed
1 photographed, didn't notice any others
Skimming Bluet (Enallagma geminatum)
Photographed
14 (8 solo males, 1 pair in copula, 2 pairs in tandem)
Photographed
14 (8 solo males, 1 pair in copula, 2 pairs in tandem)
Common Baskettail (Epitheca cynosura)
Observed
5
Observed
5
Prince Baskettail (Epitheca princeps)
Observed
4 cruising over water
Observed
4 cruising over water
Black Saddlebags (Tramea lacerata)
Photographed
7 males
Photographed
7 males
Eastern Amberwing (Perithemis tenera)
Photographed
2 males
Photographed
2 males
Twelve-spotted Skimmer (Libellula pulchella)
Observed
4 males
Observed
4 males
Widow Skimmer (Libellula luctuosa)
Photographed
1 female (note dusky wingtips, but still very pale so I suspect recently emerged)
Photographed
1 female (note dusky wingtips, but still very pale so I suspect recently emerged)