August 6, 2018 — Vernon County
Sand prairie upland of the Upper Mississippi NWR on the west side of Prairie Ln just SE of Stoddard sewage lagoons.
Common Green Darner (Anax junius)
Observed
a few flying over open areas or perched in vegetation
Lance-tipped Darner (Aeshna constricta)
Netted and released
1 female yellow form
Autumn Meadowhawk (Sympetrum vicinum)
Observed
1 immature male
Black Saddlebags (Tramea lacerata)
Observed
a few flying over open areas or perched in vegetation
Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis)
Observed
2 females and 1 male
Eastern Forktail (Ischnura verticalis)
Observed
many
Orange Bluet (
Enallagma signatum)
Photographed
Several
Skimming Bluet (
Enallagma geminatum)
Photographed
a few
Tule Bluet (Enallagma carunculatum)
Observed
many