August 18, 2018 — Eau Claire County
Small pond near intersection of Horlacher Lane and S Hastings Way
Autumn Meadowhawk (
Sympetrum vicinum)
Netted and released
Black Saddlebags (
Tramea lacerata)
Netted and released
A few in field across the road from the pond, active when the sun came out at about noon.
Blue Dasher (
Pachydiplax longipennis)
Netted and released
Saw two. Mostly cloudy, low 70s.
Common Green Darner (
Anax junius)
Photographed
One teneral
Common Whitetail (
Plathemis lydia)
Photographed
Saw two
Eastern Forktail (
Ischnura verticalis)
Photographed
Abundant, active even when it was cloudy.
Orange Bluet (
Enallagma signatum)
Photographed
Saw one
Skimming Bluet (
Enallagma geminatum)
Photographed
Saw one
Spotted Spreadwing (
Lestes congener)
Netted and released
Saw one
White-faced Meadowhawk (
Sympetrum obtrusum)
Netted and released
Several
Blue-eyed Darner (Rhionaeschna multicolor)
Observed
One male