May 31, 2020 — Dane County
It is a typical public park with playground equipment and large mowed playing fields, less than half a mile west of Lake Mendota. There is a large pond in the middle of the park.
Common Green Darner (Anax junius)
Observed
only one male
Common Baskettail (
Epitheca cynosura)
Photographed
several, including a pair in wheel
Black Saddlebags (Tramea lacerata)
Observed
only one
Common Whitetail (
Plathemis lydia)
Photographed
very recently eclosed, could barely fly
Dot-tailed Whiteface (
Leucorrhinia intacta)
Photographed
abundant, including mating pairs
Eastern Forktail (
Ischnura verticalis)
Photographed
abundant, including mating pairs.
Orange Bluet (
Enallagma signatum)
Photographed
only one immature male