July 11, 2020 — Ozaukee County
Riveredge Nature Center had its annual Dragonfly-Butterfly counts on 7/11/20. I covered Blue Heron Pond and the east edge of the prairie, and the area along the Milwaukee River at the west enetrance.
Common Green Darner (Anax junius)
Observed
Fawn Darner (
Boyeria vinosa)
Photographed
These darners look pale orange in flight (I was about to take another shot and it took off).
Black Saddlebags (Tramea lacerata)
Observed
Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis)
Observed
Calico Pennant (
Celithemis elisa)
Photographed
Common Whitetail (Plathemis lydia)
Observed
Dot-tailed Whiteface (
Leucorrhinia intacta)
Photographed
Eastern Pondhawk (
Erythemis simplicicollis)
Photographed
Ruby Meadowhawk (Sympetrum rubicundulum)
Observed
Twelve-spotted Skimmer (Libellula pulchella)
Observed
Wandering Glider (Pantala flavescens)
Observed
White-faced Meadowhawk (Sympetrum obtrusum)
Observed
Widow Skimmer (Libellula luctuosa)
Observed
American Rubyspot (Hetaerina americana)
Observed
Ebony Jewelwing (Calopteryx maculata)
Observed
Eastern Forktail (
Ischnura verticalis)
Photographed
A mature female forktail nabbed a Lestes as it emerged.
Powdered Dancer (
Argia moesta)
Photographed
Skimming Bluet (
Enallagma geminatum)
Photographed
Stream Bluet (
Enallagma exsulans)
Photographed
Variable Dancer (Violet Dancer ssp.) (Argia fumipennis violacea)
Observed
Swamp Spreadwing (
Lestes vigilax)
Photographed