July 18, 2020 — Door County
The Ridges Sanctuary boardwalks and beach area.
The Ridges Sanctuary boardwalks and beach area.
Hine's Emerald (Somatochlora hineana)
Photographed
10 with sexes split equally
Photographed
10 with sexes split equally
Prince Baskettail (Epitheca princeps)
Photographed
Found dead on road
Photographed
Found dead on road
Dot-tailed Whiteface (Leucorrhinia intacta)
Observed
5
Observed
5
Four-spotted Skimmer (Libellula quadrimaculata)
Observed
1
Observed
1
Twelve-spotted Skimmer (Libellula pulchella)
Observed
5
Observed
5
Widow Skimmer (Libellula luctuosa)
Observed
5
Observed
5
Tule Bluet (Enallagma carunculatum)
Photographed
2 males
Photographed
2 males
Slender Spreadwing (Lestes rectangularis)
Photographed
2
Photographed
2
Sedge Sprite (Nehalennia irene)
Photographed
Female
Photographed
Female
Brush-tipped Emerald (Somatochlora walshii)
Photographed
1 female. Added 2026-07-20 by EAH, originally mis-IDed as Hines. The roundness of the second thoracic yellow spot, the small yellow spots on the sides of the abdomen, the shorter abdomen with wasp-waisted appearance (abdomen is constricted and very narrow at S3 widens towards the tip), all point towards Brush-tipped instead. Hines female would have yellow stripes on the thorax that never seem as round as this, it would not have any abdominal yellow spots, and the abdomen would be longer and less constricted.
Photographed
1 female. Added 2026-07-20 by EAH, originally mis-IDed as Hines. The roundness of the second thoracic yellow spot, the small yellow spots on the sides of the abdomen, the shorter abdomen with wasp-waisted appearance (abdomen is constricted and very narrow at S3 widens towards the tip), all point towards Brush-tipped instead. Hines female would have yellow stripes on the thorax that never seem as round as this, it would not have any abdominal yellow spots, and the abdomen would be longer and less constricted.