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August 8, 2020 — Dane County

A small man-made pond with some cattails surrounded by a strip of prairie, some boulders, wooden bridge across the middle, in a suburban neighborhood.

Common Green Darner (Anax junius)
Observed
Black Saddlebags (Tramea lacerata)
Observed
Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis)
Observed
Eastern Amberwing (Perithemis tenera)
Observed
Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis)
Observed
Halloween Pennant (Celithemis eponina)
Observed
Widow Skimmer (Libellula luctuosa)
Observed
Double-striped Bluet (Enallagma basidens)
Photographed
several present, males and females, mating
Photo of Double-striped Bluet
Eastern Forktail (Ischnura verticalis)
Observed
Familiar Bluet (Enallagma civile)
Photographed
many present, males and females, mating
Photo of Familiar Bluet
Skimming Bluet (Enallagma geminatum)
Photographed
many present, males and females, mating
Photo of Skimming Bluet
Variable Dancer (Violet Dancer ssp.) (Argia fumipennis violacea)
Photographed
one, possibly two males present
Photo of Variable Dancer (Violet Dancer ssp.)