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End of June Dragonflies and Damselflies

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Common Baskettail Dragonfly, Epitheca cynosura

Birding, Nature, Odonate, Photography

End of June Dragonflies and Damselflies

It’s the end of June (actually the very last day of June) and I’ve been frantic to see the Enallagma, Bluets, genus of damselflies before they disappear for the season. Sure, a lot of them have flight times well into the fall, but they become increasingly hard to find as the summer season progresses. If they are seen, it’s “onsie-twosies” versus five or six (or more) and those few are very difficult to find: it depends more on luck than anything. But members of ...
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Nature, Odonate, Photography

Dragonflies and Damselflies

I’ve been trying to observe and learn about Odonata, that is, Dragonflies and Damselflies, and I’ve made slow progress but some progress. Seems like every time I observe and identify a new species, I mess up on the identification of other species that I’ve observed in the past and should know. But I’ve been working on identification and thought I would mention a few tricks. These learning tricks work for me but everyone is different. For me, I can only pick up so ...
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Birding, Nature, Odonate, Photography, Roses

Common Baskettail Dragonfly, Epitheca cynosura

On March 19, 2023 I finally got to see my first Common Baskettail dragonfly, Epitheca cynosura, as well as my first Blue Corporal, Ladona deplanata. To be honest, I’ve probably seen them in the past but simply hadn’t been able to identify them. So I’m really thrilled to see them. Spring is certainly here, that’s for sure. Everything is just covered with pollen, including the dragonflies and damselflies as well as every surface including inside my house. The daffodils ...
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Birding, Nature, Odonate, Photography

Argia Publication – Furtive Forktails, Ischnura prognata

My article on Furtive Forktails, Ischnura prognata, is being published in the Argia! It will be in the next issue (which I believe is March 2023). I’m so thrilled I can hardly type this. The Argia is a publication produced by the Dragonfly Society of the Americas and if you are at all interested in dragonflies or damselflies or both, I heartily recommend joining. There is a blog that often has really useful species information as well as a quarterly news journal called the Argia and a ...
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Ischnura prognata
Nature, Odonate, Photography

Happy Holidays and Furtive Forktails

Happy Holidays to everyone! I hope the holiday season is a magical time full of happiness and laughter. I always love the holidays especially as it gives me an excuse to do some cooking and baking. This time of year is always an excuse to make a nice loaf of multigrain bread–it’s my big treat because we are on a low carb diet (like everyone else, it seems) so I only bake bread a few times a year. As it turns out, this is also when I finally decided to write up my observations ...
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