There is "still" a Striped Saddlebags at the "Squaw Lake Marsh". I'm tempted to say it's the same one that Tim Manolis and Don Roberson found three weeks ago,...
... I'll add to what I wrote before by saying that a single individual of a rare dragonfly at the same place for three weeks does provide thought, if not...
A friend of mine doing a post doc on dragonflies at UC Davis writes numbers on dragonfly wings with sharpie pens to keep track of territorial and dispersing...
3 Nov 2007 Alameda County Sunol Regional Wilderness, w/Rita Carratello 1245-1445, sunny & warm, fairly calm, but most of creek in shade despite the mid-day...
These are the last reports for species received in 2007. If you've seen one later than the date mentioned, please be sure to let us know: Sooty Dancer 9/16 ...
All, Dennis Paulson questioned whether the Striped Saddlebags that I found at the Squaw Pond Marsh on 20 October 2007 was the same one that Tim Manolis ...
Hi Kathy and all, Dave Shufford and I did a 5.2 mile walk through the Algodones Dunes Wilderness Area on Sat Nov. 3rd. We walked for six hours, walking in...
Hi all, I'm pasting in an email I just received from Rich Bailowitz of AZ - perhaps some of you can give him more information....thanks! Kathy, I'm working on...
Hi folks: A 1.5 hour walk along the American River Parkway at the Mayhew Drain this afternoon produced the usual Variegated Meadowhawks, about 16 or so, a ...
Rita and I checked "cattail swale" at Elkhorn Slough Nat'l Estuarine Research Reserve again at midday on Sunday, Nov. 12. We found at least 4 Paddle-tailed...
November 2, 2007 San Mateo County John Hall, David Edwards Skyline Ridge OSP Alpine Pond California Spreadwing 8 Horseshoe Lake California Spreadwing 6 ...
Great that you're still seeing them. That's new late flight date by 6 days. The Oriti's also saw and photographed some Paddle-tailed Darners in Mono County on...
All, A couple weeks ago I observed a darner ovipositing in the mud in a formerly submerged part of a reservoir. The oviposition site was 10-15 feet from the...
November 12, 2007 San Diego County Peter Siminski Palo Verde Canyon, Santa Rosa Mountains, Anza Borrego Desert State Park; 8:40-12:20, clear, 70-80 degrees,...
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Sorry about late notice - I just received this: Hi, I received emails on Nov. 14 from Bill Hanshumaker and Janet Lamberson and this morning from John Chapman...
There were ten species of odes flying at Squaw Pond today. New late dates for the southwest were established for Pale-faced Clubskimmer, Striped Saddlebags,...
Great - but I just looked it up and I have a southwest late date for Pale-faced Clubskimmer of 11/18/AZ, so only new late date for CA. Pierre Deviche and Rich...
Kathy, Oops. I was looking at one of your spreadsheets from last fall (but not late enough). 1. Are the lastest dates (or this spreadsheet) available on either...
I had a Shadow Darner female flying over the lawn NEXT to the pond yesterday - in the fog! She totally ignored the pond and appeared to be feeding. First...
November 19, 2007 Riverside County Peter Siminski Dos Palmas Oasis, Dos Palmas Preserve; 9:30-13:50, clear, 75-85 degrees, light wind. Paiute Dancer, Argia...
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A couple of new late dates here: ***Paiute Dancer, */*Argia alberta*/ new late date, old late date 10/16/2006 *Blue-ringed Dancer, */*Argia sedula*/ 5...
Hi all, Temperatures here in the Imperial Valley have been running TEN degrees above normal. That could be a strong reason(that and more oders are out oding...
Hi all, There's been quite a 'behind the scenes' discussion going on with lots of emails and folks checking specimens, all about trying to figure out if the...
Hi folks: Kathy Biggs earlier today posted the following, derived from an e-mail from Dennis Paulson,concerning identification of California and Aztec Dancers:...
Some of you met Ed last year at the CalOdes Blitz, and others at the DSA AZ'07 or elsewhere. I thought you'd enjoy reading about his unusual 'field experience'...
Hi Everyone, It is time for another issue of ARGIA and I would like to solicit any articles, notes, or other information that you think the readers might...
Okay, this is not really about the Red-tailed Hawk in New York City known everywhere as "Pale Male." But it does involve "pale males" of Argia dancers. Back on...
Yesterday 11/27 I completed my 35th weekly survey at Laguna Grande park, Seaside, Monterey County, as a part of Jason Bried's project. There was just one male...
Hello, all. Sorry for cross posting, but no one has figured out a way to avoid this yet, I guess. For a field guide to western North American odonates, I still...