Dave and I stopped by Bear Creek @ Hiway 20 for 20 mins. on our way thru the area on Tuesday. (90F). We viewed the creek only from the (yuk!) Star Thistle...
Took a short trip to Washington this past weekend for some lounging by the river. not terribly busy as far as odes go, but I managed to net a couple Walker's...
Zack & all, I think your photo is good enuf to show a 'bump' under segment 1. Also I see a pale brown line across her face. So, that would make her a...
September 2nd & 3rd, 2008 Westside Main Canal by I-8 & Hy 98, Sunbeam Lake near Seeley, West Pond, Senator Wash Reservoir area, & by Laguna Dam, about ...
September 7, 2008 Blue Sky Ecological Reserve, Poway, 2:00-3:00pm, clear, 89 degrees. Barely flowing spring-fed streamlet that runs for about 130 yards ...
Hi all, Several dragonfly enthusiasts attended Joe Smith and Jenn Tiehm's wedding at Calavaras Big Trees over the weekend. Several folks joined Dave and I on...
Hi, group. We have a remote vacation cabin on the North Fork of the Stanislaus near Board's Crossing. In the past few years, I've observed black-and-green and...
September 12 & 13, 2008 Pine Valley Creek, 9:30-2:30 both days, sunny, light breezes, 78-86 degrees Vivid Dancer few Western Forktail few Common Green Darner...
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Hi Sally & all, We were in your area recently and I know that a lot of Darners are on the move there. They are extremely variable in color, esp. the females,...
Here's one of Ray Bruun and son in stalking mode http://gigan.kaijuisland.com/images/scapes/land/outside/california/modoc /jpg/12-58-2008_sandcreekraybrunn.jpg...
All,  Yesterday I spent a little time looking for odes at the confluence of the Merced and San Joaquin Rivers on the Stanislaus/Merced Co. line. I didn't...
Hi Paul: Actually, the best feature identifying this as Emma's Dancer is the presence of deep mesepisternal pits, easily seen in the close-up dorsal view of...
In a message dated 9/15/2008 1:01:12 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, Pierre.Deviche@... writes: Hi Tim: Do only Emma Dancers have such pits? I was going thru...
Congratulations Doug and Rich!! I was just thinking that I hadn't had to add a species to the SW website in a bit ;-) . I'll grab the photo for the website...
Thanks to Kathy, Ray, and everyone involved with the organization of this year's blitz. Best experience of the summer! (Hetaerina americana) American Rubyspot...
http://southwestdragonflies.net/swanisoptera.html#lampropeltis I've added some images and descriptive words about the Straight-tipped Ringtail, Erpetogomphus...
September 20, 2008 Riverside County Peter Siminski Dos Palmas Preserve, Dos Palmas oasis and fish ponds; 8:00-11:50, 80-95F, cloudless, light breeze SE. ...
Checking some desert locales this past weekend revealed a late flying Eight-spotted Skimmer at Darwin Falls (latest date in the last ten years), and many late...
I believe that this could be a county record. Kathy-could you verify? I have posted photos in the P Siminski Photo Album on CalOdes. The photos are by a...
I was looking at the photo posted by Don Roberson for the first forensis in Monterey County, and it seemed like "dejavu all over again." We had a similar...
Hi Doug: I have seen teneral 12-spots that show very faint wing tips, virtually invisible at any distance. Also Common Whitetail females with this effect. I...
Tim, Doug Danforth's interesting discover in Sonora and your comments made me go back and examine the photos that I took of a female skimmer at Darwin Falls in...
Hey, David. The female that you photographed looks good for Twelve-spotted. The abdominal pattern is quite different in the two species, and yours is perfect...
Hi David,  Here is why I am thinking your photo is of Libellula pulchella:  There are two linear rows of cells in the radial and medial planate, whereas...
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