Thanks for the info Peter. Also, it looks like your Neon Skimmer may be quite an early date, old early date - 6/14/2008. By any chance did you get any pix? ...
Young male Grappletail(s) first observed on May 28th and again on May 29th were still flying at Pine Valley Creek today, 6-2-09 (accessed from the Pine Valley...
Today at Mission Dam on the San Diego River in Mission Gorge, San Diego, CA http://tinyurl.com/o5guzf With my new website, you'll see the thumbnails on the...
Gary, I just looked through my photos of Octogomphus, and two out of maybe a dozen I've photographed show markings like you describe. I assume you are talking...
Date: May 29, 2009 Location: Amador County- Panther Creek Road Observers: John Hall, David Edwards Western Red Damsel 2, tandem pair- new county record,...
http://www.redding.com/news/2009/may/23/dragonflies-damselflies-eat-pests-add-interest/ Hi! The above is a link to a story about dragonflies that appeared in...
*June 6, 2009 _Sonoma County_* *Kathy Biggs & participants at the Pepperwood Preserve Dragonfly workshop* *Pepperwood Preserve, off Franz Valley Rd, North of...
June 7, 2009 Riverside County Peter Siminski Dos Palmas Oasis and Fish Ponds, Dos Palmas Preserve, Elev. -100'; 8:30-12:45, 75-90F, 15% cirrus, gentle breeze...
Out exploring ghost towns and photographing wildflowers in the Inyo Mountains, but managed to find a few odes on the way back home, some high in the desert...
June 7, 2009 _Sonoma County_ *Kathy Biggs **, MO – Madrone Audubon Fieldtrip* Pine Flat Rd, East of Healdsburg & the Russian River Location key in order...
This may not be earth shattering, but I had Beaverpond baskettails at Lake Spaulding today (near hwy 20/80 junction, 5000' elevation) in Nevada County today....
Hi Zach: I presume you got the 4500' figure from my book. Since that book came out (2003) I have seen Beaverpond Baskettails at, among other localities,...
I spent the past few days in Modoc County and northeastern Lassen County and was able to check a number of spots for odonates. Highlights were observing a...
Steve's report brings us to 76 species reported. Interesting is the tight cluster of early dates at Blue Lake for Spiny Baskettail: 6/1/2001 6/8/2007 6/9/2009 ...
In a message dated 6/10/2009 10:57:13 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, bigsnest@... writes: Two years had later 'early' dates, but possibly due to no one...
I went to Lake Ralphine east of Santa Rosa late this afternoon for a short walk around the small lake. Highlight was a female Beaverpond Baskettail that flew...
Hello all, If anyone is going out dragonflying on July 5th in the SF area and would like to show off our dflies to a Brit who has that day free while here, ...
I went out to photograph odes in my front yard pond yesterday and noticed a Desert Firetail,. Unless I missed another report, other sightings of this tiny...
Hi Bruce, Karen and all, Firetails are found mostly in Southern CA, although I once had one in my Sebastopol pond and they are known from a quite a few...
Hi folks: I think have inadvertently created a monster;-) I've made a few posts concerning the apparent 2-year cycle in mass emergences of Spiny Baskettail...
Hello, all. I don't know if the life cycle of Spiny Baskettails is or isn't like that of Common Baskettails (Epitheca cynosura) in the East, but that species...
Hi Dennis: Thanks for the comments and insights. I got my info on life cycle of E. spinigera from Kormondy (1959). On page 47-48 of his monograph he says: ...
Thanks for the further info, Tim. I didn't check Kormondy, only my own research in NC, where two species of Epitheca (cynosura & semiaquea) apparently have...
Took some pix the last couple of days: Sooty Dancer and Emma's Dancer along Bear Creek (Shasta County) and Bison Snaketail closer to Shingletown. Added a...
All: While camping at Oceano Lagoon in SLO, I had a male Red Saddlebags. I thought I would post this because I recall SLO county having a ridiculously low ode...
Thanks so much for posting this Nick, Yes, SLO County only has 31 species recorded, and Red Saddlebags makes 32. Any chance you got a photo at all? I'd be...
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