On Monday the 13th after a short visit with the refuge manager and refuge biologist I made a quick visit to the Lake St. Francis Research Natural Area on...
Robert, That's a fascinating observation. My guess is that the bluets were just flying over the open water as they usually do, but their numbers were so great...
Lots going on over the past three days. I gave a dragonfly talk at Living Desert State Park to the Chihuahuan Desert Conservation Alliance yesterday. The...
Hi all, I will be taking the motorcycle on a road trip the first half of September from COlumbus, Ohio to Phoenix, AZ. I have found that on previous...
Here are the tentative new state and county records for New Mexico since my last posting on July 24th. The location & data will be posted on Odonata Central...
Hello, all. Some people responded to my query about Enallagma civile status on the listserves, others only to me, so I'll try to summarize, also from my own...
Hello, all. I have been compiling a list of the errors (both of omission and commission) in my new book Dragonflies and Damselflies of the West (Princeton...
NEW COUNTY DISTRIBUTIONS FOR NEW MEXICO NOTED SINCE JULY 15, 2009Â WITH NEWÂ FLIGHT SEASON DATES NOTED - R. LARSENÂ Some of these are duplicates, or already...
Hi there, I read messages on the BBC Wildlife message board and the following was on the forum. Can any of the ode people explain what took place? Does...
Hi Ann, Thanks for asking where some of the best places to go in New Mexico for viewing dragonflies. I have compiled this list below of some of the best...
It can be a real surprise to find that a dragonfly can 'live' for even days without it's head - but if you look up dragonfly physiology, you'll find that they...
All: I checked a couple of spots in Pinal Co., AZ, earlier today (09/20), ending up with a total of 30 species inc. ANTILLEAN SADDLEBAGS at Kearny Lake....
All: Approx. 10 individuals participated in the Spur Cross Cons. Area (Maricopa Co, AZ) dragonfly walk earlier today, 09/23. We ended up with a total of 23...
A trip to Roper Lake just south of Safford, AZ turned up what may be a Sooty Saddlebags (Tramea binotata). I was photographing it thinking it was a Black...
I received this email about a seemingly deformed Bluet - I've never seen anything like this, have any of you? Please reply to group and to the sender: Denise...
Very interesting email - I'll post the pix in the files section under 'deformed'. Kathy ... Subject: Deformed Damselfly? Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:07:59...
Kathy and Denise, The "thing" sticking out of the thorax isn't a leg, at least not a leg of that bluet - it's too long to be any of the segments and doesn't ...
Hello everyone, I just want everyone to know that Doug and I are discussing possible changes in the operations of CalOdes and SouthWestOdes. Cheers!! Kathy...
The ownership of CalOdes and SoWestOdes has changed. Kathy Biggs has been given the ownership from Doug Aguillard. Many thanks to Doug for originally setting...
I've just put an excel chart showing the dragonflies that have been reported to me/CalOdes at Joshua Tree in the CalOdes Files as an Excel chart. If you have...
All: Among common species today (10/14) at the Papago Park ponds (Phoenix, AZ), were one immature male PIN-TAILED PONDHAWK, Erythemis plebeja (photographed). I...
Hi all, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SoWestOdes/photos/album/1953151185/pic/list The above link is to 3 Damselfly pictures taken in Colorado on Sat 2nd August...
I wanted Jerry to post his Colorado photographs here on SoWestOdes for the group to take a look at for a more definitive ID. His photo 345 looks closer to...
Hello all (please pardon any cross postings!), In order to cut my costs for maintaining the California Dragonfly website, I've migrated the link to California...
Hi all, I was sent a very nice dragonfly calendar, which I've decided to promote thru the SW Dragonfly website. If you are interested, you may buy it from it's...
Hi all, I'm getting my 'winter' ode-fix by posting some of the lovely images I was sent this year. This is one of my favorites, a female Brimstone Clubtail: ...
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