The goal of our visit to the ephemeral pools in Lea County was to repeat and document observations of a little known flight mechanism used by tadpole shrimp ...
Dear Odesters: On yesterday's butterfly and dragonfield trip to Upper Garden Canyon in Fort Huachuca, part of the SW Wings Birding Festival in Bisbee, AZ, Hank...
Dear Odesters: On yesterday's butterfly and dragonfield trip to Upper Garden Canyon in Fort Huachuca, part of the SW Wings Birding Festival in Bisbee, AZ, Hank...
In reviewing the Bitter Lake collection two distinct females of Hetaerina were found from the mouth of the Salt Creek at the Pecos River taken in 1998. The ...
Hi, I had a chance a chance to look at Dustin Huntington's photographs of a female dragonfly taken on the San Bernadino National Wildlife Refuge on August 23,...
Lynne Monroe sent the following report. I've added comments within [ ]. Hi Kathy, I did get a list of the Odonates seen on the BioBlitz in Boulder County ... ...
Folks, Hi, I'm new to this group although many of you might already know me from the butterfly/odes lists or my huge web site www.rlephoto.com. I have seen ...
Folks, I heard from several of the members here privately and I thank all of you for your input and interest! I corrected my "Sierra Madre Dancer" photos as it...
Hi to all! Gene and I have just returned from a fabulous 4-day dragonflying trip to the Roswell, New Mexico area including Bitter Lake NWR, Bottomless Lake ...
Get those pencils out - things have just changed. See below: Kathy ... Subject: [Odonata-l] new common names for some North American odonates Date: Thu,...
Whoops!! Kathy just sent me the following message "WONDERFUL! However 5 of those would have been lifers for us too - the Kiowa, Springwater & Amethyst...
A delightful woman I met a few summers ago when I led a dragonfly workshop is now leading dragonfly walks herself. She wrote a poem that she uses as part of...
Last Saturday the 26th we went to Pella Crossing and Golden Ponds. Besides damsels, we saw the following: Widow Skimmers--at least 16, all males!! Common...
Dear Odesters, Spent 1.5 hrs mid-day today (3 Oct) at Bear Creek (Bear Canyon) between the Coronado Nat. Memorial and Parker Canyon Lake, elev. c. 5527'. This...
Hi, Fellow Dragonfliers, I've just posted photos of five unidentified damsels on our website: www.graniteridgenature.com/COunidentifieddamsels.html. Here in...
This message was originally from Doug Danforth: You can add Pale Snaketail to the Arizona list. Sandy Upson, Richard Bailowitz and I found it in the Chuska...
Here are some new late flight dates for New Mexico: Blue-fronted Dancer (Argia apicalis) October 2, 2004 along the North Spring River Roswell, Chaves County ...
... The old date for Blue-fronted Dancer (Argia apicalis) for the whole SW was 9/4/rl so this is new data for whole area too! Thanks for all Robert! Kathy...
The beautiful orange-eyed damselfly pair has been identified, thanks to Robert Behrstock, Kathy Biggs and Dennis Paulson. It's the Rainbow Bluet or Orange-eyed...
Ophiogomphus arizonicus was collected by Doug Danforth on October 8, 2004. This is new late flight data by approximately 6 weeks. Please be on the lookout for...
Here's the latest report on late season odes seen in Boulder County, CO. No hard freezes or snow yet. 4 Oct 2004 Granite Ridge, 6500' elevation Variegated...
Tom Roach sent this - I enjoyed reading it and thought you might too! Luckily more sites have been found for the Hine's Emerald now! Kathy -- August 12, 1997 A...
Some new late flight season dates for New Mexico: Plateau Spreadwing (Lestes alacer) Spring River, Loveless Park Roswell, Chaves County, NM October 10, 2004 ...
Hi Al, I'll post your message to the CalOdes and the SoWestOdes discussion groups. Our season has come to an abrupt halt here too with similar weather ...
Just received this report: Imperial County Dee and Bob Parks Holtville, Imperial County CA - East Highline Canal and nearby hot spring Blue-ringed Dancer ...