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A young, but not teneral, female Pacific Forktail is flying about our
backyard pond.
:-)))))
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Note: No odonates have been listed for the Texas
counties (Winkler, Ector, Midland, & Andrews) just to
the south and east of Lea County.  But, I espied on
the topographical maps and in USGS aerial photographs
some extensive wetlands in Monument Draw just to the
east of the airport in Wink, Texas and Wink has two
recently formed large sink holes that should be
showing odonates.  It would be interesting to make a
quick run down through those counties.


THE WORKING LIST OF ODONATA (DRAGONFLIES AND
DAMSELFLIES) FOR LEA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO
Updated March 4, 2005 -  R. Larsen


The Damselflies (Zygoptera):

Plateau Spreadwing (Lestes alacer)
Paiute Dancer (Agria alberta)
Powdered Dancer (Argia moesta)
Double-striped Bluet (Enallagma basidens)
Boreal Bluet (Enallagma boreale)
Tule Bluet (Enallagma carunculatum)
Familiar Bluet (Enallagma civile)
Desert Forktail (Ischnura barberi)
Plains Forktail (Ischnura damula)
Black-fronted Forktail (Ischnura denticollis)


The Dragonflies (Anisoptera)

Common Green Darner (Anax junius)
Blue-eyed Darner (Rhionaeschna multicolor)
Russet-tipped Clubtial (Stylurus plagiatus)
Western Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis collocata)
Flame Skimmer (Libellula saturata)
Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis)
Wandering Glider (Pantala hymenaea)
Spot-winged Glider (Pantala flavescens)
Eastern Amberwing (Perithemis tenera)
Variegated Meadowhawk (Sympetrum corruptum)
Black Saddlebags (Tramea lacerata)


---------------------

A Lestid with a particularly long abdomen was observed
at a seep spring on the east side of Lane Salt Lake on
July 31, 2004 and looking similar to photos of the
Slender Spreadwing (Lestes rectangularis).




Robert R. Larsen
906 E. Orange St.
Roswell,  New Mexico  88201-7440
USA


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-- March 9, 2005
Imperial County
Bob Miller
….  Found about 20 ** *Blue-ringed Dancer Argia sedula just west of
Calipatria.  [photo in original email].  ….  .  They were all the same
color and in vegetation, tall grass, near a canal but not at the water.
Pretty sure they were all teneral.  Did not see any exuviae in a quick
search.
[new early flight data by 1 1/2 wks for CA and for the SW - kb]

The following new county records have been accepted for the Southwestern
Region of the USA. All were submitted by Fred Sibley and all records
were collected as specimens. More data about these records can be
retrieved at Odonata Central: http://odonatacentral.bfl.utexas.edu/

Record #3369
Rhionaeschna multicolor (Hagen) (Blue-eyed Darner)
United States
Colorado: Alamosa Co.
San Luis Lakes State Park
July 19, 2001
---
Record #3377
Argia vivida Hagen in Selys (Vivid Dancer)
United States
Nevada: Lincoln Co.
Kershaw-Ryan State Park
July 24, 2001
---
Record #3378
Enallagma anna Williamson (River Bluet)
United States
Nevada: Lincoln Co.
Spring Valley State Park
July 25, 2001
---
Record #3379
Ischnura cervula Selys (Pacific Forktail)
United States
Nevada: Lincoln Co.
Spring Valley State Park
July 25, 2001
---
Record #3380
Ischnura perparva McLachlan in Selys (Western Forktail)
United States
Nevada: Lincoln Co.
Spring Valley State Park
July 25, 2001
---
Record #3381
Pantala flavescens (Fabricius) (Wandering Glider)
United States
Nevada: Lincoln Co.
Key Pittmann WMA. Nesbitt Lake.
July 26, 2001
---
Record #3382
Amphiagrion abbreviatum (Selys) (Western Red Damsel)
United States
Nevada: White Pine Co.
Ely Murrey Creek.
July 21, 2001
---
Record #3383
Argia vivida Hagen in Selys (Vivid Dancer)
United States
Nevada: White Pine Co.
Ely Murrey Creek.
July 23, 2001
---
Record #3384
Lestes disjunctus Selys (Northern Spreadwing)
United States
Nevada: White Pine Co.
Cave Lake State Park.
July 23, 2001
---
Record #3385
Libellula forensis Hagen (Eight-spotted Skimmer)
United States
Nevada: White Pine Co.
Comins Lake.
July 21, 2001
---
Record #3387
Sympetrum corruptum (Hagen) (Variegated Meadowhawk)
United States
Nevada: White Pine Co.
McGill swimming pool.
July 22, 2001
---
Record #3388
Sympetrum costiferum (Hagen) (Saffron-winged Meadowhawk)
United States
Nevada: White Pine Co.
Shoshone Pond.
July 24, 2001
---
Record #3389
Tramea lacerata Hagen (Black Saddlebags)
United States
Nevada: White Pine Co.
Comins Lake.
July 21, 2001
---
Record #3408
Argia moesta (Hagen) (Powdered Dancer)
United States
Utah: Emery Co.
Green River at Green River State Park.
July 19, 2001
---
Record #3409
Rhionaeschna multicolor (Hagen) (Blue-eyed Darner)
United States
Utah: Emery Co.
Green River at Green River State Park.
July 20, 2001
---
Record #3410
Erythemis simplicicollis collocata (Hagen) (Western Pondhawk)
United States
Utah: Emery Co.
Green River at Green River State Park.
July 19, 2001
---
Record #3411
Libellula luctuosa Burmeister (Widow Skimmer)
United States
Utah: Emery Co.
Green River at Green River State Park.
July 20, 2001
---
Record #3412
Sympetrum corruptum (Hagen) (Variegated Meadowhawk)
United States
Utah: Emery Co.
Green River at Green River State Park.
July 19, 2001
---
Record #3413
Sympetrum semicinctum fasciatum Walker (Western Meadowhawk {fasciatum})
United States
Utah: Emery Co.
Green River at Green River State Park.
July 19, 2001

Cheers!
Kathy

AN INFORMAL WORKING LIST OF ODONATA (DRAGONFLIES AND
DAMSELFLIES) FOR QUAY COUNTY, NEW MEXICO
Updated: March 19, 2005 - R. Larsen


The Damselflies (Zygoptera):

American Rubyspot (Hetaerina americana)
Southern Spreadwing (Lestes disjunctus australis)
Violet Dancer (Argia fumipennis violacea)
Powdered Dancer (Argia moesta)
Springwater Dancer (Argia plana)
Blue-ringed Dancer (Argia sedula)
Vivid Dancer (Argia vivida)
Familiar Bluet (Enallagma civile)
Painted Damsel (Hesperagrion heterodoxum)
Desert Forktail (Ischnura barberi)
Plains Forktail (Ischnura damula)
Mexican Forktail (Ischnura demorsa)
Black-fronted Forktail (Ischnura denticollis)
Desert Firetail (Telebasis salva)


The Dragonflies (Anisoptera):

Common Green Darner (Anax junius)
Blue-eyed Darner (Rhionaeschna multicolor)
Eastern Ringtail (Erpetogomphus designatus)
Sulphur-tipped Clubttail (Gomphus militaris)
Common Sanddragon (Progomphus obscurus)
Common Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis)
Western Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis collocata)
Comanche Skimmer (Libellula comanche)
Widow Skimmer (Libellula luctuosa)
Twelve-spotted Skimmer (Libellula pulchella)
Flame Skimmer (Libellula saturata)
Roseate Skimmer (Orthemis ferruginea)
Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis)
Spot-winged Glider (Pantala hymenaea)
Eastern Amberwing (Perithemis tenera)
Common Whitetail (Plathemis lydia)
Variegated Meadowhawk (Sympetrum corruptum)
Western Meadowhawk (Sympetrum semicinctum fasciatum)

--------------------------

Robert R. Larsen
906 E. Orange St.
Roswell,  New Mexico  88201-7440
USA


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From Lea Lake outflow across the highway
from the fee station, Bottomless Lakes
State Park, Chaves Co., New Mexico
UTM 13  562162E 3686479N (WGS84/NAD83)
USGS Bottomless Lakes Quad, 3,450 ft.
Temp: 76 degrees F., partly cloudy
11:00 A.M., March 30, 2005 - R. Larsen


American Rubyspot (Hetaerina americana) 1 male

Aztec Dancer (Argia nahuana) 1 male

Amethyst Dancer (Argia pallens) 3 males

Arroyo Bluet (Enallagma praevarum) 4 males

Desert Forktail (Ischnura barberi) 1 male

Citrine Forktail (Ischnura hastata) 1 male

Variegated Meadowhawk (Sympetrum corruptum) 2 males

Western Pondhawk (Erythemis s. collocata) 1 male


-------------------

Notes: A number of teneral Amethyst Dancers were
observed on the bluffs above Lea Lake about 1/4th mile
away from their aquatic habitat roosting on
vegetation.  Their flight season if March 3rd to
October 10th in New Mexico.

Robert R. Larsen
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Roswell,  New Mexico  88201-7440
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Rod Miller called yesterday to report seeing individual Spot-winged
Gliders out over the desert this past week in the Yuma and Gila Bend, AZ
areas.
Also in Blythe, CA yesterday.
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Hello everyone,

We're up to 27 species on the wing in CA, including one southern CA bug
that is slightly new flight data for the SW:
Powdered Dancer, Argia lugens, seen in Imperial Co. on April 9.

Hope you have odes to view in your life today!
Kathy

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Geeze - I'm rusty on my scientific names! Powdered Dancer is Argia
MOESTA, not LUGENS!
Sorry!
Thanks for catching that Tim!
So, it is NOT new early flight data for A. LUGENS for SW, but it is new
early flight data for CA for A. MOESTA, by a few days. We suspect that
A. moesta may fly most of the year, but so far the earliest date for SW
is the 3/12/ reported by Robert Larsen in New Mexico.
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Hello all,

I recently received a message from Robert Larsen in NM that I thought
should be shared with all of us; and I think we should look at all
Western Forktail 'butt bitts' too to make certain we aren't overlooking
any species!


Hi Kathy,

I was just speculating yesterday while looking at
Doug's photograph of the orange form female of
Rambur's Forktail, and how similar that female looked
compared to the Mexican Forktail.   As the Mexican
Forktail is found on most of the Colorado River
drainage to the east I was wondering why it would not
be found in the southern California also, especially
along the New River and Arroyo Seco drainages of
Imperial County.

I remember going to the dedication of a natural area
set aside at Morongo Springs, northeast of Banning, 35
years ago.  That natural area in Riverside County
would also be ideal habitat for the Mexican Forktail.
Anyway, it is something to look for as it is common
here in the Desert and Citrine Forktails habitat.




Robert R. Larsen
906 E. Orange St.
Roswell,  New Mexico  88201-7440
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There are still a few openings left in this workshop Dave and I are
giving:

  Friday and Saturday, April 23-24, 2005
  Anza- Borrego Natural History Museum
  http://california-desert.org/lecturesact_main.html
  Dragonflies & Damselflies of the Borrego Desert Instructors: Kathy and
Dave Biggs,
A special evening workshop and slide presentation followed by a half-day
morning field trip to lower Coyote Canyon in search of dragons' and
damsels' Discover the natural history of these unique creatures and
their role in the environment. Learn how to identify the dazzling
dragonflies of Southern California, with an emphasis on species found in
the Anza-Borrego Desert. Kathy Biggs is the author of Common Dragonflies
of California and the newer Common Dragonflies of the Southwest,
highlighting desert species. Both books are available in the Nature
Center.
  Reservations required. (760) 767-3098 )
  NM $35; M $30; V $25

Sink #25, Bitter Lake NWR
Chaves County, New Mexico
Saturday, April 2, 2005

Variegated Meadowhawk (Sympetrum corruptum)
Violet Dancer (Argia fummipennis violacea)*


Prene's Hole, Slat Creek Wilderness
Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge
Chaves County, New Mexico
Sunday, April 17, 2005

Variegated Meadowhawk (Sympetrum corruptum)
Blue-eyed Darner (Rhionaeschna multicolor)
Plateau Spreadwing (Lestes alacer)
Familiar Bluet (Enallagma civile)
Rambur's Forktail (Ischnura ramburii)


West Slough, Unit 6, Bitter Lake NWR
Chaves County, New Mexico
Wednesday, April 20, 2005

Common Green Darner (Anax junius)
Desert Forktail (Ischnura barberi)
Black-fronted Forktail (Ischnura barberi)
Arroyo Bluet (Enallagma praevarum)


Spring River, Loveless Park
Roswell, Chaves County, New Mexico
Wednesday, April 20, 2005

Variegated Meadowhawk (Sympetrum corruptum)
Plains Forktail (Ischnura damula)
Kiowa Dancer (Argia immunda)

-------------------

*New NM flight season date by one day.


Robert R. Larsen
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Hi Vicki,

I want to thank you and the National Park Service for
the information on the early Zion Naturalists Angus
Woodbury and Arthur Bruhn.  I remember both of them
as a boy especially Dr. Woodbury.

To my thinking Angus Woodbury was an epic biologist
and canyon naturalist.  I was fortunate enough to
spend a few days in the field with him in the 1950s
and early 1960s. And, I still have, someplace,
copies of his wife Grace's diary of their honeymoon
trip to his new job as the first superintendent of the
newly established Kaibab National Forest in 1909.  He
was a contemporary and friend of Aldo Leopold who was
assigned to the Carson National Forest at the same
time.

[From Vicki's Park Service notes: 'Angus M. Woodbury -
claims his first trip to Zion was in 1905, he became a
temporary ranger on June 19, 1925  becoming the 1st
permanent Ranger in 1931 and served in that position
until 1933. He assembled a large part of the park's
original museum collection. Woodbury later taught at
the University of Utah from 1928 until the 1950s?'

'Arthur F. Bruhn -  1916-1964. Information on Mr.
Bruhn was harder to locate but I found photographs and
documents by Mr. Bruhn in our collection dating
8/27/1949 until 8/3/1960.  His death was listed as
July 1964. In 1962 He wrote, published, and
copyrighted  "Southern Utah Land of Color", at Dixie
college, St George Utah.']

In 1954 Dr. Woodbury became director of the Army's
Dugway Proving Grounds and I still have the carbon
copies of his notes on the ecological survey of the
proving grounds relating to the dragonflies collected
in the Great Salt Lake Desert.  I also tagged along
with Angus and Dad (Wesley Larsen, who in his later
years headed up the Zion Natural History and Grand
Canyon Natural History Associations) collecting
dragonflies along the Green and Colorado Rivers in
1957 and 1959.

I don't think Angus ever gave up his connection with
the the University of Utah until he and his wife
died in an automobile accident at Fort Collins,
Colorado in 1964.  The last time I saw Angus was in
the early 1960s when he visited the archeological
survey teams (UCLA, NAU, UofU, and SUSC) working the
canyons in southern Utah.  At the time I was assisting
Dr. Richard A. Thompson and Gardner Dalley in the
archeological and ecological survey of the proposed
road and new visitors center in the Kolob Canyons
section of Zion National Park.

Dr. Woodbury's big concern at the time (late 50s and
early 60s) was recovering as much ecological and
archeological survey data as possible before the big
reclaimation projects were completed at Glen Canyon
and Flaming Gorge (Dams were also proposed for Zion
Canyon at the time if anyone remembers).  He also
directed Jean Musser in her dragonfly survey of the
Green River before the completion of the Flaming
Gorge Dam, and 700 miles of the Green and
Colorado Rivers were poisoned to kill off "trash
fish" (now endangered species).

In the 1930s Grace and Angus has spent considerable
time in the study of reptiles on Utah Hill (now the
Woodbury Desert Study Area).  In 1980 their son, the
late Dr. Lowell Woodbury, loaned me his fathers field
notebooks on Utah Hill and I remember thinking what
a monumental biologist Angus was.  Anyway, I thought I
would write up some of my early memories of
dragonfly hunts in Zion.  Woodbury's early dragonfly
records were recorded in a 1933 published paper
"Biotic Relationships in Zion Canyon, Utah, with
Special Reference to Succession" along with other
early
collections by Tanner, Stuart, and Brown published
by Brown in 1934.

I also remember hunting dragonflies with Dad and the
Zion Naturalist Arthur Bruhn in Zion National Park the
late 1940s some years before Dr. Bruhn became
president of Dixie College.  I thought I would send
you my memories and notes on those early dragonfly
hunts as I complete them if you like.

Robert R. Larsen
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Hello all,

                      Dave and I traversed as large a
                      segment of the CA deserts as we
                      could in one week.

                      Our report:

                      Day 1, April 19, 2005
                      Mono County
                      De Chambeau ponds:
                      It was snowing! So we crossed off this location!!
                      Inyo County
                      Mazourka Spring:
                      It was raining, so we crossed this off too and
visited with Jo & Tom Heindel in Big Pine instead.

                      Day 2, April 20, 2005
                      Inyo County
                      Dirty Socks Spring, south edge Owen’s Lake
                      N36” 19.769’ W117 56.944
                      Elevation 3575
                      This is the site where we've found Desert Forktails
and Alkali Bluets
                      before, but the weather was still quite cool and
somewhat overcast:
                      Black-fronted Forktail – one male
                      Bluet sp., one female
                      Death Valley
                      Wild Rose Canyon:
                      Vivid Dancer – 3 males, 1 female
                      Scotty’s Castle
                      This site seemed to have great potential as a
natural spring is
                      redirected to an easily accessed artificial stream
in front of the
                      castle.  Even though it was late and a bit cool:
                      Flame Skimmer – 2 female, 2 males
                      Dancer sp – 2 types, ~ 12 – we hope to ID thru
photos later.

                      Day 3, April 21, 2005
                      Inyo County
                      Salt Creek:
                      Desert Forktail – one male
                      Forktail sp. – one male – this male did not have
tear shaped eyespots
                      or a wide shoulder stripe. I had a straight down
look at it and I
                      thought it looked like a Rambur’s, but it flew away
before I could confirm
                      this ID. Rambur’s and Desert Forktails are
concurrent in several other
                      watersheds, so this is a possibility and hope
others can check into this!

                      Day 4, April 22, 2005
                      Riverside County
                      Barker Dam (this site was almost dry the last time
we visited, with
                      NO odes. Now it was full!…and the ‘colonizers’ were
there):
                      Familiar Bluet - several
                      Black-fronted Forktail – one male
                      Red Saddlebags – one or two
                      Variegated Meadowhawk - many
                      Anisoptera sp. – 2 quick flybys could have been
Gliders or Darners.
                      Also seen: mating Red-spotted Toads

                      Day 5, April 23, 2005
                      San Diego County
                      We had a 2-day catch and release permit:
                      San Felipe Creek – cool and overcast, no odes. But
we did get to  finally meet Doug Aguillard!
                      Coyote Creek - cool and somewhat overcast, 3rd
crossing:
                      Calif. Dancer – several
                      Vivid Dancer – several
                      Black-fronted Forktail – one female
                      Green Darner – one - two
                      Roseate Skimmer – one male

                      Day 6, April 24, 2005
                      San Diego County
                      Anza Borrego NHM workshop group:
                      Coyote Creek – still cool and windy; from 3rd
crossing to Santa Catarina Springs
                      American Rubyspot – a few
                      Calif. Dancer – several, in-hand ID (after group
broke up)
                      Vivid Dancer – many
                      Black-fronted Forktail – one female, in-hand ID
(after group broke up)
                      Roseate Skimmer – one male (after group broke up)
                      Variegated Meadowhawk – a few
                      Red Saddlebags – one

                      Day 7, April 25, 2005
                      San Diego County
                      Lower Palm Canyon
                      Flame Skimmer – 1 female
                      Imperial County
                      We spent ~ 1 hr at New River Wetlands, Imperial
site:
                      Familiar Bluet – abundant
                      Powdered Dancer Argia moesta – one pair in cop +
one male
                      Desert Forktail – a few
                      Rambur’s Forktail – many
                      Common Green Darner – 2-3
                      Western Pondhawk – a few males
                      Blue Dasher – many
                      Red Saddlebags – 2-3
                      Riverside County
                      During 10 mins at Bombay area, late afternoon, mile
marker 55.5:
                      American Rubyspot – 2+
                      Calif. Dancer – several, in-hand ID
                      Blue-ringed Dancer – a few
                      Desert Forktail – a few
                      Flame Skimmer – one male

                      Day 8, April 26, 2005
                      San Diego County
                      Lower Palm Canyon
                      Flame Skimmer – 1 female
                      Stanislaus County
                      Del Puerto Canyon, ~1 hr, late afternoon
                      American Rubyspot – 2 males
                      Vivid Dancer – many
                      Dancer sp., some (have seen CA Dancer other years)

                      It was a great week, despite the weather. The
wildflowers were still
                      quite good in Joshua Tree NP.
                      The long-earred Owls have returned and are nesting
at Tamarisk Grove
                      Campsite in Anza-Borrego DSP again. We saw at least
one owlette in
                      the nest.

                      Kathy
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Rod Miller called yesterday, at the creek in Patagonia, AZ, he had -

Filigree Skimmer - one male
Red Rock Skimmers - several
Flame Skimmers -several
Painted Damsel - a young male
He also said he saw a 2" larva - maybe a Giant Darner? It was catching
and eating the mosquito fish!

Nearby he's been seeing single Spot-winged Gliders here and there.

Here is a list of species observed from the aquatic
habitats at Fort Sumner State Monument, De Baca
County, New Mexico made on May 8, 2005.  Some rare and
unusual polymorphic female forms (black homeochromatic
forms) of Ischnura were found at the small sandy
spring fed sink hole in the northwest corner of the
monument's natural area along with one new county
record and one new seasonal record for New Mexico.

Among the homeochromatic (andromorphic - colored like
the males) females are a previously undescribed jet
black female form of Ischnura damula; the rare jet
black female of Ischnura demorsa described by Johnson
in 1966; and the rare homeochromatic (andromorphic)
form of Ischnura denticollis described by Calvert in
1907 with blue exclamation marks as antihumeral
stripes.  Common heterochromatic (gynomorphic -
colored differently than males) forms of the female
Ischnura damselflies were also found.  I will post
some notes on the andromorphic females of Ischnura
found at Fort Sumner.



Dragonflies and Danselflies:


American Rubyspot (Hetaerina americana) stream

Powdered Dancer (Argia moesta) stream

Familiar Bluet (Enallagma civile) NW sink hole

Kiowa Dancer (Argia immunda) stream, new for De Baca
County

Blue-ringed Dancer (Argia sedula) stream

Violet Dancer (Argia fumipennis violacea) NW sink

Double-striped Bluet (Enallagma basidens) NW sink

Arroyo Bluet (Enallagma praevarum) stream

Desert Forktail (Ischnura barberi) NW sink hole

Plains Forktail (Ischnura damula) NW sink hole

Mexican Forktail (Ischnura demorsa) NW sink hole

Black-fronted Forktail (Ischnura denticollis) sink

Citrine Forktail (Ischnura hastata) NW sink hole

Western Forktail (Ischnura perparva) springs, with
new early flight season record for New Mexico.

Flame Skimmer (Libellula saturata) stream

Variegated Meadowhawk (Sympetrum corruptum) stream

Dot-winged Baskettail (Epitheca petechialis) stream


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I was able to spend a few hours observing the odd
twirly-jig behavior of (Hetaerina americana) males at
Fort Sumner State Monument (SE New Mexico) this past
weekend.  Two or three males would form a small
dancing flight circle about 15 inches in diameter
along the cut bank of the swift stream.  Then this
twirly-jig circle of males would move downstream, 15
to 20 feet, crossing the underwater oviposition site
of the females.  The circle would then break up and
the males would move up stream again to reform the
dancing twirly-jig circle, as another set of males in
a twirly-jig circle had already started down stream,
so that there were always two or three twirly-jig
circles moving across the ovipositation site.

I have observed this curious twirly-jig behavior
before in (Hetaerina vulnerata) on the Mimbres River
in the Gila National Forest; in (H. vulnerata) along
the Beaver Dam Wash in Mojave County, Arizona; and Ash
Creek in Washington County, Utah.  I had observed this
behavior in (Hetaerina americana) on the Pecos River
just below the mouth of the Salt Creek here in SE New
Mexico.  I had thought this was some type of male
competition, but it is actually a form of group
guarding and rescue behavior by the males from the
swift flowing stream.

The females who have backed down underwater to
oviposit into the exposed roots of Russian Olive or
Coyote Willow at a foot or more below the surface of
the stream, then just float to the top of the swift
stream and are immediatly grasped by one of the males
from the twirly-jig circle, sometimes assisted by
other males in the circle until one male can get a
grasp on the female and fly off with her.  The
twirly-jig behavior seems to always occur along the
cut banks over the group oviposition sites along
desert streams of the Northern Chihuahuan and Mojave
Deserts.  All very interesting.



Robert R. Larsen
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Greetings,

Rich Bailowitz and Doug Danforth joined us today for our first ever Odonate Walk
at the Arboretum.  Nine human participants and several odonate participants. 
Conditions: 8:30-11:00AM, sun to partly cloudy, no wind, temp. mid-80s.

Here is the list of beasties we saw:
Blue-eyed Darner
Flame Skimmer
Blue Dasher
Red Rock-Skimmer
Mexican Amberwing
Filigree Skimmer
Aztec Dancer
Amethyst Dancer
Springwater Dancer
Blue-ringed Dancer
Familiar Bluet
Arroyo Bluet
Rambur's Forktail
Desert Forktail

Big thanks to Rich and Doug for leading this walk.  Myself, and the other
participants, learned so much!

chris



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Dear odesters,

I posted this note several days ago to Odonata-L. That listserv is
down right now, so passing it to you in the meantime. Sorry if it
becomes a double post for some of you.

My, how times have changed. Two fine and very different books on
dragonflies became available during the same week!

I'm really looking forward to seeing John Abbott's new south-central
U.S. book; based on preliminary comments by Dennis Paulson and Greg
Lasley, it sounds terrific.

I did get my copy of Forrest Mitchell and James Lasswell's A Dazzle
of Dragonflies (Texas A&M University Press) yesterday. They have
created a beautiful book illustrated with a great selection of field
photos (both slide and digital with hints on how to take them) as
well as a visual smorgasbord of scanned images the authors created as
part of their Digital Dragonfly Museum website. The book reviews the
processes by which these scans are made, beginning with a discussion
of collecting odonates, then a description of the specimen handling
and scanning processes, and culminating, for those who may wish to do
so, with the release of the subject. There are two chapters on
odonate husbandry, one dealing with pond experiences, and another on
laboratory techniques, the latter demystifying the raising of odonata
in captivity. Mixing etymology and entomology--dragonfly poetry,
mythology, and history are woven into a chapter that focuses on other
cultures' perceptions of odonates.

Of course, there are other chapters on anatomy and odonate biology,
but I won't spill all the beans, someone else may want to review the
book for Argia. Suffice to say, this is a different kind of dragonfly
book (and a very attractive one), that will appeal to a broader
audience than has been courted with most books on odonata.

Good reading,

Bob Behrstock
Hereford, AZ

Folks,

I got my copy of John Abbott's  book the beginning of last week. Its
excellent I highly recommend it!

Randy Emmitt
Rougemont, NC
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At 12:42 PM 5/16/2005, rbehrstock wrote:
>I'm really looking forward to seeing John Abbott's new south-central
>U.S. book; based on preliminary comments by Dennis Paulson and Greg
>Lasley, it sounds terrific.

Below are some notes on the atypical andromorphic
female forms of Ischnura taken at Fort Sumner State
Monument, De Baca County, New Mexico on May 8, 2005

The andromorphic (homeochromatic) female form of the
Mexican Forktail (Ischnura demorsa) found at Fort
Sumner is entirely jet black dorsally.  The epicranium
is a powdered jet black with no postocular spots
showing.  The prothorax and dorsal thorax are also
completly jet black, showing no antihumeral stripes,
and looking much like male Black-fronted Forktails in
the field.  The thorax is a dusky blackish green
below.  The abdomen is jet balck above on all segments
with dusky green below.  In the field she appears to
be all black.  After the acetone bath, and drying,
these females show a deep metallic reddish bronze
color to the dorsal epicranium, thorax and abdomen.
She is larger and far more robust than the male with
her abdomen is almost the size of the males thorax in
cricumference.  In Westfall and May's book it notes
that this is the rare homeochromatic female form
described by Clifford Johanson in 1966, except that
this female does not show the blue pruinescence and
remains jet black.  She can be placed by the lack of
nipple like projections on the middle lobe of
prothorax and mostly by her association with the males
in the wheel position.

The andromorphic female form of the Black-fronted
Forktail (Ischnura denticollis) found at Fort Sumner
looks almost exactly like photographs of the male
Exclamation Damsel (Zoniagrion exclamationis).  She is
marked in bright blue and black with blue antihumeral
exclamation marks.  She shows the usual blue
cloverleaf marks on segments 8 and 9, and an odd
dorsal transverse bean or kidney shaped blue mark on
segment 10, along with bright blue forwardly directed
tear shaped marks on each side of segment 10.  She can
be placed by the two mouse eared or nipple like
projections on the prothorax and her association with
the males.  According to Westfall and May's book this
is the rare homeochromatic form described by Phillip
Calvert in 1902 and 1907.

The andromorphic female form of the Palins Forktial
(Ischnura damula) is the most unusual of all the
andromorphic female Ischnura found at Fort Sumner, and
differs from the description of the more common
homeochromatic form found in Westfall and May's book.

The head, thorax, and abdomen are all marked with a
powdered jet black dorsally with no pale postocular
spots, no antihumeral stripes, and no blue markings on
the dorsal abdomen and looking all balck in the field.
  The prothorax also shows a powdered jet black
coloration, but with the two nipple like projections
on the middle lobe of the prothroax showing a bright
metallic bronze coloration, quite distinct in the
field.  The ventral thorax and abdomen is a deep dusky
blackish green.  She can be placed by the nipple like
projections on the prothorax and her association with
the males in wheel position. I don't think this black
andormorphic (homeochromatic) female form has been
described or at least I can't find it in the
literature I have.  All very interesting.






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Greetings,

Since our first dragonfly walk at BTA led by Rich Bailowitz, I've gotten quite
interested in the beasties.  So I spent yesterday morning wading through Kearny
Lake, Kearny, Arizona (Pinal County) looking for Odonates.  Of course, I'm new
enough to this that I don't know whether any these findings are especially
significant or tell a particular story.

Kearny Lake experienced a total fish kill here a few years back.  Several
possible explanations among the towns people have surfaced as to why .  1. water
got too salty due to no active inflow of water, 2. water got too hot in the
summer, 3. the town tried to kill the cattails w/ poison and ended up killing
everything but the cattails.

Regardless, here is what I found.  Let me know if anything jumps out at you:

Flame Skimmer
Red Saddlebags
Black Saddlebags
Western Pondhawk
Mexican Amberwing
Familiar Bluet
Rambur's Forktail
Desert Forktail
Amethyst Dancer

chris




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Dear Odesters,

Spent some time looking at insects on Fort Huachuca (Cochise Co., AZ)
today. Initially at Huachuca Canyon, then the Upper Garden Canyon
Picnic Area, then the small pond by the cabin at Sawmill Canyon. It
was warm and slightly breezy. I saw no spiketails or darners-perhaps
a bit surprising. Searching was somewhat sporadic, as I was also
photographing butterflies and doing a bit of birding.


Canyon Rubyspot (Hetaerina vulnerata) 1 male in Garden Canyon

Lavender Dancer (Argia hinei) 15+ on streams

Sierra Madre Dancer (A. lacrimans) 1 in Upper Garden Canyon. Close to
early date of 27 May (fide Bailowitz and Upson)

Apache Dancer (A. munda) 4 on road near water

Springwater Dancer (A. plana) common on streams

Tonto Dancer (A. tonto) 3 on streams incl. one copul. pr.

Painted Damsel (Hesperagrion heterodoxum) c. 15, mostly adults
streamside and grassy seep edges

Mexican Forktail (Ischnura demorsa) c. 8 at Sawmill Pond, incl. males
and red females

Flame Skimmer (Libellula saturata) 2 males cruising streams

Red Rock Skimmer (Paltothemis lineatipes) c. 6 over water and roads

Best,
Bob Behrstock
Hereford, AZ

May 26, 2005
Kern County, Isabella, Erskine Creek Road

California Dancer (1) in-hand
California/Aztec Dancer (8)
Vivid Dancer (20)
Desert Firetail (3)
Flame Skimmer (3)
Wandering Glider (1)


May 27, 2005
Riverside County, Dos Palmas Preserve
  Dos Palmas is open year round. Access is off Highway 111. Travel
south from Mecca to Parkside Drive, across from the Salton Sea State
Recreation Area headquarters. Make a left onto Parkside and travel to
Desertaire. Make a right turn and continue to dirt road and follow
signs to Preserve. Parking is available on the right side of the road
before the locked gate. Walk down the road about a mile to the
maintenance building. There are small ponds to the right and larger
ponds to the left. Bring plenty of water as there is none available at
the Preserve. Special thanks to Jeff Cole for his 1999 sightings that
alerted us to this location. A very hot place in more ways than one!

American Rubyspot (1)
Paiute Dancer (5)
Powdered Dancer (2)
Blue-ringed Dancer (50)
Familiar Bluet (10)
Desert Forktail (1)
Citrine Forktail (10)
Rambur's Forktail (60)
Common Green Darner (10)
Blue-eyed Darner (1)
White-belted Ringtail (2)
Red-tailed Pennant (50)
Western Pondhawk (150)
Comanche Skimmer (25)
Bleached Skimmer (5)
Widow Skimmer (60)
Flame Skimmer (6)
Marl Pennant (30)
Roseate Skimmer (2)
Blue Dasher (600)
Wandering Glider (5)
Spot-winged Glider (1)
Mexican Amberwing (1)
Desert Whitetail (10)
Variegated Meadowhawk (5)
Black Saddlebags (60)
Red Saddlebags (30)


May 28, 2005
Imperial County, Palo Verde County Park

Powdered Dancer (5)
Blue-ringed Dancer (35)
Double-striped Bluet (25)
Familiar Bluet (15)
Citrine Forktail (2)
Rambur's Forktail (7)
Western Pondhawk (50)
Widow Skimmer (50)
Flame Skimmer (2)
Blue Dasher (30)
Wandering Glider (3)
Mexican Amberwing (3)
Red Saddlebags (5)


Riverside County, Palo Verde Diversion Dam

American Rubyspot (4)
Powdered Dancer (150)
Blue-ringed Dancer (20)
Familiar Bluet (15)
Citrine Forktail (2)
Western Pondhawk (1)
Blue Dasher (2)
Wandering Glider (1)
Red Saddlebags (1)


May 29, 2005
Mohave County, Arizona, Havasu National Wildlife Refuge

Powdered Dancer (13)
Blue-ringed Dancer (21)
Familiar Bluet (100)
Rambur's Forktail (1)
Mosaic Darner (1)
Common Green Darner (1)
Blue-eyed Darner (1)
Widow Skimmer (8)
Flame Skimmer (3)
Blue Dasher (53)
Wandering Glider (3)
Mexican Amberwing (20)
Black Saddlebags (1)
Red Saddlebags (1)


May 31, 2005
Kingman, Mohave County, Arizona, Hualapai Mountain Road

California Dancer (1)in-hand
California/Aztec Dancer (1)
Vivid Dancer (1)
Mosaic Darner,sp (3)
Giant Darner (1)
Blue-eyed Darner (1)
Flame Skimmer (2)
Red Rock Skimmer (7)


June 1, 2005
Nye County, Nevada, Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge

American Rubyspot (25)
California/Aztec Dancer (3)
Paiute Dancer (4)
Emma's Dancer (2)
Kiowa Dancer (7)
Blue-ringed Dancer (30)
Tule Bluet (1)
Familiar Bluet (2000)
Pacific Forktail (1)
Black-fronted Forktail (1)
Common Green Darner (2)
Blue-eyed Darner (4)
White-belted Ringtail (15)
Western Pondhawk (1)
Comanche Skimmer (7)
Blue Dasher (9)
Wandering Glider (10)
Variegated Meadowhawk (5)
Black Saddlebags (10)
Red Saddlebags (13)


June 2, 2005
Inyo County

Dirty Socks Spring

Paiute Dancer (5), 1 in-hand
Tule Bluet (25), 2 in-hand
Familiar Bluet (60)
Alkali Bluet (8), 1 in-hand
Desert Forktail (25)
Pacific Forktail (1)
Common Green Darner (3)
Blue-eyed Darner (1)
Bleached Skimmer (1)
Wandering Glider (4)
Desert Whitetail (2)
Variegated Meadowhawk (3)
Black Saddlebags (2)


Mazourka Springs

California Dancer (1), in-hand
Paiute Dancer (15)
Vivid Dancer (1)
Tule Bluet (6)
Familiar Bluet (1)
Pacific Forktail (10)
Black-fronted Forktail (8)
Desert Firetail (10)
Common Green Darner (1)
Blue-eyed Darner (7)
Western Pondhawk (25)
Eight-spotted Skimmer (10)
Blue Dasher (25)
Wandering Glider (2)
Desert Whitetail (8)
Black Saddlebags (1)


Tollhouse Springs along Route 168

Vivid Dancer (40)
Blue-eyed Darner (1)


Owens River crossing, Highway 168
American Rubyspot (3)


Irrigation Ditch which crosses Route 168 just off Route 395 at Big
Pine

Vivid Dancer (2)
Tule Bluet (150)
Pacific Forktail (10)
Common Green Darner (1)
Blue-eyed Darner (2)
Black Saddlebags (2)


McNally Ditch, Laws

Familiar Bluet (4)
Black-fronted Forktail (2)
Common Green Darner (2)
Blue-eyed Darner (1)
Eight-spotted Skimmer (1)
Wandering Glider (10)
Variegated Meadowhawk (20)


June 3, 2005
Mono County

Mono Lake Marina

Western Red Damsel (3)


De Chambeau Ponds, Mono Lake

Tule Bluet (2)
Boreal/Northern/Familiar Bluet (6)
Pacific Forktail (4)
Black-fronted Forktail (12)
Western Forktail (9)
Common Green Darner (1)
Blue-eyed Darner (1)
Spot-winged Glider (1)
Variegated Meadowhawk (1)


Hot Creek near Fales Hot Springs along Highway 395 north of Bridgeport
River Bluet (20), 1 in-hand


Alpine County, shallow ponds along route 89 2.5 miles west of Alpine
County border

Boreal Bluet (2), 2 in-hand
Boreal/Northern Bluet (30)
Common Green Darner (1)
Twelve-spotted Skimmer (1)
Variegated Meadowhawk (20)


John Hall, David Edwards

Had our second monthly dragonfly walk here at BTA w/ special guest leader Peter
Moulton.  3 miles west of Superior, Pinal County, Arizona.  Sunny, winds calm,
temps mid 80's, 8:30-10:30am.

Flame Skimmer - Queen Creek & Ayer Lake
Blue Dasher - Queen Creek, Ayer Lake, and garden water features
Red Rock-skimmer - Queen Creek
Mexican Amberwing - Ayer Lake
*Widow Skimmer - Ayer Lake
*Giant Darner - Queen Creek
Blue-ringed Dancer - Ayer Lake
Rambur's Forktail - Ayer Lake
*Desert Forktail - Ayer Lake
Desert Firetail - garden water feature

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Dear Odonata group:

Here are few tidbits of information from the IORI (International
Odonata Research Institute)

Web site revision: The home page has been streamlined a bit and now I
am running parallel sites because the existing site has been getting
a little more unreliable. Here are the two addresses:

Original since 1994: www.afn.org/~iori
New site: www.iodonata.net

Both will be maintained with exactly the same content for right now.
The DSA content  has been transferred to John Abbot's Odonata
Central web site at www.odonatacentral.com

The email address is still iori@..., but you can also reach me at
billmauffray@...

The 2nd edition of the Damselflies of North America by Westfall and
May publication date has been delayed till sometimes in the fall
according to the editor. Advanced orders are being taken at a much-
reduced prepublication price at the web site above.

DSA Canada Meeting: I will not be able to attend due to family
conflicts.

Bill Mauffray
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Gainesville FL 32614-7100
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Record #3369
Rhionaeschna multicolor (Hagen) (Blue-eyed Darner)
United States
Colorado: Alamosa Co.
San Luis Lakes State Park
July 19, 2001   lat/long: N 37.678333°   W 105.735°
Record Submitted by: F.C. Sibley (fcsibley@...)
Record Submitted on: February 17, 2005
Yale Tag 7344. Male. 6AM 60's partly cloudy. Fairly common around edge
of lake. Some just emerging from roost in reeds. In FCS collection.

Record #3377
Argia vivida Hagen in Selys (Vivid Dancer)
United States
Nevada: Lincoln Co.
Kershaw-Ryan State Park
July 24, 2001   lat/long: N 37.02589°   W 114.520833°
Record Submitted by: F.C. Sibley (fcsibley@...)
Record Submitted on: February 18, 2005
Yale Tag 7458. Male. 3:30PM 90's clear. Only one found in tiny seep at
base of cliff. In IORI collection.

Record #3378
Enallagma anna Williamson (River Bluet)
United States
Nevada: Lincoln Co.
Spring Valley State Park
July 25, 2001   lat/long: N 38.018056°   W 114.202833°
Record Submitted by: F.C. Sibley (fcsibey@...)
Record Submitted on: February 18, 2005
Yale Tage 7463. two Males. noon 70's overcast. One of many down in thick
marshy grass next to clear fast flowing stream. In IORI collection.

Record #3379
Ischnura cervula Selys (Pacific Forktail)
United States
Nevada: Lincoln Co.
Spring Valley State Park
July 25, 2001   lat/long: N 38.018056°   W 114.202833°
Record Submitted by: F.C. Sibley (fcsibley@...)
Record Submitted on: February 18, 2005
Yale Tag 7466. two Females. noon 70's overcast. One of many low in dense
marsh grass next to clear fast flowing stream. In IORI collection.

Record #3380
Ischnura perparva McLachlan in Selys (Western Forktail)
United States
Nevada: Lincoln Co.
Spring Valley State Park
July 25, 2001   lat/long: N 38.018056°   W 114.202833°
Record Submitted by: F.C. Sibley (fcsibley@...)
Record Submitted on: February 18, 2005
Yale Tag 7471. two Females. noon 70's overcast. One of many low in dense
marsh grass next to clear fast flowing stream. In IORI collection.

Record #3381
Pantala flavescens (Fabricius) (Wandering Glider)
United States
Nevada: Lincoln Co.
Key Pittmann WMA. Nesbitt Lake.
July 26, 2001   lat/long: N 37.562333°   W 115.228694°
Record Submitted by: F.C. Sibley (fcsibley@...)
Record Submitted on: February 18, 2005
Yale Tag 7481. Female. 11


Record #3382
Amphiagrion abbreviatum (Selys) (Western Red Damsel)
United States
Nevada: White Pine Co.
Ely Murrey Creek.
July 21, 2001   lat/long: N 39.2675°   W 114.868472°
Record Submitted by: F.C. Sibley (fcsibley@...)
Record Submitted on: February 18, 2005
Yale Tag 7374. Male. noon 80's clear. One of several along trickle
through marshy cow pasture. In IORI collection.

Record #3383
Argia vivida Hagen in Selys (Vivid Dancer)
United States
Nevada: White Pine Co.
Ely Murrey Creek.
July 23, 2001   lat/long: N 39.2675°   W 114.868472°
Record Submitted by: F.C. Sibley (fcsibley@...)
Record Submitted on: February 18, 2005
Yale Tag 7420. two Males. 11AM 80's clear. One of several along small
shallow, clear stream through marshy pasture. In IORI collection.

Record #3384
Lestes disjunctus Selys (Northern Spreadwing)
United States
Nevada: White Pine Co.
Cave Lake State Park.
July 23, 2001   lat/long: N 39.192167°   W 114.691806°
Record Submitted by: F.C. Sibley (fcsibley@...)
Record Submitted on: February 18, 2005
Yale Tag 7434. two Males. 2PM 80's clear. Fairly common in reeds and
sedges at head of lake. In FCS collection


Record #3385
Libellula forensis Hagen (Eight-spotted Skimmer)
United States
Nevada: White Pine Co.
Comins Lake.
July 21, 2001   lat/long: N 39.166667°   W 114.816667°
Record Submitted by: F.C. Sibley (fcsibley@...)
Record Submitted on: February 18, 2005
Yale Tag 7390. Male. 3PM 80's clear. One of many in sagebrush back from
lake. In IORI collection.

Record #3386
Libellula quadrimaculata Linnaeus (Four-spotted Skimmer)
United States
Nevada: White Pine Co.
Cave Lake State Park.
July 23, 2001   lat/long: N 39.192167°   W 114.691806°
Record Submitted by: F.C. Sibley (fcsibley@...)
Record Submitted on: February 18, 2005
Yale Tag 7431. Male. 2PM 80's clear. Fairly common in reeds and marshy
vegetation at head of lake. In IORI collection.

Record #3387
Sympetrum corruptum (Hagen) (Variegated Meadowhawk)
United States
Nevada: White Pine Co.
McGill swimming pool.
July 22, 2001   lat/long: N 39.408472°   W 114.778667°
Record Submitted by: F.C. Sibley (fcsibley@...)
Record Submitted on: February 18, 2005
Yale Tag 7397. Male. 9:30AM 70's clear. One of many in sagebrush around
area. In IORI collection.

Record #3388
Sympetrum costiferum (Hagen) (Saffron-winged Meadowhawk)
United States
Nevada: White Pine Co.
Shoshone Pond.
July 24, 2001   lat/long: N 38826333°   W 114.3965°
Record Submitted by: F.C. Sibley (fcsibley@...)
Record Submitted on: February 18, 2005
Yale Tag 7456. Female. 10:30AM 80 clear. Only one in pond but many in
surrounding sagebrush. In FCS collection.

Record #3389
Tramea lacerata Hagen (Black Saddlebags)
United States
Nevada: White Pine Co.
Comins Lake.
July 21, 2001   lat/long: N 39.166667°   W 114.816667°
Record Submitted by: F.C. Sibley (fcsibley@...)
Record Submitted on: February 18, 2005
Yale Tag 7382. Male. 3PM 80's clear. Fairly common in sagebrush back
from lake. In IORI collection.

Record #3408
Argia moesta (Hagen) (Powdered Dancer)
United States
Utah: Emery Co.
Green River at Green River State Park.
July 19, 2001   lat/long: N 39.997°   W 110.155167°
Record Submitted by: F.C. Sibley (fcsibley@...)
Record Submitted on: February 20, 2005
Yale Tag 7347. female. 7PM 80's clear. Abundant at edge of river. In
IORI collection.

Record #3409
Rhionaeschna multicolor (Hagen) (Blue-eyed Darner)
United States
Utah: Emery Co.
Green River at Green River State Park.
July 20, 2001   lat/long: N 39.997°   W 110.155167°
Record Submitted by: F.C. Sibley (fcsibley@...)
Record Submitted on: February 20, 2005
Yale Tag 7352. Male. 7AM. 60's clear. One of many patrolling through
whole park area. In IORI collection.

Record #3410
Erythemis simplicicollis collocata (Hagen) (Western Pondhawk)
United States
Utah: Emery Co.
Green River at Green River State Park.
July 19, 2001   lat/long: N 39.997°   W 110.155167°
Record Submitted by: F.C. Sibley (fcsibley@...)
Record Submitted on: February 20, 2005
Yale Tag 7351. Male. 7PM 80' clear. Only one at edge of small muddy pond
in golf course. IN IORI collection.

Record #3411
Libellula luctuosa Burmeister (Widow Skimmer)
United States
Utah: Emery Co.
Green River at Green River State Park.
July 20, 2001   lat/long: N 39.997°   W 110.155167°
Record Submitted by: F.C. Sibley (fcsibley@...)
Record Submitted on: February 20, 2005
Yale Tag 7353. Male. 7AM 60's clear. Hanging on bushes next to river
warming up. In IORI collection.

Record #3412
Sympetrum corruptum (Hagen) (Variegated Meadowhawk)
United States
Utah: Emery Co.
Green River at Green River State Park.
July 19, 2001   lat/long: N 39.997°   W 110.155167°
Record Submitted by: F.C. Sibley (fcsibley@...)
Record Submitted on: February 20, 2005
Yale Tag 7350. Male. 7PM 80's clear. One of several flying low over
grass of golf course. In FCS collection.

Record #3413
Sympetrum semicinctum fasciatum Walker (Western Meadowhawk {fasciatum})
United States
Utah: Emery Co.
Green River at Green River State Park.
July 19, 2001   lat/long: N 39.997°   W 110.155167°
Record Submitted by: F.C. Sibley (fcsibley@...)
Record Submitted on: February 20, 2005
Yale Tag 7345. Male. 7PM 80's clear. In small grassy drainage ditch from
golf course. Only one seen. In FCS collection.

Record #6210
Argia lacrimans (Hagen) (Sierra Madre Dancer)
United States
Arizona: Santa Cruz Co.
About a mile down Sycamore Canyon from Hank & Yank Springs trailhead.
November 01, 2003   lat/long: N 31.422°   W -111.194°
Elevation: 1186 m
Record Submitted by: Richard C. Hoyer (calliope@...)
Record Submitted on: May 03, 2005
Perched on a stick over a small ponded portion of the stream below a
jumble of boulders. It occasionally interacted with a Great Spreadwing
that shared the same puddle of water. The ID was agreed upon by Sandy
Upson, Doug Danforth, and Rich Bailowitz.

Record #6236
Tramea onusta Hagen (Red-mantled Saddlebags)
  United States
Nevada: Nye Co. [PHOTO RECORD]
Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge
June 01, 2005
Record Submitted by: John G Hall (edwardshall@...)
Record Submitted on: June 08, 2005














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Hello everyone,

I visited Kearny Lake this past weekend and the area teeming with
Odes. The weather was partly cloudy and the temp was in the low 90s.
There were many different damselfly species, but I'm not as familiar
with identifying them--I'll be sure to take a field guide and
key with me next time. As for dragonflies, I saw the following
species:
Black Saddlebags
Red Saddlebags
Blue Dasher
Western Pondhawk
Widow Skimmer
Flame Skimmer
Mexican Amberwing
Common Green Darner

Since I'm doing a comparative study of dragonfly flight physiology,
I'm definitely looking forward to returning to Kearny. Does anyone
know any other suggested dragonfly haunts (preferably in AZ) that are
easy to access and have a variety of species?

Cheers,
Joanna