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,...
Dear Odonata group: Here are few tidbits of information from the IORI (International Odonata Research Institute) Web site revision: The home page has been...
Record #3369 Rhionaeschna multicolor (Hagen) (Blue-eyed Darner) United States Colorado: Alamosa Co. San Luis Lakes State Park July 19, 2001 lat/long: N...
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...
Hi! I've come across a mystery damselfly I can't identify. It's not a mature male! I've looked at a lot of photos and illustrations, but every one seems to...
Dear Odesters, Spent a few hours at Fort Huachuca (Sierra Vista, Cochise Co., AZ) today scouting for my upcoming dragonfly trip for SEABA. The following...
RAB & others, NICE! The A. lacrimans may be new early flight data for AZ by ~3 wks (and therefore new for whole SW too!). Hope you have a great outing with...
The Filigree Skimmers (Pseudoleon superbus) were out in large numbers yesterday all along the Spring River here in Roswell, New Mexico. The skimmer has been ...
Hi I've posted on the www.GraniteRidgeNature.com/EasternWesternforktailfemale.html website a photo of what I think is an Eastern or Western Forktail...
Hi Lynn, I was just looking at your forktail female and comparing it with Walker's illustrations of Ischnura. Especially the illustration on Plate 20, fig. 3c...
Hi! You very well may be right. Definitely the Plains Forktail have been the most common of the odes around here this spring. I don't have Walker's book so...
Gordon Warrick the biologist at Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Chaves County, New Mexico took a Prince Baskettail (Epitheca (Epicordulia) princeps) from...
Dear Odesters: Bob Parks and I spent a pleasant day looking at and photographing odes at several sites in Cochise Co., AZ. It was warm and sunny with little...
Dear Odesters, In yesterday's post, I stated: Neon Skimmer (Libellula saturata) (A) No, the name has not changed; it's still croceipennis. Sorry for any...
HI all, Had our third Odonate walk today. Human participation was down a little (8) but considering its a bazillion degrees out, I'm not too worried. Her is...
On a quick trip to New Mexico we had the opportunity to visit Maxwell NWR to look for odes. A very hot day, in the mid 90's. Odonates seen were very similar to...
Golden Ponds, Longmont, Boulder Co., CO 15 July 2005--morning Temp.--about 90 degrees Lots of activity! For the first time this year we saw lots of summer ...
Folks, I found many of these "ringtails" in Medicine Bow National Forest a few weeks ago in the forest as well as perching on the rocks in the North Platte...
I was looking at Randy's of the Ringtial and it looks like the subspecies of the Pale Snaketail (Ophiogomphus severus montanus) with the darker markings along...
Hi Randy and all, I concur with Robert - looks like a Pale Snaketail to me. The Snaketails have those 'diamonds' along the top of the abdomen, while the...
Hi Lynn and all, Those were Bluets swarming out over the lake surface. Probably there was an underwater plant that was just reaching the surface and the...
From Lynn's list of her visit to Maxwell NWR the Black Saddlebags is new for Colfax County, New Mexico. Robert R. Larsen 906 E. Orange St. Roswell, New Mexico...
Lynn and all, Thanks Robert for the head's up! Hopefully Lynn will get this message. I've been having trouble getting messages to her. Let me know if you get...
The Black Saddlebags at Maxwell NWR were not rare! We made three stops, two at Lake 14 and one at Lake 13, and all three sites had these large black-saddled...
Hello everyone! WOW! There are a LOT of new CA & some SW distribution records. Please check over this list to make certain I have your data correct before I ...
Folks, I'm posting this to the Southeast Odes list (I'm a co moderator there) and Southwest Odes because it nearly fits for both regions or over laps species. ...
Folks, I'm still going through my odes from my Colorado trip. These two photos (number 13 and 14) at http://public.fotki.com/rlephoto/odes_from_out_westc/ were...
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