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...
Catherine Erbaugh brought me some dragonfly exuviae she and Francis Fikany had collected from Cibola Spring on July 20, 2005. Catherine had visited the ...
I hit the dragonfly jackpot again today, there must've been over 30 individuals just around the house, and I shot many of them. Western Meadowhawks are by far...
On 28 July 2005 we went to the smallest National Wildlife Refuge in the country, Two Ponds NWR in Arvada, Jefferson County, CO Below is our list Spotted...
Hi Lynn, The best resource for updated county lists is John Abbott's (University of Texas, Austin) web site found by doing a search for "Odonata Central" then...
Actually, I was kind of disappointed with John's maps. I was checking out the Baja California records/range maps, and he has listed some very strange species,...
Hello Lynn, Robert and all CA & SW Oders, Yes, the route that Robert mentions below will work well for checking our lists against known Odonata distribution....
Hi Robert, Lynn & all, Like you pointed out, it is almost impossible to tell I. cervula and I. damula apart in the field, however I've noticed that cervula has...
Robert Larson wrote: "The Pacific Forktail is always a little iffy as I can not tell it apart from the Plains Forktail unless I have their appendages under the...
On 15 July 2005 we saw the following odes at Golden Pondes and Pella Crossing, Boulder Co., CO I only gave numbers seen for the special ones. Common Green...
AN UPDATED INFORMAL WORKING LIST OF ODONATA FOR DONA ANA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO Updated: August 12, 2005 - R. Larsen The Dragonflies (Anisoptera): Common Green...
DINE'TAH TANI-L'AI (NAVAJO NATION ODONATA) An informal compilation of Tani-l'ai (Odonata) of the Dine'tah (Navajo Nation Homeland) showing a list of ...
Greetings, Had our August dragonfly walk today. Mostly sunny, temps 80's, 1.8 inches of rain yesterday. The monsoons are in full swing! What we saw today: ...
A UPDATED WORKING LIST OF ODONATA (DRAGONFLIES & DAMSELFLIES) FOR BERNALILLO COUNTY, NEW MEXICO Updated: August 14, 2005 - R. Larsen There are 21 species noted...
On Monday August 15, 2005 we visited St. Vrain State Park, Weld Co., CO (about 6 miles from the Boulder Co. border) and saw the following odes: Blue-eyed...
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