California's Year 2017
Dragonfly Reports
Sightings are listed in order from MOST recently to LEAST recently seen!
Please send your sightings, with date, county and location as displayed below to Kathy Biggs and/or the CalOdes Yahoo! Dragonfly discussion group
date (month/day/year)
County (name of county where seen)
your name
place, etc.
species common name &/or scientific name - #s & other data, comments, etc.
species common name &/or scientific name - #s & other data, comments, etc.
See examples below (after dates start)
THANK YOU
Note: A Facebook Western Odonata group is a wonderful place to get help with IDs, etc. Check it out - https://www.facebook.com/groups/WesternOdonata/
Key:
Species will be posted using either the Common Name or the Scientific Name, whichever the sender uses (inc. using both),
but all first and last sightings of the year, county records, and new flight data will be posted using both names.
To contact the person making the sighting, email Kathy Biggs.
COUNTY RECORDS are underlined and in red text (any new, but prior to 2017 records are listed at the bottom of the page)
OC= Odonata Central
* = first/last sighting of species of year in CA
** = new flight data for species in CA
# = probably a migratory event
MO = many observers (usually means a field trip full of observers)
As of the most recent date below,
102 species
(out of the 114 species known to have occurred in California)
have been reported to this site as flying in California in the 2017 season.
6 new California
county records have been
reported/discovered/upgraded this year. (this # includes upgrades of previous
‘sighting only’ & photo records)
In 2015, new county
records were found by accessing specimens in museum collections or late
reports. All were entered at Odonata Central by “Calif Records”.
`Sighting only' records need further documentation,
but please report them so we can try to get substantiation.
County records should be substantiated with specimen
(preferable) or photo and notes. [note:
not all species are identifiable by photos]
Report new county records and early/late
flight dates to Kathy Biggs bigsnest at sonic.net & Odonata
Central (http://odonatacentral.bfl.utexas.edu/records/US_new_records.asp)
for verification
EVERYONE is encouraged to record flight data for their
home &/or favorite county and to upload such files to CalOdes: https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/CalOdes/files
&/or Odonata
Central.
DECEMBER
December 27, 2017
Santa Barbara County
Wim van Dan
San Rafael Mountains
*Variegated Meadowhawk Sympetrum
corruptum - several [last report 2017]
https://www.flickr.com/photos/van_dam/39415861201/
December 25, 2017
Los Angeles County
iNaturalist
Livermore, CA
Variegated Meadowhawk – 1
December 19, 2017
Riverside
County
Bill Rideout
Coachella Valley Preserve
**CA/AZ
Dancer Argia agrioides/nahuana - new late date for whichever species it is!!
December 15, 2017
Los Angeles County
iNaturalist
Azusa, CA
Variegated Meadowhawk – 1
December 14, 2017
Alameda County
iNaturalist
Oakland
*Blue-eyed Darner – 1 male [last report 2017]
…….
Sacramento County
iNaturalist
Orangevale
**Striped Meadowhawk Sympetrum pallipes -1 m https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9159127
old late date was 12/1/2011 [last report 2017]
December 12, 2017
Santa Barbara County
Hugh Ranson
Andree
Clark Bird Refuge, Santa Barbara,
under smoke-filled skies
*Wandering Glider – 1 [last
report 2017]
December 9, 2017
Marin County
Leslie Flint
Audubon Canyon Ranch on Bolinas Lagoon.
Variegated Meadowhawk
…….
Riverside
County
iNaturalist
Indio & Twentynine
Palms
Variegated
Meadowhawk
…….
Humboldt County
iNaturalist
Elk Meadow, Orick
*Cardinal
Meadowhawk – 1 male [last report 2017]
December 8, 2017
Riverside
County
Bill Rideout
Coachella Valley Preserve
Variegated
Meadowhawk
…….
Los Angeles
County
iNaturalist
Simi
Valley
Variegated
Meadowhawk
December
1, 2017
Los Angeles
County
iNaturalist
Twentynine Palms
Variegated
Meadowhawk
NOVEMBER
Yuba County
Debra Johnson
Pleasant
Valley Rd,
Penn Valley
*Great Spreadwing Archilestes grandis – pair in cop OC#: 474917
[last report 2017]
November 26, 2017
November 25, 2017
San Bernardino
County
Roger and Michael Woodruff
Plunge
Creek
*California
Spreadwing Archilestes californicus [last
report 2017]
Great Spreadwing
…….
Sonoma County
Sandra Hunt-von Arb
Schollenberger Park,
Petaluma,
approx 65F and partly cloudy
*Common
Green Darner Anax junius [last
report 2017]
a likely Blue-eyed Darner
a probable Shadow Darner
November 18, 2017
Humboldt County
Tony Westkamper
Van
Duzen River
Variegated Meadowhawk – 6, 3
photographed (FB)
November 13, 2017
Santa Cruz
County
iNaturalist
Quail
Hollow CP
Striped Meadowhawk - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/8806940
November 10, 2017
Inyo County
Doug Karalun
Shoshone
*Desert Firetail Telebasis salva [last report 2017]
*Paiute Dancer Argia alberta
[last report 2017]
*California
Dancer Argia agrioides [last
report 2017]
*Blue-ringed Dancer Argia sedula [last report 2017]
*Black-fronted Forktail Ischnura denticollis [last report
2017]
*Flame Skimmer Libellula saturata [last report 2017]
Green Darner
Variegated Meadowhawk
*Mexican Amberwing Perithemis intensa [last report 2017]
November 5, 2017
San Bernardino
County
iNaturalist
Big River
OCTOBER
October 28, 2017
Santa Clara County
Nancy Asquith
Santa Cruz Mountains - I arrived
late at the reservoir--around 3:30--and found only a few odes.
California Spreadwings - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/8601307
Cardinal Meadowhawk - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/8597252
Bluet sp - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/8597197
There
were two other small damsels of which I could not get
even semi-useful photos, a mosaic darner,
and at least one other dragonfly.
…….
Placer County
iNaturalist
Great Spreadwing
Archilestes grandis
– male photographed, CA chart #141, OC# 475261 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9255349
[late flight date for this species occurs in January of 2019]
October
28/29, 2017
San Bernardino County
Doug Karalun and Matt Grube
The weather is still warm in Socal, but species diversity is down. …visited a few local spots and found the following
East Highland Reservoir 10/28
*Tule Bluet Enallagma carunculatum 3[last report 2017]
*Pacific Forktail Ischnura cervua 5[last report 2017]
*Walker's Darner Aeshna walkeri 1[last report 2017]
Flame Skimmer 3
Mexican Amberwing 6
*Red-tailed
Pennant (Brachymesia furcata) -8 [last report 2017]
Variegated Meadowhawk 2
Plunge Creek 10/29
California Spreadwing 8*
Great Spreadwing 2*
*Vivid Dancer Argia vivida 7[last report 2017]
Walker's Darner 3
*Red Rock Skimmer Perithemis lineatipes 2 [last report 2017]
Flame Skimmer 1
Variegated Meadowhawk 3
San Timoteo Creek 10/29
*American Rubyspot Hetaerina americana15 [last report 2017]
*Vivid Dancer 20
Black-fronted Forktail 7
*Neon Skimmer Libellula croecepennis 2 [last report 2017]
*Pale-faced Clubskimmer Brecchmorhoga mendax 3 [last report 2017]
Variegated Meadowhawk 1
*this included a tandem pair where the male was a CA Spreadwing and the female a Great.
October
25, 2017
Nevada
County
OC
#474559
Cascade
Canal Trail, Nevada City
Great
Spreadwing – several copulating pairs
October
24, 2017
Los
Angleles County
iNaturalist
1868
N Western Ave, Los Angeles
Neon
Skimmer – 1 male
October
23, 2017
San
Mateo County
iNaturalist
Jones
Gulch Rd, Loma Mar
Walker's Darner
Aeshna
walkeri
October
22, 2017
Los
Angleles County
Residence
in Pacific Palisades
Red Rock Skimmer – male ]
October
21, 2017
San
Bernardion County
San
Timoteo
Neon
Skimmer – male
American
Rubyspot –a male
Vivid
Dancer – a male with a forked side
stripe! OC # 474244
California
Dancer – a male
…….
Santa
Cruz County
Alex
Rinkert
Swanson
Pond
*Black
Saddlebags Tramea lacerata [last date reported 2017]
October
14, 2017
Siskiyou
County
*Autumn
Meadowhawk Sympetrum vicinum [last report 2017]
Odonata
Central 478281
*Shadow
Darner Aeshna umbrosa [last report 2017]
October
10, 2017
Shasta
County
Spotted
Spreadwing [last report 2017]
*Western
Pondhawk – 1 female [last report 2017]
Variegated
Meadowhawk
Striped
Meadowhawk
October
7, 2017
Santa
Cruz County
Paul
Johnson, II
San
Lorenzo River, 500m upstream of Highway 1 bridge
Walker’s
Darner – male photographed 473876
…….
Nancy
Acquith
Natural
Bridges
Black
Saddlebags Tramea lacerata
October
6, 2017
Siskiyou
County
Kathy
& Dave Biggs, Celise Sharpe, Dennis
Ball and Sam Williams
We
went to hunt for the Great Spreadwing (Archilestes
grandis). It has only been found once in Siskiyou County, by us in 2015 at Little Castle Creek,
Railroad Park, Dunsmuir. We enjoyed the hunt and had fantastic views of this
species 'sibling' - the California Spreadwing (A. californicus), but alas, we
found no Greats. Maybe we'll try again later this month. Our list:
California
Spreadwing
Bluet
sp.
Forktail
sp.
Shadow
Darner [last report 2017]
Autumn
Meadowhawk – 1 male and 1 female seen
separately.
Perhaps
others of this species or another species of Meadowhawk present.
…….
Nevada
County
Liam
O’Brian
Sagehen
Ecological Reserve
Autumn
Meadowhawk Sympetrum vicinum CA Chart #141,OC #473911
October
3, 2017
Siskiyou
County
Kathy
& Dave Biggs, Irene & Bryce Bloucher-Barlow
Juanita
Lake – cold, only got up to 50F. This was a fishing trip
Spotted
Spreadwing – 1
Striped
Meadowhawk - 3 females, 1male
Darner
sp – 1-2
October
1, 2017
San
Bernardino County
Michael Woodruff, Roger Woodruff, Matt Grube, and Doug Karalun
We visited several sites in the Lower Colorado River Valley: Ft. Mojave, Jack Smith Park, Desilt Wash, Quail Hollow, Bull Frog, and Bluewater. The highlights were 2nd county record of Russet-tipped Clubtail at Ft. Mojave and Jack Smith Park, also obtaining a specimen of Citrine Forktail at Jack Smith Park.
*Double –striped Bluet -1 at Jack Smith Park 473539, 473582[last report 2017]
*Citrine
Forktail Ishnura hastata-8 at Jack Smith Park 473540
upgrade of prior photo only record[last report 2017]
*Familiar
Bluet 473538[last report 2017]
*Powdered
Dancer– 100s 473536[last report 2017]
Vivid Dancer-12
Blue-ringed Dancer-7
Tule Bluet-1
Familiar Bluet-100s
*Rambur's Forktail-10[last report 2017]
*Desert forktail-20[last report 2017]
*Western Forktail (provisional pending photo ID of a female)-1
Green Darner-20
Blue-eyed Darner-15
*Russet –tipped Clubtail; Stylurus plagiatus-3 Ft. Mojave and Jack Smith Park 473535, 473580[last report 2017]
*White-belted
Ringtail-12 473537, 473581[last report 2017]
*Blue Dasher-8[last report 2017]
Mexican Amberwing-15
Flame
Skimmer-3
*Widow
Skimmer-3 473541, 473584[last report 2017]
*Comanche Skimmer-1[last report 2017]
Variegated Meadowhawk-100s
*Black Saddlebags-30[last report 2017]
*Spot-winged Glider[last report 2017]
Wandering Glider
September
28, 2017
El
Dorado County
Dave
Johnson
Wright's
Lake
*Emerald
Spreadwing[last report 2017]
September
27, 2017
Siskiyou
County
Kathy
& Dave Biggs, Celise Sharpe & Dennis Ball
Juanita
Lake
Went
in search of Autumn Meadowhawks The Autumns didn't disappoint....the first Ode
Dennis caught was one.
And
then right after that Dave Biggs had 3 pairs in wheel land on his net and
another on his thumb!!
Almost
all were in tandems or wheels. If you need a lifer Autumn Meadowhawk I suggest
you wear white!!
Wonder
if they knew that yesterday (Thurs) might be the last day warm enuf for
procreation this season?? ALL the Spotted Spreadwings were also in wheel or in
tandem!
Spotted
Spreadwings - abundant, Celise was catching
them by hand!
No/Bo Bluet - a poor photo of a female taken, but IF it were a Boreal, it'd be a
new late flight date!
Western
Forktail - only SIX, one pair plus 4 mature
females
Co.
Green Darner - 1-2 maybe
*Paddle-tailed
Darner - several in-hand, VERY FEW darners
there at all, and we caught all that we could - we've only 20 miles from Oregon
there.
Blue-eyed
Darner -perhaps one male seen
Variegated
Meadowhawks - only a few
Striped
Meadowhawks - a dozen, mostly VERY DRAB
females!
Autumn
Meadowhawks - 100s, most in tandems
On
the way home we stopped at the "Strawberry Ponds" just south of
Macdoel on Hwy 97
Thousands
of Spotted Spreadwings, almost all
in tandem. Many ovipositing into dead willow branches, I thought only
Archilestes used wood and testes softer plant matter???
*Band-winged Meadowhawk (1 male) to our
day's list. [last report 2017]
A
female Blue-eyed Darner was ovipositing.
Many
Striped Meadowhawks, but no Autumn's
seen!!
September
25, 2017
Calaveras
County
Leslie
Flint
I
went to White Pines Lake, near Arnold. It was a beautiful, not too hot, with
wispy clouds overhead. It was an amazing display of Ode-mania with hundreds of
Common Green Darners and more Autumn Meadowhawks than I have ever seen.
Mosiac-type
Blue Darners - 2
Common Green Darner - hundreds in the
air plus probably more in the grasses (as I walked, they would jump up in front
of me in 2s and 3s.
Widow Skimmer - 6 females (a change from a month ago when there were dozens)
Blue Dasher - 1
Variegated Meadowhawk - 6
Striped Meadowhawk - 4
Band-winged Meadowhawk - 4 males all in the
wet grass at the lakes edge
Autumn Meadowhawk - 40+ all along the
edge of the lake (I saw no females this time)
Damselflies - none
September
24, 2017
Jay
Keller
San
Diego
September
17, 2017
San
Bernardino County
Matthew
Grube
Sewage
ponds near Baker, CA
*Twelve-
spotted Skimmer – 2nd photo
record 472876 [last report 2017]
…….
Siskiyou
County
Kathy
& Dave Biggs, Celise Sharpe, Dennis Ball
Shasta
Valley Wildlife Area, Montague
Widow
Skimmer
*Black
Saddlebags[last report 2017]
Blue
Dasher
Western
Pondhawk
Bluet
sp. – probably Tule
September
16, 2017
Orange
County
Michael
Woodruff
Gilman
Park
Mexican
Amberwing - male 472745
Blue
Dasher – male 472744
Vivid
Dancer 472742
Neon
Skimmer 472741
Flame
Skimmer 72740
Common
Green Darner – pair 472743
…
San
Bernardino County
Blue-ringed
Dancer - 472738
…….
Madera
County
Paul
G. Johnson
Fresno
River about 0.5 mile SW Hensley Lake
Desert
Firetail Telebasis salva –photo of pair in wheel - 2nd
county report; OC #4733224
September
14, 2017
Siskiyou
County
Sandra
Hunt-von Arb, Kathy & Dave Biggs, Celise Sharpe, Dennis Ball, Norm Barrett,
and Gary Schaffer
Despite
the cool and windy weather, our one-day blitz ended with a 20 species day all
within one corner of Siskiyou County and of course, good camaraderie.
(IH= In Hand)
0930-1100
Dry Lake 57-60F, Mostly Cloudy, variable wind
#Common
Green Darner (Many and emerging)
Blue-eyed
Darner (IH) – mostly older males
#Variegated
Meadowhawk (1000+ and emerging)
Striped
Meadowhawk (IH)
*Red-veined
Meadowhawk[last report 2017]
Spotted
Spreadwing (IH)
Familiar
Bluet (IH)
Tule
Bluet (IH)
Western
Forktail
Pacific
Forktail
1130-1200
Pumice Stone Well (Harris Spring Road in Medicine Highlands) Very windy
Variable
Darner (IH- female was ovipositing)
Darner
spp. (nymph)
Meadowhawk
spp.
1245-1315
Old Bray State Hwy- 65-67F Mostly Cloudy, Light wind
Mosaic
Darner spp
Variegated
Meadowhawk
Striped
Meadowhawk (IH)
*Black
Meadowhawk (IH) [last report 2017]
Band-winged
Meadowhawk (IH)
**Cherry-faced
Meadowhawk (IH) – new late flight date
by 2 days 473612[last report 2017]
Spotted
Spreadwing (IH)
1330-1400
Wet Meadow on route to Orr Lake 69F Partly Cloudy, Light wind
Black
Meadowhawk (IH)
Band-winged
Meadowhawk (IH)
Striped
Meadowhawk ((IH)
*White-faced
Meadowhawk ((IH) [last report 2017]
Paddle-tailed
Darner (IH)
Spotted
Spreadwing (IH)
Familiar
Bluet (IH)
1405-1540
Orr Lake, 65 F Mostly Cloudy, Light wind
Common
Green Darner
Paddle-tailed
Darer (IH)
Blue-eyed
Darner (IH)
Shadow
Darner (2 females- viewed perched)
*Eight-spotted
Skimmer (IH) [last report 2017]
Striped
Meadowhawk (IH)
White-faced
Meadowhawk (IH)
*Saffron-winged
Meadowhawk (IH) [last report 2017]
Band-winged
Meadowhawk (IH)
Spotted
Spreadwing (IH)
Bluet
spp
Pacific
Forktail
Western
Forktail
1600-1630
“Strawberry Ponds” (South of McDowell) 68F, Mostly Cloudy, Very
Windy
Common
Green Darner
Mosaic
type Darner exuvia
Blue
Dasher (IH)
Meadowhawk
spp.
Pacific
Forktail
Western
Forktail
Skimmer
type exuvia
…….
Mono
County
Len
Blumin
De
Chambeau Ponds
Striped
Meadowhawks – pairs; fair #s, perhaps
other Meadowhawks present
Darner
sp.
September
12, 2017
Los
Angeles County
iNaturalist
Altadena
back yard
California
Spreadwing
September
6, 2017
Los
Angeles County
iNaturalist
Malibu
Lagoon, Malibu
*Red
Saddlebags [last report 2017]
September
5, 2017
San
Mateo County
Leslie
Flint
Alpine
Pond - Odes at the pond were pretty scarce but this is what I saw:
Blue-eyed
Darner - 12+
Black
Saddlebags - 2 in tandem
Blue
Dasher - 2
Western
Pondhawk - 1
Pacific
Forktail - - I didn't look very hard, but a
few dozen
California
Dancer - many along the trail but no Vivid
Dancers!
California
Spreadwing - 1
……..
Siskiyou
County
Kathy
& Dave Biggs
Medicine
Lake Highlands area of NE Siskiyou Co.
We
stopped at 3 small lakes to the east of Medicine Lake. We saw nothing exciting,
but it felt good to be out and it was nice to find these very shallow lakes all
full this late in the season.
No
Name Lake (that IS it's name!!); Bullseye Lake (the largest the the 3 small
lakes); Blanche Lake - these are all within a mile of each other
Temps
were in the low 80s with clear skies. All species seen at all lakes.
Spotted
Spreadwings - abundant, 100s, most in tandems,
no other spreadwings seen or netted.
Bluet
sp. - No/Bos but possibly a Tule too.
Western
Forktails -a very few seen, the darners were
quite busy trying to eat them!
Pacific
Forktails - very very few - see above
Common
Green Darner - a few mature males
*Variable
Darners- ~ 6 of this species netted [last
report 2017]
Shadow
Darners - a few of this species netted
Striped
Meadowhawks- many, the only Skimmer seen
Also
seen - Milbert's Tortoiseshell at Jot Dean Ice Cave and Blanche Lake
…….
Humboldt
County
backyard,
Garberville
Red
Rock Skimmer
September
3, 2017
Siskiyou
County
Michael
Plank
Gumboot
Lake o= Not as much smoke at the lake as in the Valley. I have never seen so
many Spreadwings. Not much else happening.
*Lyre-tipped
Spreadwings [last report 2017]
*Northern
Spreadwings [last report 2017]
Saffron-winged
Meadowhawks
Striped
Meadowhawks
Shadow
Darners
*Boreal
Bluets [last report 2017]
Also
a first for me at Gumboot. Three Sandhill Cranes. For any birders I did add a
photo. …….
…….
Madera
County
Tim
Manolis
Fresno
River about 0.5 mile SW Hensley Lake
Desert
Firetail Telebasis salva –many there, photo of male CA Chart #6, OC #473349
August
31, 2017
Siskiyou
County
Kathy
& Dave Biggs
Their
backyard pond, Mt. Shasta Forest, McCloud
*Shadow
Darner Aeshna umbrosa – 2 males in-hand
…….
San
Mateo County
Leslie
Flint
Bay
Meadows Park in San Mateo
Common
Green Darners – MANY tandem ovipositing
Blue-eyed
Darners – pairs ovipositing
August
30, 2017
San
Bernardino County
Matthew
Grube
pond
at San Timoteo near Fern Ave, and the nearby creek
*Gray
Sanddragon - ~5 inc. pair in wheel [last report 2018]
Vivid
Dancer
Blue-ringed
Dancer
…….
Calaveras
County
Leslie
Flint
White
Pines Lake near Arnold
I
had the urge to go look for Autumn Meadowhawk and this is the closest place to
my house in San Mateo.
Thinking
it might be early (usually I wait until Sept or Oct), I went anyway.
I
got there about 10 am and worked the willows and sunny areas just west of the
lake.
I
can't even count the numbers of Widow Skimmers I saw! Hundreds for sure
once I had walked most of one half of the lake.
But
I did find one female AUTUMN MEADOWHAWK - very fresh. Here's my list
(just note I am sure there were more, but this is what I actually saw and
counted):
Widow
Skimmer - hundreds - on every possible perch
Twelve-spotted
Skimmer - 6
Blue
Dasher - dozens
Variegated
Meadowhawk - 6+
Striped
Meadowhawk - 6
Band-winged
Meadowhawk - 12+
*Autumn
Meadowhawk Sympetrum vicinum - 1
Black
Saddlebags - 2
Mosaic
Darners - a swarm of about 30 plus more on the
lake - Blue-eyed for sure
Common
Green Darner - also in the swarm but saw about
a dozen
*Pacific
Spiketail – 1 [last report 2017]
Vivid
Dancer - numerous
Bluets
- a few that I noticed - all seemed to be No/Bo
Pacific
Forktail - 1
August
29, 2017
San
Mateo County
Leslie
Flint and Liam O’Brien
Gazos
Creek – esp. looking for Walker's Darner. Liam worked his expertise with
the net and we finally netted one!
Also,
for the Lep lovers, 2 Golden Hairstreaks and dozens of California Sisters! In
addition we saw the following:
Blue-eyed
Darner - 6+ patrolling the road
Walker's Darner - one in hand and
perhaps 2 in the creek eluding the net
Striped Meadowhawk - perched in the
ferns along the road
*Grappletail Octogomphus specularis - !!! my
first for San Mateo County and got a really horrible photo (not sharing
quality) [last report 2017]
Pacific
Spiketail – 1
…….
San
Bernardino County
Michael
Woodruff and Matthew Grube
San
Timoteo Creek
Powdered
Dancer
August
27, 2017
Shasta
County
Dee
Warenycia
North
end of Manzanita Lake, Lassen Volcanic National Park
Grappletail
August
26, 2017
Manzanita
& Summit Lakes, Lassen Volcanic
National Park,
Octogomphus
specularis (Grappletail)
Variegated
Meadowhawk
*Leucorrhinia
glacialis (Crimson-ringed Whiteface) [last report 2017]
August
25, 2017
Sacramento
County
#Common
Green Darner migration has begun in Northern
California!
Traveling
on highway 299 near French Gulch (in 4-5 miles east of Trinity County) I
noticed lots of Darners-all heading east down the Trinity River
"canyon".
When
stopped, I averaged 45 per minute. I couldn't count the ones that were way up
high, so the count is low!!
It
was not nearly as dense of a migration as last year, but it may be just
beginning and/or it was only ~10am and 75F degrees.
…….
Humboldt
County
McKinleyville
Pacific
Spiketail - female
August
24- 26, 2017
Mono
County
David
Small
Bridgeport
Paddle-tailed
Darner Aeshna palmata
Tule
Bluet
Northern
Spreadwing
…….
El
Dorado County
Dave
Johnson
Dark
Lake
White-faced
Meadowhawk a male
August
24, 2017
outflow
creek coming south out of Wright's Lake
Striped
Meadowhawk
……..
Los Angeles County
Marshall Montgomery
Mt. Washington neighborhood backyard in Los Angeles
Neon Skimmers – males, one dying, one perching
August
21, 2017
San
Francisco
Blue-eyed
darner
August
20, 2017
Hopland
Research & Extension Center
Black
Saddlebags numerous in flight.
…….
Shasta
County
Dee
Warenycia
Reflection
Lake
*Four-spotted
Skimmer Libellula
quadrimaculata [last report 2017]
August
19, 2017
Los
Angeles County
Jonathan
Coffin
Ballona
Wetlands coastal Los Angeles
Mexican
Amberwing
August
19-20, 2017
Plumas
County
Sandra
Hunt Von-Arb + MO
Willow
Lake
Both
species found caught in Sun Dews
white-faced
Meadowhawks
Striped
Meadowhawks a few
August
17, 2017
Colusa
County
Leslie
Flint and Liam O’Brien
Bear
Valley Creek
I
have never been there in August, so I wasn't sure what we would find. Numbers
overall were low, but we had good diversity.
First
I went to my favorite spot just north of the Wilbur Hot Springs Bridge.
Unfortunately, this area is still quite flooded, but we were able to make our
way along the creek for some distance.
We
went back to the Wilbur Hot Springs Bridge
where there was lots of sand/gravel and found Sanddragons there.
American
Rubyspot - several dozen
No/Bo Bluet - abundant
Blue-eyed Darner - 4-6
White-belted Ringtail - 1
Gray Sanddragon - 3-4
*Western River Cruiser Macromia magnifica - 1[last
report 2017]
Variegated Meadowhawk - 6+
Blue Dasher - 3-5
Widow Skimmer - 2
12-Spotted Skimmer - 1
Flame Skimmer - 12+
Pale-faced Clubskimmer - one on every riffle -
6+?
Black Saddlebags - 2
Spot-winged Glider - 2
From
there went south on Hwy 16 and stopped along Cache Creek. Super hot by then so
saw only:
American
Rubyspot - 12+
*Emma's Dancer Argia emma 8+ [last report 2017]
California Dancer - 3
Tule/Arroyo Bluets - 6+
Widow Skimmer – 2
August 16, 2017
Colusa County
Marshall Montgomery
Bear Creek at HWY 20 crossing.
Western Pondhawk
American Rubyspot
…
Howard Sands
Western Pondhawk 470307
American Rubyspot 470307
Flame Skimmer
Widow Skimmer
August 14, 2013
Sacramento County
Leslie Flint
La Riviera
*Olive Clubtail Stylurus olivaceus [last report 2017]
August
12, 2017
We
were taken to a new-to-us Ode place yesterday by our friends - Big Carmen Lake.
The
lake is on Scott Mt. JUST below the crest, which is the county line between
Siskiyou and Trinity Counties.The nearest town would be Callahan.
We
spent about 2 hrs circling the very shallow pond, recording which species were
there. Temp ~80 with gusty winds and a few clouds in the sky.
The
lake (big pond, perhaps ethereal) was quite Lestes rich:
Spotted
Spreadwing - several in hand
Northern
Spreadwing - several in hand
!!*Black
Spreadwing Lestes stultus - a few in hand [last report 2017]
Lyre-tipped
Spreadwing- several in hand & another new
site for this species which is uncommon in Calif.
Western
Forktail - quite a few
Common
Green Darner - 1 male
Aeshna sp. - several, large and dark
Blue-eyed
Darner - a few
Eight-spotted
Skimmer - at least 2
Twelve-spotted
Skimmer - many, and MANY emerging plus many
floating dead in the water. Could these be migrants, emerging this late?
Flame
Skimmer - at least 1 female
Variegated
Meadowhawk - a few
Striped
Meadowhawk - abundant
White-faced
Meadowhawk - 1 male
August
9, 2017
*Bison
Snaketail Ophiogomphus bison – a male with eyelashes! [last report 2017]
Variegated Meadowhawk
Western
River Cruiser
Common
Green darner
Red
veined Meadowhawk
August
8, 2017
Orr
Lake and vicinity
Kathy
& Dave Biggs; Celise Sharpe & Dennis Ball; Sam, Mimi & Elsa Williams
The
highlight was being surrounded by swarms of Meadowhawks everywhere we went. 8
of CA’s 10 species of Meadowhawks were found, and that includes finding
the first Cherry-faced Meadowhawks of the year (some years no one reports them
in CA). We also found 4 of CA’s 5 species of Lestes there. 11-3:45 with
temperatures in the 80-85 range and increasing cloud cover all afternoon
Key
1=first
stop along the road into Bray where it crosses a creek
2=second
stop along the road into Orr Lake where there is a wet meadow between the road
and Butte Creek
3=Orr
Lake itself
unless
marked otherwise, found at all locations.
Spotted
Spreadwing – in hand ID
!! Northern Spreadwing Lestes disjunctus – in hand ID
Lyre-tipped
Spreadwing – this is a new location for
this species. 2 males and a female in hand. Seen at stops 1 & 3
Emerald
Spreadwing – seen by Celise
No/Bo
Bluet - few
Pacific
Forktail - few
Western
Forktail - many
Co.
Green Darner - few
Blue-eyed
Darner – few, in hand
Paddle-tailed
Darner –in hand
*Great
Basin Snaketail Ohiogomphus morrisoni –
male and female seen at stop 2, male
photographed by Sam [last report 2017]
Western
Pondhawk – several seen at tshe lake by
Dennis who waded inside the shoreline
Eight-spotted
Skimmer – many at the lake
Blue
Dasher – several seen at the lake by
Dennis who waded inside the shoreline
Variegated
Meadowhawk – 1 only seen at stop 1
Saffron-winged
Meadowhawk - many
Black Meadowhawk
- a few at 1 & 2
*Cherry-faced
Meadowhawk (Sympetrum internum)
– ADUNDANT
Red-veined
Meadowhawk - many
White-faced Meadowhawk - many
Striped
Meadowhawk - many
Band-winged
Meadowhawk - many
Black
Saddlebags – a few at stops 1&
3
August
6, 2017
ImperialCounty
ryanandrews/iNaturalist
Salton
Sea
Mexican
Amberwing
Widow
Skimmer
Comanche
Skimmer
August
5, 2017
San
Mateo County
Leslie
Flint
Longridge
OSP mostly in San Mateo County, but just south by about 50 yards in Santa Cruz County at the Zen
Center pond where there were lots of Odes.
Blue-eyed
Darner
Shadow Darner - maybe (skulking along the
shoreline)
Pacific Spiketail (up on the ridgeline, not at
the pond)
Flame Skimmer
Cardinal Meadowhawk
Western Pondhawk
Northern Spreadwing
*Arroyo Bluet Enallagma praevarum
– numerous [last report 2017]
California Dancer
Vivid Dancer
Western Forktail
Desert Firetail
…
blue
dasher
flame
skimmer
cardinal
Meadowhawk
Common
green darners
…….
Humboldt
County
Tony
WestKamper
Van
Duzen River
California
Spreadwing
…….
Sacramento
County
Sacramento
Olive
Clubtail, Stylurus olivaceus
…….
Shasta
County
Dee
Warenycia
Summit
& Hat Lakes, Lassen Volcanic National Park
Blue-eyed
Darner
Variable
Darner
August
4, 2017
Neon
Skimmer (Libellula croceipennis) Female. I had to crunch through a dense stand of
dead thistle and mustard to get within range.
With
this species I've noticed that, if an individual wants to perch, it will
sometimes actually come closer once it becomes aware of your presence.
That's
what this one did -- eventually settling only a few feet away.
…….
Humboldt
County
Tony
Westkamper
VanDuzen
River
California
Dancer (Argia agrioides)
Darner
nymph
…….
Los
Angeles County
Descanso
Gardens, La Cañada
Blue-Eyed
Darner
August
3, 2017
Gumboot
Lake and vicinity
Kathy
& Dave Biggs; Celise Sharpe & Dennis Ball and Sam Williams
Highlight
(besides the general beauty and wildflowers) was finding multiple CHALK-FRONTED
CORPORALS. We had hoped to find RINGED EMERALD- but we weren't able to net any
of the Emeralds we saw. One did appear to be patterned though, so it MAY have
been there.
Key:
Unless
marked otherwise, Gumboot Lake
GC
- Creek just above the turn off to Gumboot Lake
SS
- Sweet Spot, the spring and pond and meadow about a mile above Gumboot Lake's
turnoff. Where the road makes a sharp 'elbow'
Northern
Spreadwing -abundant, many tenerals
Vivid
Dancer - some at GC & SS
Boreal
Bluet - abundant
Western
Forktail - a few males at far end of the lake
Grappletail
- a few at GC
Variable
Darner - one in-hand, others possibly this
species
Common
Green Darner - several
Blue-eyed
Darner - a few
Emerald
sp. - a few in the morning, possibly a Ringed
and others (American &/or Mt). One at SS (!!) that wasn't a Ringed.
Pacific
Spiketail - 1 at GC
Crimson-ringed
Whiteface - many
*Dot-tailed
Whiteface Leucorrhinia intacta - a few males [last report 2017]
Chalk-fronted
Corporal - several!!
Eight-spotted
Skimmer - 1 or 2
Twelve-spotted
Skimmer - abundant
Striped
Meadowhawk - a few, inc. pairs in wheel
Black
Saddlebags - a few
…
Middle
Fork Applegate River
Striped
Meadowhawk, Sympetrum pallipes
…….
Shasta
County
Hugh
Ranson
Lily
Pond & Reflection Lake
White-faced
Meadowhawk Sympetrum – also seen at Lake McCumber.
My
visit to the Lassen (CA) area has come to an end. So much to see. One of the
most interesting things was to visit lakes at varying elevations to see what
was out and about.
Crimson-ringed
Whiteface were ridiculously abundant at Summit
Lake, while
*Hudsonian Whiteface Leucorrhinia hudsonica [last report of 2017]were common at
Crumbaugh Lake. Some species were common on one end of a lake and absent at the
other. At the south end McCumber Lake there were swarms of
Band-winged
Meadowhawks, while their place was taken by
White-faced Meadowhawks at the marshy north end. It's a pleasure getting to see
odes in such abundance. Others seen
Dot-tailed
Whiteface
Emerald
Spreadwing
Northern
Spreadwing
…….
Orange
County
July
29 - August 2, 2017
Shasta
County
Hugh
Ranson
Echo
Lake
Variable
Darner Aeshna interrupta - found
dead 8/1/2017
Band-winged
Meadowhawk
Emerald
sp—abundant, 30-40 over the lake at any
one time.
*American
Emerald Cordulia shurtleffi 4 (these landed) [last report 2017]
Darner
sp. 30
No/Bo
Bluet 3
One
teneral whiteface, either
Crimson-ringed or Hudsonian
Cold
Boiling Lake, Lassen National Park
Lyre-tipped
Spreadwing - female (thanks Jim Johnson for
confirming id) OC#:469376
Spreadwing sp. 3
Many
teneral whiteface, either
Crimson-ringed or Hudsonian—no adults seen
Emerald
sp. Many over the lake
Darner
sp 10
Variable
Darner 2 photographed
Summit
Lake, Shingletown
Dot-tailed
Whiteface
Hoary
Skimmer
Crimson-ringed
Whiteface - huge numbers (1,000+)
Northern
Spreadwing 4
Grappletail
American
Emerald 1
Emerald
sp 30
Four-spotted
Skimmer 2
Darner
sp 5
Western
Forktail 8
Crumbaugh
Lake, Lassen NP
*Taiga
Bluet Coenagrion resolutum – several, at least 4
Hudsonian
Whiteface – at least 3 adults
Whiteface sp tenerals, either Crimson-ringed or Hudsonian
--100s
Emerald
sp. 30 –the few I photographed
were all American
Bailey
Creek, near Shingletown
Striped
Meadowhawk
Spotted
Spreadwing -2
Lake
McCumber
Band-winged
Meadowhawk 100s (1000s?)
Variegated
Meadowhawk 10
Striped
Meadowhawk 5
Dot-tailed
Whiteface 3
Twelve-spotted
Skimmer 50
Darner
sp. 20
Common
Green Darner 10
Flame
Skimmer 2
Four-spotted
Skimmer 3
Northern
Spreadwing 20
Vivid
Dancer 100+
Tule
Bluet 1000s
Western
Forktail 10
No/Bo
Bluets 20
Boreal
Bluet 1 examined in hand
Pond
at Living Springs Campsite, near Shingletown
W.
Pondhawk 10
Blue
Dasher 4
Black
Saddlebags 2
Common
Green Darner 1
Darner
sp 1
Bluet
sp. 5
Manzanita
Lake, Lassen NP
Crimson-ringed
Whiteface 1
Blue-eyed
Darner 2
Darner
sp. 20
Common
Green Darner 5
Four-spotted
Skimmer 2
Withrow
Road, near Shingletown
Hoary
Skimmer 6+
Twelve-spotted
Skimmer 2
Flame
Skimmer 2
Pacific
Spiketail 1
Vivid
Dancer 20
Striped
Meadowhawk 3
Grappletail
(30
species for the whole vacation!)
July
30, 2017
Mono
County
Paul
Johnson
DeChambeau
Ponds - from about 4:00-5:30.
The weather was dicey
Spotted
spreadwing, Lestes congener
Emerald
Spreadwing, L. dryas
*Western
Red Damsel, Amphiagrion abbreviatum[last report 2017]
Vivid
Dancer, Argia vivida
*Alkali
Bluet, Enallagma clausum [last report 2017]
Pacific
Forktail, Ischnura cervula
Western
Forktail, I. perparva
Paddle-tailed
Darner, Aeshna palmata
Blue-eyed
Darner, Rhionaeschna multicolor
Western
Pondhawk, Erythemis collocata
July
25, 2017
Shasta
County
Dee
Warenycia
Reflection
Lake, Lassen Volcanic National Park
Flame
Skimmer
Twelve-spotted
Skimmer
July
24, 2017
Mono
County
Spent
about an hour at River Springs. It had clouded over and a few sprinklings of
rain added to the fun. Here's my list with a few photos on Facebook
Flame
Skimmer - numerous
Saffron-winged Meadowhawk - 6+
Striped Meadowhawk - 1 (not entirely sure since it didn't have entirely black
legs - see photo)
Variegated Meadowhawk - numerous
*Black Meadowhawk Sympetrum danae -
12+ females only
Band-winged
Meadowhawk
Hoary Skimmer - 1
*Desert Whitetail Plathemis subornata
- 3 females
Mosiac Darners - dozens
Paddle-tailed Darner - 1 photographed
Bluets - dozens but unable to photograph any! arg
Black-fronted Forktail - 6+
Vivid Dancer - dozens
Spotted Spreadwing - 6+
…….
Shasta
County
Dee
Warenycia
Lily
Pond, Lassen Volcanic National Park
Striped
Meadowhawk
Reflection
Lake
Variegated
Meadowhawk
July
22, 2017
Shasta
County
Dee
Warenycia
Hat
Lake, Lassen Volcanic National Park
*Variable
Darner Aeshna interrupta OC# 471084
…….
Mono
County
Lake
Crowley
*Alkali
Bluet Enallagma clausum - iNauralist
#7212054
July
23, 2017
Shasta
County
Dee
Warenycia
Summit
Lake, Lassen Volcanic National Park
American
Emerald
July
21, 2017
Placer
County
Wim
van Dam
Watson
Lake:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/van_dam/35256810334/
Taiga
Bluet Coenagrion resolutum
…
Santa
Barbara County
Northstar
area
Western
Forktail
Wandering
Glider
Spot-winged
Glider
Twelve-spotted
Skimmer
…….
Shasta
County
Dee
Warenycia
North
end of Summit Lake, Lassen Volcanic National Park
Crimson-ringed
Whiteface
July
20, 2017
Siskiyou
County
Kathy
& Dave Biggs; Celise Sharpe
Juanita
Lake 12-4, 75F, 4700 elevation, 1-4
Spotted
Spreadwing - several in hand
Northern
Spreadwing - a few in hand
No/Bo
Bluet
Pacific
Forktail - fewer than Westerns
Western
Forktail - abundant, both pruinose mature
females and young orange- colored females seen.
*Paddle-tailed
Darner Aeshna palmata - one male caught by Dennis. Perhaps a few others
seen.
Blue-eyed
Darner - a few
Co.
Green Darner - a few
Western
Pondhawk - only on the SE side of the lake
Dot-tailed
Whiteface - abundant
Eight-spotted
Skimmer - some, mostly at the NW side of the
lake, interesting to see this division by species
Twelve-spotted
Skimmer - some, mostly at the Eastern side of
the lake, interesting to see this division by species
Four-spotted
Skimmer - a few
*Common
Whitetail Plathemis lydia - ONE male and ONE
female, both on the Eastern end of the lake
Variegated
Meadowhawk - a few
Cardinal
Meadowhawk - possibly one seen by Celise and
Dennis
Red-veined
Meadowhawk - SUPER ABUNDANT, easily 1000 (last
year we only saw 1!!)
Striped
Meadowhawk - some
On
the way home, we stopped nearby at a pond directly west of Hwy 97 by the
strawberry fields. It is at a lower elevation, only 3900’, 4:30-5:00. We
added
Band-winged
Meadowhawks and
Black
Saddlebags
…….
Riverside
County
Nathan Moorhatch and Doug Karalun
Blythe - We checked canals, cottonwoods, and the river at 4th Ave.
Familiar Bluet
*Double striped Bluet Enallagma basidens
Blue ringed Dancer
Green Darner
*White belted Ringtail Erpetogomphus compositus
*Russet Tipped Clubtail Stylurus plagiatus
Blue Dasher
Mexican Amberwing
Flame Skimmer
Widow Skimmer
*Roseate Skimmer Orthemis ferruginea [only report of 2017]
Pale faced Clubskimmer
Wandering Glider
Spot winged Glider
Black Saddlebags
…….
Shasta County
Summit Lake, Lassen Volcanic National Park
Leucorrhinia glacialis (Crimson-ringed Whiteface)
Shasta County
*White-faced Meadowhawk Sympetrum obtrusum OC#471355
Michael
and Muriel Plank
We
went to Gumboot Lake and Orr Lake.
Gumboot
Lake
Emerald
Spreadwing
Boreal
Bluet
Common
Green Darner
*California
Darner Rhionaeschna californica [last report 2017]
American
Emerald
Crimson-ringed
Whiteface
Hudsonian
Whiteface
Dot-tailed
Whiteface
Chalk-fronted
Corporal
Eight-spotted
Skimmer
Four-spotted
Skimmer
Twelve-spotted
Skimmer
Variegated
Meadowhawk
Striped
Meadowhawk
Black
Saddlebags
Orr
Lake
Northern
Spreadwing
Emerald
Spreadwing
*Northern
Bluet Enallagma annexum – [last report 2017]
Boreal
Bluet
Pacific
Forktail
Western
Forktail
Common
Green Darner
Blue-eyed
Darner
Eight-spotted
Skimmer
Variegated
Meadowhawk
*Saffron-winged
Meadowhawk Sympetrum costiferum
Red-veined
Meadowhawk
Striped
Meadowhawk
Band-winged
Meadowhawk
A
great day of being in the mountains.
Meadowhawk
sp – 1 female that was neither of
the above
…….
Humboldt
County
Sandra
Hunt-von Arb
Snow
Camp Lake at approx 4,500 ft in elevation in, CA. Private Property- visited
with permission. 11 Species of odes located (not all pictured) in order of
abundance.
Four-spotted Skimmer (Libellula
quadrimaculata)
Dot-tailed whiteface (Leucorrhinia intacta)
*Mountain Emerald (Somatochlora semicircularis)
Eight-spotted Skimmer (Libellula forensis)
*Chalk-fronted Corporal (Ladona julia)
Twelve-spotted Skimmer (Libellula pulchella)
Blue-eyed Darner (Rhionaeschna multicolor)
Pacific Forktail (Ischnura cervula)
Western Forktail (Ischnura perparva)
Common Green Darner (Anax junius)
Black Saddlebags (Tramea lacerata)
Of
note: Not a single meadowhawk (Sympetrum). Several species have been found here
before- too early? after late/low elevation snows?
El
Dorado County
Dave
Dannenbrink
Cameron
Park
…….
Santa
Barbara County
Hugh
Ranson
Rattlesnake
Canyon:
*Great Spreadwing Archilestes
grandis ( 1 young female--very
early)
Vivid Dancer --c.60
Red Rock Skimmer -- 6 (2 females, 1
ovipositing)
Walker's Darner -- 4
Pacific Spiketail -- 2
Rancho
Goleta Lake
Red-tailed
Pennant -- 4 (a
female ovipositing and 3 males)
Blue
Dasher
-- 6, all males
Common
Green Darner
-- 1
Modoc
County
Michael
& Muriel Plank
Stough
reservoir Campground – Our 1st time to visit for dragonflies. Really
enjoyed the spot
*Hudsonian
Whiteface Leucorrhinia hudsonica - 1 male
*Crimson-ringed
Whiteface Leucorrhinia glacialis - 2 males
Dot-tailed
Whiteface Leucorrhinia intacta - 3
American
Emerald - 2
California
Darner
Common
Green Darner
Common
Whitetail
Eight-spotted
Skimmers
Twelve-spotted
Skimmers
Modoc
County
Michael
& Muriel Plank
Glenn
Hot springs:
Desert
Whitetail
Comanche
Skimmers
*Bleached
Skimmer Libellula compositus – 1 [last report20147]
Hoary
Skimmers
Eight-spotted
Skimmers
Twelve-spotted
Skimmers
Emerald
Spreadwing
Northern
Spreadwing
Paiute
Dancer
Variegated
Meadowhawks
Twenty
Mile Creek
*Pale
Snaketail Ophiogomphus severus [only report 2017]
Eight-spotted
Skimmers
Twelve-spotted
Skimmers
*Aztec
Dancer Argia nahuana [last report 2017]
Emma's
Dancer
Vivid
Dancer
Bodega
Bay
*Northern
Spreadwing Lestes disjunctus – male, only 3rd
known county sighting
…….
Santa
Clara County
Owen
Holt
Colorado Creek along Mines Road
*Giant
Darner (Anax walsinghami) CA chart #148, OC# 466282 [last report 2017]
*River
Bluet (Enallagma anna) [only report 2017]
…….
Lassen
County
McCoy
Flat Reservoir off Hwy 44, 83F, 3-3:30
Four-spotted
Skimmer
Twelve-spotted
Skimmer
Variegated
Meadowhawk
Boreal
Bluet
Western
Forktail
American
Rubyspot – one;
on part of the Big Pine Canal
Blue-eyed
Darner
Giant
Darner – one;
only seen at Keough Hot Ditch
Gray
Sanddragon – one,
Keough Hot Ditch
Western
River Cruiser –
one, on part of the Big Pine Canal
Pacific
Spiketails - a few
at Baker Creek Campground
Eight-spotted
Skimmer – many
Western
Pondhawk –
many
Deep Creek @ Mojave River Confluence - Lower section of Deep Creek with some desert influence. Sandy bottomed rather than rocky. Hiked in around a mile. 97F, clear, gusty 19 species seen; 45 species for Blitz total.
American
Rubyspot
California
Dancer
+Aztec
Dancer (Argia nahuana)
Vivid
Dancer
Arroyo
Bluet
*Serpent
Ringtail Erpetogomphus lampropeltis [last report 2017]
Gray
Sanddragon
Common
Green Darner
Giant
Darner (Anax walsinghami) [lifer for Sandra]
Blue-eyed
Darner
Western
River Cruiser
Western
Pondhawk
Pale-faced
Clubskimmer
Flame
Skimmer
*Blue
Dasher
Red
Rock Skimmer [
+Wandering
Glider
Black
Saddlebags
Red
Saddlebags
Lost
Lake - Foothill riparian
area and fault seep pond.85F, clear, windy
Tule
Bluet
No/Bo
Bluet
Familiar
Bluet
Gray
Sanddragon
+Giant
Darner (Anax walsinghami)
Blue-eyed
Darner
Western
Pondhawk
Flame
Skimmer
Bleached
Skimmer [lifer for
BJ]
+Variegated
Meadowhawk
Black
Saddlebags
+Red
Saddlebags (Tramea onusta)
Plunge
Creek – small lowland riparian
area
California
Dancer
Vivid
Dancer
+Pacific
Forktail
Blue-eyed
Darner
+Pale-faced
Clubskimmer (Brechmorhoga mendax)
+*Neon
Skimmer (Libellula croceipennis)
Flame
Skimmer
East
Highland Reservoir - Man made lowland pond. Access by HOA members only. This was the perfect
way to end the blitz, sitting in the shade by the pond and watching the Ode
activity.
Common
Green Darner
+*Red-tailed
Pennant (Brachymesia furcata)
Flame
Skimmer
+Mexican
Amberwing (Perithemis intensa)
Blue
Dasher
Western
Pondhawk
Tule
Bluet
Pacific
Forktail
…….
Lassen
County
Tom
Benson
Papoose
Meadows near Eagle Lake at dusk
Emerald
Spreadwings - dozens (hundreds?)
…….
Placer
County
Dee
Warenycia
Backyard,
Roseville
Variegated
Meadowhawk
June
30, 2017
Bluff
Lake- Higher elevation
lake and wetland. Drove up via dirt road. 7 species seen. Count total 19
Emerald
Spreadwing
+Northern
Bluet (Enallagma annexum)
+Boreal
Bluet (E. boreale)
+Blue-eyed
Darner (Rhionaeschna multicolor) – female in hand
Wandering
Glider
Variegated
Meadowhawk
Green
Valley Lake near
Arrowbear - Man made mountain pond. Drove up via paved road. 8 species Count
total 19
+Emerald
Spreadwing (Lestes dryas)
Northern
Bluet
Western
Forktail
Blue-eyed
Darner
Flame
Skimmer
Glider
sp.
Black
Saddlebags
Deep
Creek – a mountain
trout stream with a rocky bottom. Drove up via bumpy dirt road. Hiked down
river channel. 19 species seen. Count total 37 species seen
+American
Rubyspot (Hetaerina americana)
+*Sooty
Dancer (Argia lugens) [last report 2017]
+*Lavender
Dancer (Argia hinei) – lifer for the Biggs & Sandra [last report 2017]
+Vivid
Dancer (Argia vivida)
+Northern
Bluet
+Arroyo
Bluet (Enallagma praevarum)
+Pacific
Forktail (Ischnura cervula)
+Western
Forktail (I. perparva)
+*Bison
Snaketail (Ophiogomphus bison)
+Grappletail
(Octogomphus specularis) – one, lifer for BJ
+Serpent
Ringtail (Erpetogomphus lampropeltis lampropeltis) –2, lifer for the
Biggs & Sandra
Gray
Sanddragon
+Walker’s
Darner (Aeshna walkeri)
+Western
River Cruiser (Macromia magnifica) – lifer for BJ
+Pacific
Spiketail (Cordulegaster dorsalis) – lifer for BJ
Flame
Skimmer
+Red
Rock Skimmer (Paltothemis lineatipes) - abundant, many females seen
Variegated
Meadowhawk
+Cardinal
Meadowhawk (Sympetrum illotum)
June
29, 2017
Harper
Dry Lake - Man made small desert
wetland. Drove up dirt road. 8 species seen Count total 18
Dancer
sp.
Desert
Forktail
+Rambur’s
Forktail (Ischnura ramburii)
Aeshna sp.
Common
Green Darner
Blue
Dasher
Western
Pondhawk
Bleached
Skimmer
Afton
Canyon - Mojave River
rises to the surface here with reeds, grasses and trees. Drove up dirt road
with some sandy parts. 100, clear, calm, hazy. 11 species seen Count total 17
+California
Dancer (Argia agrioides)
Familiar
Bluet
+Black-fronted
Forktail (Ischnura denticollis)
Desert
Forktail
+Desert
Firetail (Telebasis salva)
Common
Green Darner
+Gray
Sanddragon (Progomphus borealis)
Western
Pondhawk
Comanche
Skimmer
Bleached
Skimmer
Flame
Skimmer
Blue
Dasher
Zzyzx
Springs 99F clear, calm
hazy 13 species seen. Count total 13
+Tule
Bluet (Enallagma carunculatum)
+Familiar
Bluet (E. civile)
+Desert
Forktail (Ischnura barberi)
+Western
Pondhawk (Erythemis collocata)
+Comanche
Skimmers (Libellula comanche)
+Bleached
Skimmer (L. composita)
+Flame
Skimmer (L. saturata)
+Roseate
Skimmer (Orthemis ferruginea) – 1 female
+Blue
Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis)
+Wandering
Glider (Pantala flavescens)
+Variegated
Meadowhawk (Sympetrum corruptum)
+Black
Saddlebags (Tramea lacerata)
Also
seen – Lesser Nighthawk & Prairie Falcon
Ash
Creek Wildlife Area
In
about 0.1 mile of creek, not paying super close attention to odes, we saw the
following:
Bluets (unidentified) - common
Emma's
Dancer - 3
American
Rubyspot - 12
*River
Jewelwing Calopteryx aequabilis- 30+ [last report 2017]
Darner
sp. - 1
8-spotted
Skimmer - 5
At
the nearby pond, I also saw:
Western
Forktail
Western
[Band-winged] Meadowhawk
12-spotted
Skimmer
Common
Whitetail
June
26, 2017
Deep Creek
*Serpent Ringtail Erpetogomphus lampropeltis lampropeltis
June
24, 2017
Sierra
County
Dave
Johnson
Yuba Pass, Highway 49
Red-veined Meadowhawk
Plumas County
Marble Hot Springs Rd in Sierra Valley
Band-winged Meadowhawk
June
22, 2017
No/Bo
Bluet – many
pairs + single males
Western
Forktail – male
and female
12-spotted
Skimmer – 2
males, 3 ovipositing females at the same time!
Flame
Skimmer – a
male, species #19 for the pond
June
21, 2017
Deep Creek
*Lavender Dancer Argia hinei
…….
San Benito County
Paul Johnson
June
16, 2017
Shasta
County
Michael
and Muriel Plank
Lake
McCumber near Shingletown - 110 outside at 4PM.
First
day looking for dragonflies this year due to weather and remodel of our home.
It
was a great day.
*Boreal
Bluets Enallagma
boreale by the
hundreds
Familiar
Bluets by the
hundreds
Common
Whitetails
Four-spotted
Skimmers
Twelve-spotted
Skimmers
Dot-tailed
Whiteface
Cardinal
Meadowhawk
Red-veined
Meadowhawk
*Mountain
Emeralds Somatochlora semicircularis
Pacific
Clubtails
At
Withrow Rd. below Shingletown
*Hoary
Skimmers Libellula nodisticta
Flame
Skimmers
June
14, 2017
Sonoma
County
Kathy
Biggs, Doug Karalun
We
followed Alan Wight's route from last week and found Doug’s 2 desired
species:
*Exclamation
Damsel Zoniagrion exclamationis -
1 male where Blutcher Creek crosses Bloomfield Rd.(the nursery was closed or
we'd have gone there)
*San
Francisco Forktail Ischnura gemina - 1 male next to Stormy's
Tavern at Bloomfield Creek. [last report 2017] Another along this creek where
it passes under Valley Ford Rd.
Also
seen there - Cardinal Meadowhawk, darner sp., Western Forktail
Also
looked at another site ~ half mile north of there where Tim Manolis and I had
seen them before. Found another male SF Forktail at the site by a
farmhouse.
About
a mile south of Bloomfield, where Estero Americana Ck passes under Valley Ford
Rd, we found about 15 SF Forktails, including a pair in wheel where the
female is andromorphic. 464394
June
13, 2017
Inyo
County
Ron
& Barbara Oriti
Big
Pine Canal
Western
River Cruisers
– several
…….
Lassen
County
Tim
& Annette Manolis
Blue
Lake
*Spiny
Baskettail Epitheca spinigera - I observed small numbers
of tenerals just emerging from the edge of the lake near the first parking lot
(boat ramp and day use). [only report of 2017]
June
12, 2017
Sonoma
County
Kathy
& Dave Biggs
Sebastopol
backyard
*Walker’s
Darner Aeshna walkeri
June
11, 2017
Inyo
County
Ron
& Barbara Oriti
Bartlett
Spgs
Comanche
Skimmers - couple
June
10, 2017
Sonoma
County
Kathy
& Dave Biggs and the SF Photography Club
Bigsnest
Wildlife Pond, Sebastopol
Pacific
Forktail- many
Western
Forktail - many
Pacific
Spiketail - Kathy
saw it do 3 quick flybies in the back
Flame
Skimmer - males
Blue
Dasher – males,
female, ovipositing
Common
Whitetail – a
quick flyby
Cardinal
Meadowhawk– males,
female, ovipositing
Striped
Meadowhawk –
our foy, young male (it’s been a few yrs since we’ve had one here)
…
Alan
Wight
I
looked for San Francisco Forktails at the known locations in Bloomfield, Sonoma
County. I didn’t find any. This was mainly because the deep
ditch south of Valley Ford Road is now fenced off so I wasn’t able to
look along the ditch.
I
then drove back toward Petaluma and stopped where Americano Creek crosses
Valley Ford Road just west of the north end of Carmody Road. I saw two San
Francisco Forktails on the south side of the road and at least four on the
north side. This is a little over a mile from the Bloomfield location.
Here’s
a photo of one:http://www.sonic.net/~shwand/odonata/san_francisco_forktail_0159.jpg
Also,
I saw two Exclamation Damsels along Blucher Creek where it crosses
Bloomfield Road. This has been a fairly reliable spot for this species
over the years (I check here each year in June while doing my annual breeding
bird census).
June
8, 2017
Calaveras
County
Beulah
Brown
private
pond in Avery, at 4,200 feet
California
Darner (Rhionaeschna californica)
Common
Whitetail (Plathemis lydia)
Red
Saddlebags (Tramea onusta) - male photographed
June
5, 2017
San
Bernardino County
Doug
Karalun
Got
out to Deep Creek for the first time this year. Water is definitely
deeper than last year.
Splinter's
Cabin Day Use Area
Northern
Bluet >10
Vivid
Dancer Present in
decent numbers. It is our default Argia along streams.
Western
Forktail 6
Pacific
Forktail 10 or so
Blue-eyed
Darner One.
Bison
Snaketail Numerous
and first ode seen today
Grappletail Saw one away from water
perched on a branch.
Red
Rock Skimmer
Numerous
Devil's
Hole
American
Rubyspot 1
Bluet
sp. Abundant
Blue-eyed
Darner 2
Western
River Cruiser
1
Flame
Skimmer 2
Red
Rock Skimmer 3
June
4, 2017
San
Bernardino County
Doug
Karalun
Plunge
Creek today to see what has changed in the last few weeks.
Vivid
Dancer 20+
*Pale-faced
Clubskimmer Brechmorhoga mendax 1
Flame
Skimmer 5
Red
Rock Skimmer 1
…….
Sonoma
County
Sandra
Hunt-von Arb
Lake
Sonoma-We camped in the Yorty Creek arm, but this is at the very end of the
Brushy Creek arm
Exclamation
Damsel –
photographed, 4-5, all males
June
3, 2017
Inyo
County
Ron
& Barbara Oriti
Bartlett
Spgs
Desert
Whitetails - lots
*Hoary
Skimmers Libellula nodisticta – some
…
Inyo
County
BJ Stacey
Big
Pine Canal at Reynolds Rd
Eight-spotted Skimmer Libellula forensis
168--Owens River (Inyo County)
American Rubyspot Hetaerina americana
395--Division Creek Rest Area
Eight-spotted Skimmer Libellula forensis
Spot-winged Glider Pantala hymenaea
Cottonwood Rd (Off 395)
Flame Skimmer Libellula saturata
June
2, 2017
Modoc
County
Modoc
NWR
Common Whitetail Plathemis lydia
Bluets (Damselflies) Genus Enallagma
…….
Sonoma
County
Kathy
& Dave Biggs
Bigsnest
Wildlife Pond, Sebastopol
Pacific
Forktail
Western
Forktail
Pacific
Spiketail
Eight-spotted
Skimmer
Widow
Skimmer –
first one since 1996!!
Flame
Skimmer
Blue
Dasher
Common
Whitetail
Cardinal
Meadowhawk
9
species in one day ties the pond’s diversity record.
…….
Inyo
County
BJ Stacey
395-Rest
Area--Lassen County
Vivid Dancer Argia vivida
Western Forktail Ischnura perparva
June
1, 2017
Colusa
County
Greg
Kareofellas
Near
Fout’s Springs
Epitheca
canis
- 100-200, I have never seen so many before
*Tanypteryx hageni Black Petaltail. Just about ready to take a pic
when a female flew by and off the male went.
Unknown
Sympetrum,
probable
Rhionaeschna multicolor
Phanogomphus kurilis
May
30, 2017
Siskiyou
County
Kathy
& Dave Biggs
Dragonfly
Roost backyard pond, Mt. Shasta Forest, McCloud
Four-spotted
Skimmer –
EIGHT emerged from the pond today!
May
29, 2017
Siskiyou
County
Kathy
& Dave Biggs
Soda
Springs/Beaver pond on Squaw Creek, McCloud
There
were a few more species flying, but the Swift Forktails were mighty hard
to find. We thought we'd found the first Western Red Damsels of the year until
we talked to Celise Sharp who had them yesterday at her pond!
*Western
Red Damsel Amphiagrion abbreviatum - a few: first of year seen
yesterday in Big Springs by Celise Sharpe and Dennis Ball
Bluet
sp. - 1 m
Swift
Forktail - a
few
Pacific
Forktail - a few
Western
Forktail - abundant
Co.
Green Darner - 1 or
more
CA
Darner - 1 or more,
1 seen well while perching
Blue-eyed
Darner - maybe one
of this species
Twelve-spotted
Skimmer - several
males
Common
Whitetail - many
males
Cardinal
Meadowhawk - 1-3
males
At
our backyard pond in Mt. Shasta Forest, McCloud
Western
Forktail - a few
Darner
sp - possibly a CA
Darner
Twelve-spotted
Skimmer - 2 males
Common
Whitetail - 1 male
and
the first exuvia of the year found on the pond.
…….
Placer
County
Dee
Warenycia
Backyard,
104 Stratford Court, Roseville
Common
Whitetail
Flame
Skimmer
May
28, 2017
Santa
Barbara County
Hugh
Ranson
the
middle Santa Ynez River:
Pacific
Forktail 2
Northern
Bluet 2 netted
Arroyo
Bluet 2 netted
Bluet
sp. 20
California
Dancer 1
Variegated
Meadowhawk 10
(including several teneral)
Cardinal
Meadowhawk 3
Flame
Skimmer 12
Red
Rock Skimmer 3
Giant
Darner 2
…….
Mono
County
Ron
& Barbara Oriti
River
Spg,
*Desert
Whitetail Plathemis subornata - couple
DeChambeau Ponds
Black
Saddlebags - couple
May
27, 2017
Santa
Barbara County
Hugh
Ranson
Paradise
Road, the gateway to the middle Santa Ynez River
This,
finally reopened yesterday. The road had been blocked by landslides, and the
river crossings were covered by debris. Since I became interested in
dragonflies 5 years ago, this has been one of my go-to places. The watershed
has also been in drought for these same 5 years, meaning that odonata activity
was restricted largely to isolated pools in the river bed. In those years
numbers of odes gradually diminished. For
example, three years ago I saw 17 Serpent Ringtails in one binocular sweep, but
I saw only one last year. Much the same was true for Gray Sanddragons and
Western River Cruisers.
I
saw very little along the flowing river today. There was only one dancer, a
California, where they are usually common. There is not much emergent
vegetation yet, and I'm sure it will take time for the river to
"restock" with odes after their decimation. I wonder how long. I also
wonder if the scouring action of the river, when it was really flowing, could
have washed away many of the remaining nymphs.
One
of my favorite pools at Live Oak Day Use area no longer exists because the
river changed course there. It is now dry where there used to be a deep pool.
There
were quite a few Variegated Meadowhawks about, including some tenerals
and some old ones. The highlight was seeing two Giant Darners.
May
25, 2017
Colusa
County
Leslie
Flint
Several
spots along Bear Creek. I have never been there this early and the creek was
very high and some of my favorite spots were barely accessible. I couldn't get
into the reeds so my species list is small:
Gray
Sanddragon - 12+
(more than I have ever seen at one time)
Pacific Clubtail - 1 (brief)
Variegated Meadowhawk - 2
Flame Skimmer - 12+
Common Whitetail - 2
No/Bo Bluets - many
*Sooty Dancer Argia lugens - 6
…….
Siskiyou
County
Kathy
& Dave Biggs; Greg Kareofellas
Shasta River @ Hudson Road, 12-3:30. 76-81F, calm, but water very high and fast
River
Jewelwing - many
dozen, they were everywhere we looked
American
Rubyspot -
maybe 10
Western
Forktail - several
*Emma's Dancer Argia emma– many
Vivid Dancer – some
No/Bo Bluet – a few
Western Forktails – some
Co.
Green Darner - 1 m
seem by Kathy & Dave
California Darner – several males
Pacific Clubtail – several dozen, the males were quite abundant
Klamath River at 1st ‘put in’ ~1 mile upstream from the Highway Bridge
River Jewelwing – some
Vivid Dancer – at least one
*Sinuous Snaketail Ophiogomphus occidentis – a few emerging [last report 2017]
Pacific Clubtail – a few emerging
*Beaverpond Baskettail sp – [last report of 2017!] – 2 m seen by Kathy
May
24, 2017
Siskiyou
County
Kathy
& Dave Biggs
Soda
Springs, McCloud, 4-4:30 80F - pond mostly already in the shade
Pacific
Forktail - several
Western
Forktail - several
*Swift
Forktail Ischnura erratica - 3 m & 1 orange teneral female (photo) (only report 2017]
*Walker's
Darner Aeshna walkeri -
1 m (possibly this species, bright white wide side stripes but I couldn't see a
spine on the appendages, no photo)
Co.
Green Darner - 1 m
12-spotted
Skimmer - 2 m &
1 f
Co.
Whitetail - 2 m
…….
San
Bernardino County
Tom
Benson
Seven
Oaks Reservoir
Common
Whitetail –
OC#463004
May
22, 2017
Santa
Clara County
Nancy
Anquith
Picchetti
OSP
Common
whitetail
May 23, 2017
Inyo County
Ron & Barbara Oriti
Keoughs
Gray Sanddragons - a few
May 21, 2017
Siskiyou County
Kathy & Dave Biggs
Mt. Shasta Forest, McCloud
Twelve-spotted Skimmer – 2 males inc. one pair in wheel
Bluet sp (Northern or Boreal)
…….
Mariposa County
Matthew Matthiessen
This location is on private property, physically closest to (and east of) the town of Midpines
Beaverpond Baskettail Epitheca canis - ~20 photo of a female CA Chart# 101, OC#463317
May 20, 2017
Colusa County
Kathy & Dave Biggs
Bear Creek, 1:30-2:00, 89F, breezy, lots of water!
American Rubyspot – 1 m, 1 f
California Dancer – 1 m photographed
Tule Bluet
No/Bo Bluets
California Darner
Blue-eyed Darner – more abundant the the CA Darners (no Anax seen at all)
Pacific Clubtail – 1 male photographed
*Western River Cruiser Macromia magnifica – 1-3 males seen, photographed. No exuvia under the bridge though
Flame Skimmer – dozens, but probably less than a 100
…….
Santa Barbara County
Hugh Ranson
Seaside Nursery in Carpinteria
Rambur's Forktail – a male. This is now the fourth year these beasts have appeared (emerged) at the tiny pond there. Also present were three
Pacific Forktails, a
Blue Dasher, and a
Flame Skimmer
…….
Sacramento County
Tim Manolis & Sacamento Audubon field trip members
American River Parkway, Stuff this year is very late, not surprising, all the rivers are running high and cold. Very few dragonflies seen today or in recent weeks. are flying at the American River spot, though.
Sinuous Snaketail (Ophiogomphus occidentis) – only one
Exclamation Damsels – some
…….
Inyo County
Ron & Barbara Oriti
Big
Pine Canal
Giant
Darners – a
couple
May 18, 2017
Colusa County
Greg Kareofellas
Little Stony Creek
*Grappletail Octogomphus specularis – 1 male photographed
…….
Sonoma County
Kathy & Dave Biggs
Their Sebastopol backyard
Cardinal Meadowhawks – males guarding, females ovipositing
Flame Skimmers - males guarding, a female ovipositing
Pacific Spiketail Cordulegaster dorsalis – 1 female hunting in the backyard
Blue Dasher – 2 immature males
Pacific Forktails – MANY
Western Forktail – some
Vivid Dancer – in backyard, not at pond
No/Bo Bluet – 1 male
Black Spreadwing – 1 male
Common Whitetail – 1 male flyby late in the afternoon
…
Alan Wight
Keysight Technologies, Santa Rosa
Pacific Spiketail - my first of the year. One of my favorites! It was a male.
May 17, 2017
San Mateo County
Jennifer Rycenga
Park where Bay Meadows Track used to be
Black Spreadwing Lestes stultus first one reported in county in decades
May 15, 2017
Sacramento County
Tim Manolis
American River Parkway
*Sinuous Snaketail (Ophiogomphus occidentis) - a couple along the at my usual spot behind Rio Americano High School
May 14, 2017
Riverside County
Peter Siminski
Dos Palmas Preserve; Dos Palmas oasis, Felger oasis, Agua Farms and fish ponds; Elev. -100’ to -240’; 7:00-12:40, 66-90F, altostratus clearing by end of walk, light air. 4.25 miles.
Paiute Dancer, Argia Alberta 1
Powdered Dancer, A. moesta 1
Blue-ringed Dancer, A. sedula 2
Rambur’s Forktail, Ischnura ramburii 2
Variegated Meadowhawk, Sympetrum corruptum 1
Western Pondhawk, Erythemis collocata >20
Blue Dasher, Pachydiplax longipennis >40
Comanche Skimmer, Libellula comanche 10
Bleached Skimmer, L. composita 2
Widow Skimmer, L. luctuosa 1
Flame Skimmer, L. saturata 8
*Marl Pennant, Macrodiplax balteata 15 [last report 2017]
Black Saddlebags, Tramea lacerata 2
…….
Siskiyou County
Dave Payne
Shasta River @ Hudson Rd. The river remains high and chilly.
*River Jewelwing Calopteryx aequabilis 1 female sunning in the grasses along.
Pacific Clubtails, only a handful
bluets, a few teneral
…….
Sonoma County
Kathy & Dave Biggs
Their Sebastopol backyard
Cardinal Meadowhawks – males guarding, females ovipositing and 2 emerging
Flame Skimmers - males guarding, a female ovipositing and 1emerging
*Pacific Spiketail Cordulegaster dorsalis – 1 female hunting in the backyard
…
David Hoffman
Willow Creek
American Rubyspot Hetaerina americana – 1 male photographed
May 12, 2017
Inyo County
Ron & Barbara Oriti
Blackrock Wetlands
Eight-spotted Skimmer – 1
May 11, 2017
Mono County
Ron & Barbara Oriti
Fish
Slough,
Flame
Skimmers – a
few
May 8, 2017
Sacramento County
Dave Johnson
t Sailor Bar (with photos) on the American River Parkway
*Twelve-spotted Skimmer Libellula pulchella - a male
May 6, 2017
Solano County
Rita LaRoy
Rockville Hills Regional Park
*Red-veined Meadowhawk Sympetrum madidum
May 5, 2017
San Bernardion County
Matthew
Grube
May 4, 2017
Sonoma County
Alan
Wight
Nagasawa
Park in Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, I saw the following:
Pacific
Forktail – several
Bluet
sp. – several
*Black
Spreadwing Lestes stultus – 2+
Beaverpond
Baskettail – 3
Pacific
Clubtail – 1,
first of year
California
Darner – 1
Darner
sp. – 1
Flame
Skimmer – 2
Western
Pondhawk – 3
Blue
Dasher – 4+,
first of year
*Common
Whitetail Plathemis lydia – 3, first of year
Eight-spotted
Skimmer – 4+
Striped
Meadowhawk - 1
Cardinal
Meadowhawk – 2
May 1, 2017
Sonoma County
Dave & Kathy Biggs
Graton in a yard with no pond, but several vineyard ponds nearby
Vivid
Dancer - 1 male
Flame
Skimmer - 1 male
8-spotted
Skimmer - 1 male
CA
Darners seen nearby
Our
Sebastopol Pond
Cardinal
Meadowlarks in
skirmishes with
2
Flame Skimmer males (we think at least one emerged from the pond while
we were gone)
Pacific
Forktails
April 30, 2017
San
Bernardino County
Doug
Karalun
Made
my first trip of the year to the confluence of the Mojave River and Deep Creek.
Lots of water this year.
Familiar
Bluet
Western
Forktail
Pacific
Forktail
*California
Dancer Argia agrioides
Vivid
Dancer
Giant
Darner
Blue-eyed
Darner
*Gray
Sanddragon Progomphus borealis
Flame
Skimmer
Red
Rock Skimmer
Variegated
Meadowhawk
Hesperia
Lakes was full of anglers but a few odes were lurking on the mossy ditch that
drains the Lake.
Tule
Bluet
Black-fronted
Forktail
*Aztec
Dancer Argia nahuana
Variegated
Meadowhawk
April 29, 2017
Orange
County
Rich
Schilk
Visited
Ralph B. Clark Regional Park with my daughter Arabella yesterday afternoon and
got a few odes, the best of which was a Giant Darner. Temperature was in the
high 80s - low 90s.
Familiar
Bluet, Enallagma civile OC# 462323
Common Green Darner, Anax junius
Giant Darner, Anax walsinghami OC# 462322
Flame Skimmer, Libellula saturata
Blue Dasher, Pachydiplax longipennis
Black Saddlebags, Tramea lacerata
Red Saddlebags, Tramea onusta
April
27/28 2017
Siskiyou County
Dave
& Kathy Biggs, Celise Sharpe & Dennis Ball
The
Sharpe –Ball backyard pond in Big Springs – 28th
CA
Darner – one
emerged during the morning (below freezing the night before)
Pacific
Forktails – several
Dave
& Kathy Biggs
McCloud
River walk, between Lower and Middle Falls – 27th
Variegated
Meadowhawk - 1
April 25 2017
Sonoma County
Alan
Wight
Keysight
Technologies site on Fountaingrove Parkway in Santa Rosa,
Vivid
Dancer – 5+
Darner
sp. – 1
Variegated
Meadowhawk – 1
*Striped
Meadowhawk Sympetrum pallipes – 1http://www.sonic.net/~shwand/odonata/temp/striped_meadowhawk_8231.jpg
April 23, 2017
San Benito County
Steve Rovell
Pinnacles NP
Vivid Dancers 4
Variegated Meadowhawk 1
…….
Riverside County
Peter Siminski
Dos Palmas Preserve; Dos Palmas oasis, Felger oasis, Agua Farms and fish ponds; Elev. -100’ to -240’; 6:45-11:35, 70-97F, mostly cirrus clouds, calm air. 3.6 miles.
Blue-ringed Dancer, Argia sedula 11
Desert Forktail, Ischnura barberi 1
Common Green Darner, Anax junius 2
Blue-eyed Darner, Rhionaeschna multicolor 1
Variegated Meadowhawk, Sympetrum corruptum 2
Western Pondhawk, Erythemis collocata >25
Blue Dasher, Pachydiplax longipennis >50
*Comanche Skimmer, Libellula comanche 2
Flame Skimmer, L. saturata >40 including a pair in wheel and an ovipositing female.
*Marl Pennant, Macrodiplax balteata 5
Black Saddlebags, Tramea lacerata 16 including one pair in tandem.
Note: Only one forktail seen, very odd for this location.
…
Peter
Gaede
Dos
Palmas Preserve this morning too, but stayed a little later into the day
(0830-1330).
I
kept a list independently, and had 17 species. Temps hit 100° F by the time
I left.
Rambur’s
Forktail—4.
Desert
Forktail—7.
Citrine
Forktail—6
(ph).
*Powdered
Dancer (Argia moesta)—1 blue female (ph).
Blue-ringed
Dancer—24,
including several pairs ovipositing (ph).
Paiute
Dancer—3,
including one in hand.
Common
Green Darner—3.
Flame
Skimmer—40+.
*Bleached
Skimmer (Libellula composita)—4 (ph.; one in hand).
**Widow
Skimmer (Libellula luctuosa)—I teneral female (ph).
Comanche
Skimmer—11
(ph).
Mexican
Amberwing—1
male (ph).
Western
Pondhawk—16.
Variegated
Meadowhawk—1.
Blue
Dasher—60+.
Black
Saddlebags—10,
one pair ovipositing, one in tandem.
*Marl
Pennant—7
(ph).
…….
Tom
Benson
San
Bernardino County
Glen
Helen Regional Park
*Giant
Darners Anax walsinghami - two OC# 462183
…….
Mono
County
Ron
& Barbara Oriti
Fish
Slough
*Four-spotted
Skimmer Libellula quadrimaculata - One
April 21 2017
Sonoma County
Kathy Biggs
Took
a quick dash out to the Bloomfield Rd site to look for SF Forktails (Ischnura
gemina). Found one male out and got images of him.
*SF
Forktails (Ischnura gemina)
Pacific
Forktail - 3M
Western
Forktail - 1M
CA
Darner - 1M
They
were all seen in the roadside ditch along Petaluma-Valley Ford Rd. between
Bloomfield Rd and Bloomfield Ck. on the east side of the road. It's interesting
because I believe that this ditch is ephemeral. There are many ephemeral
ditches about the tiny town and it would be wonderful if someone could check
them out soon. I can't as we'll be gone this next week, infact, I only had 20
mins to spend at the site today. It would also be interesting to find out if
the SF Forktails at Fort Point are up and about already too.
….
Alan Wight
Nagasawa
Park in Santa Rosa
Pacific
Forktail –
many
Western
Forktail – 1
female
Bluet
sp. – 6+
Vivid
Dancer – 1
Black
Spreadwing –
8+
Beaverpond
Baskettail - 5+
Darner
sp. - 4+, likely California
Cardinal
Meadowhawk - 4+
Flame
Skimmer – 1
female, first of year
*Eight-spotted
Skimmer Libellula forensis – 2+, first of year
Western
Pondhawk Erythemis collocata – 2-3, first of year
April 19, 2017
Inyo
County
Ron
& Barbara Oriti
Rawson
Ponds
Black
Saddlebags – a
few
April 15, 2017
Santa Bernardino County
Doug
Karalun
Weather
was in the 80s so more odes are coming out.
Plunge
Creek
Rhionaeschna
sp. 2
Vivid
Dancer 15
East
Highland Reservoir
Tule
Bluet 10
Pacific
Forktail 20
Blue-eyed
Darner 1
Blue
Dasher 3
Flame
Skimmer 2
*Mexican
Amberwing Perithemis intensa 1
April 11, 2017
Santa Barbara County
Hugh Ranson
Lake
Los Carneros, Goleta
Flame
Skimmer (2)
*Red Saddlebags Tramea onusta (1)
Common
Green Darner (1)
Blue-eyed
Darner (4)
Blue
Dasher (1)
Tule
Bluet (10)
Familiar
Bluet (5)
Pacific
Forktail (3)
…
Santa
Ynez Valley
Wim
Van Dam
*Northern
Bluet photographed
Western
Forktail
photographed
April 10, 2017
Sonoma County
Dave and Kathy Biggs
Pine Flat Rd., east of Healdsburg
*Arroyo Bluet Enallagma praevarum
Cardinal Meadowhawk
April 9, 2017
Riverside County
Peter Siminski
Dos Palmas Preserve; Dos Palmas oasis, Felger oasis, Agua Farms and fish ponds; Elev. -100’ to -240’; 7:00-11:55, 60-68F, mostly cirrus clouds, breezy NW. 3.6 miles.
*Paiute Dancer, Argia alberta 2
Blue-ringed Dancer, A. sedula 8
Vivid Dancer, A. vivida 1
Rambur’s Forktail, Ischnura ramburii 10
*Desert Forktail, I. barberi 2
Common Green Darner, Anax junius 2
Blue-eyed Darner, Rhionaeschna multicolor 1
Variegated Meadowhawk, Sympetrum corruptum 2
Western Pondhawk, Erythemis collocata 11
*Blue Dasher, Pachydiplax longipennis >75
*Flame Skimmer, Libellula saturata 16
*Black Saddlebags, Tramea lacerata 2
…….
Napa County
Dave
and Kathy Biggs
We
had to go to Napa, to pick up a new kayak. Decided to make the most of it and
hike in Skyline Park while there. Some wildflowers, but some Odes too!!
Beaverpond
Baskettail (4-12)
FOY
Pacific
Clubtail (1 y m).
FOY
Calif.
Darner (1-3)
Vivid
Dancer (5 y m)
Pacific
Forktails
a
lone female Bluet
April 4, 2017
Sacramento County
Sailor
Bar on the American River Parkway
California
Darner - 3-4 male
*Wandering
Glider Pantala flavescens - 1
Pacific
Forktails - 10-15
Western
Forktails - 10-15
Tule
Bluets - several
…….
Mono
County
Ron
& Barbara Oriti
Fish
Slough
Common
Green Darners - Couple
*Western
Pondhawk Erythemis collocata - One
March 31, 2017
Sonoma County
Alan
Wight
Nagasawa
Park in Santa Rosa,
Pacific
Forktail –
many
Western
Forktail –
2-3, females
Tule
Bluet – 1
*Black
Spreadwing Lestes stultus – 2-3, by ephemeral pond, first of year
Variegated
Meadowhawk – 1
Cardinal
Meadowhawk –
1, female
Darner sp. – 1
Beaverpond
Baskettail – 2
March 30, 2017
Sonoma County
Cardinal Meadowhawk, Sympetrum illotum – 20 emerged plus one mature on territory (new record # of emergers)
Pacific Forktail – 2 males and a female
*Exclamation Damsel Zoniagrion exclamationis – 29 males, 7 females plus one tandem
…
Brian Webb
Santa Rosa Creek
*Pacific Clubtail Phanogomphus kurilis
..
Alan Wight
Santa Rosa- Keysight Technologies on Fountaingrove Parkway
Beaverpond Baskettail
March 29, 2017
Sonoma County
Cardinal
Meadowhawk, Sympetrum illotum, - only a teenager - not all the way 'colored up' to
the Cardinal Red he'll mature to. Only the first Cardy of the year can hold a
territory while still so young....
California Darners have continued to emerge each nite for a week now.
..
Gloria
Conley says they had
their first one of the year too on their pond here in Sebastopol, Sonoma Co.,
CA
…
Alan
Wight
Nagasawa
Park in Santa Rosa
Pacific
Forktail –
many
Tule
Bluet – 12+,
first of year (http://www.sonic.net/~shwand/odonata/tule_bluet_7626.jpg)
Vivid
Dancer – 1
California
Darner – 3, my
first of year
*Beaverpond
Baskettail Epitheca canis– 1, first of year
Cardinal
Meadowhawk –
1, my first of year
….
Sacramento County
Sailor
Bar on the American River Parkway
1
male California Darner
10-15
Pacific Forktails
10-15
Western Forktails (the earliest that I have seen this species at Sailor
Bar (April 9 previous early record)).
March
19, 2017
Inyo
County
Ron
& Barbara Oriti
we
were surprised by what we saw at one of the canals -- a
few Common Green Darners, a few Mosaics, sp., but at least
30 #Variegated Meadowhawks. We have never seen that many
before in March. This early it is usually just an occasional ode or two.
Ron
also found some teneral damselflies. Ode season is starting,
and with all the water this year, it could turn out to be really interesting!
March 18, 2017
San Bernardino County
Doug
Karalun with Matt Grube
Plunge
Creek
Nothing
East
Highland Reservoir
Pacific
Forktail
Tule
Bluet
Flyby
of a large darner
Badger
Basin
Pacific
Forktail
Black-fronted
Forktail
Vivid
Dancer
#
Common Green Darner Anax junius
Rhionaeschna Darner
Variegated
Meadowhawk
Lost
Lake
Familiar
Bluet
*Blue-eyed
Darner Rhionaeschna multicolor
Cajon
Creek
Nothing
…
Inyo
County
Ron
& Barbara Oriti
Owens
River
*Common
Green Darner Anax junius – a few
March 17, 2017
Sonoma County
#*Pantala, 1, likely Pantala hymenaea, cruising along (arrived 2 days before a warm storm)
March 13, 2017
Sonoma County
Hunt
for SF Forktails. With an early date of 3/8/1980, and our terrific weather and
their known haunt just 7 miles down the road (, I convinced Dave to take us
there to hunt for them. We found 7 Forktails, all males, but the 5 who we were
able to ID were
Pacific
Forktails, and the
other 2 appeared to be no different. Earliest day in last 2 decades is 4/1, so
we'll try again around then. Also found 2 Pacific Forktails on our own pond today. But
no Cardinal Meadowhawks.
March 12, 2017
Sonoma County
San
Diego County
Doug
Aguillard
Paradise
Hills. San Diego,
while
covering a house fire, a
*Red
Rock Skimmer Paltothemis lineatipes flew by and started flying low,
up and down the street where excessive water was flowing down the street.
March 11, 2017
Sonoma County
March 10, 2017
Sonoma County
…
Sonoma County
………
San Bernardino County
Doug
Karalun
Temperatures
were in the 80s in Highland today. - 7 species
East
Highland Reservoir
*Tule
Bluet Enallagma carunculatum 10
Pacific
Forktail 20
Plunge
Creek
Unidentified
Darner 1
Church
Street Drainage
*Black-fronted
Forktail Ischnura denticollis 50+
*Familiar
Bluet Enallagma civile 2
Vivid
Dancer
2
Variegated
Meadowhawk 2
March 9, 2017
Sacramento County
March 2, 2017
Sonoma County
March 1, 2017
Sonoma County
February 28, 2017
Sonoma County
February 26, 2017
Riverside County
Peter Siminski
Dos Palmas Preserve; Dos Palmas oasis, Felger oasis, Agua Farms and fish ponds; Elev. -100’ to -240’; 7:55-10:50, 58-60F, cloudless sky, calm air. 3.6 miles.
Blue-ringed Dancer, Argia sedula 1
*Rambur’s Forktail, Ischnura ramburii 1
Variegated Meadowhawk, Sympetrum corruptum 3
January 29, 2017
Humboldt County
January 16, 2017
Santa Barbara County
I
saw my first ode of the year today--you guessed it, a Variegated Meadowhawk-It
was a quite fresh-looking individual. I saw another distant ode at the same
location, probably this species, too.
January 10, 2017
Sonoma County
January 8, 2017
Santa Barbara County
Wim Van Dam
Alamo Pintado Creek in Solvang
*Vivid
Dancers Argia vivida
*American
Rubyspots Hetaerina americana
…….
Santa Bernardino County
Doug
Karalun
Took
advantage of the 75 degree weather to get out. In Highland in a flood
control ditch I saw a
*Variegated
Meadowhawk Sympetrum corruptum male.
