California's Year 2018
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 ) FOY or LOY)
** = new flight data for species in CA
# = probably a migratory event
MO = many observers (usually means a field trip full of observers)
101 species (out of the 114 species known to have occurred in California) have been reported to this site or gleaned from data collected on iNaturalist or the Western Odonata Facebook page, as flying in California in the 2018 season as of the most currant date below.
22 new California county records have been
reported/discovered/upgraded this year. (This # includes upgrades from previous
‘sighting only’ & photo records). County records are underlined and in red
text, preceded by a !! to make them easier to find.
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 confirmation.
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
31, 2018
Santa Barbara County
Chuck
Ballard
Cold Springs Creek
*Vivid
Dancer Argia vivida LOY & new late flight date by 9 days. This species is
now reported as flying all year in favorable weather
**Red Rock Skimmer Paltothemis lineatipes - 1 new late flight date old date 12/4/2008 LOY
December
30, 2018
Santa Barbara County
Chuck
Ballard
Cold Springs Creek
*Variegated
Meadowhawk Sympetrum corruptum LOY
December
29, 2018
Contra Costa County
Briones Regional Park
Rita LeRoy
Variegated
Meadowhawk Sympetrum corruptum
…….
Riverside County
Themal, Salton Sea
*Variegated
Meadowhawk Sympetrum corruptum LOY https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/19310548
…….
Santa Barbara County
Hugh Ranson
Goleta
*Variegated
Meadowhawk Sympetrum corruptum LOY
December
28, 2018
San Diego County
iNaturalist
Lake Murray
Variegated
Meadowhawk https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/19280253
…….
Mendocino County
iNaturalist
Little RIver
Variegated
Meadowhawk https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/19277886
December
22, 2018
Santa Barbara County
Larry Ballard
Cold Spring Creek
**Red Rock Skimmer Paltothemis lineatipes - 1 new late flight date old date 12/4/2008 LOY
*Vivid Dancer Argia vivida —3 LOY (ties
late date)
…
Alamo Pintado Creek in Solvang
Between 14:00 and 14:30 at a temperature of 64 F
*Vivid Dancer Argia vivida - 21+with at least 4
ovipositing pairs. LOY (ties late date)
Unlike in previous winters I did not see any American Rubyspots.
December
19, 2018
Ventura County
Matilija Canyon
Red Rock Skimmer Paltothemis lineatipes - Two males; one
female ovipositing!
Vivid Dancer Argia vivida —two
**California Dancer Argia agrioides —four new late flight date
old date 11/16/2007 LOY
*Common Green Darner Anax junius—one female LOY
December
17, 2018
Solano County
Christmas Bird Count at Blue Rock Springs
in Vallejo
*Common Green Darner Anax junius
December 15,
2018
Ventura County
Matilija Canyon
* Pale-faced Clubskimmer Brechmorhoga mendax new late flight
date old date 11/16/2007 LOY
December
13, 2018
Imperial County
iNaturalist
Kennedy Gardens Elementary School, Calexico
Roseate
Skimmer Orthemis ferruginea https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/19007396
December
11, 2018
Los Angeles County
iNaturalist
Sepulveda Blvd, Torrance
Common
Green Darner https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/18960762
December 9,
2018
Los Angeles County
iNaturalist
Sepulveda Blvd, Torrance
Variegated
Meadowhawk https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/18990793
Common
Green Darner https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/18990802
…….
Shasta County
*Striped
Meadowhawk Sympetrum semicinctum 492414 LOY
December 8,
2018
Santa Clara County
Steve
Rottenborn
Coyote Creek floodplain/overflow channel, San Jose
*Blue-eyed
Darner Rhionaeschna multicolor 1 LOY
December 2,
2018
San Mateo County
iNaturalist
*Cardinal
Meadowhawk Sympetrum illotum https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/18788960
LOY
NovemBER
November
27, 2018
Ventura County
Peter Gaede
Matilija Creek
**Pale-faced
Clubskimmers Brechmorhoga mendax - a minimum of 4 flying [new late date by a week)
Red Rock
Skimmers – a few
**Sooty
Dancer Argia lugens - one (new late date by 3 days)
Vivid
Dancer Argia vivida – one
November
26, 2018
Riverside County
iNaturalist
*Rambur’s
Forktail Ischnura ramburii https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/18680091 LOY
November
25, 2018
Riverside County
iNaturalist
Corona
*Pacific
Forktail Ischnura cervula https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/18639242
*Black-fronted Forktail Ischnura denticollis https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/18639578
November
21, 2018
Inyo County
iNaturalist
Amargosa River
…….
San Diego County
iNaturalist
Dixon Lake, Escondido
November
17, 2018
San Diego County
Anza-Borrego SP
iNaturalist https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/18492562
#Roseate Skimmers- at least 6 on this one shrub. Is that enough to
count as a migratory event? Being in the desert and time of year have me
thinking maybe so.
Variegated
Meadowhawk
…….
Los Angeles
County
*Neon Skimmer Libellula croceipennis https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/18470130
LOY
W Anaheim St, Los Angeles
Wandering
Glider Pantala flavescens https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/18493172
LOY
November
16, 2018
Sacramento County
Folsom Lake State
Recreation Area
*Spotted
Spreadwing Lestes congener https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/18637562
LOY
.......
iNaturalist
Orangdale
*Striped
Meadowhawk Sympetrum pallipes https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/18637158
LOY
November
14, 2018
Los Angeles County
Eaton Canyon
Natural Area, Pasadena
iNaturalist https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/18815094
Neon Skimmer Libellula croceipennis
November
12, 2018
Los Angeles County
Huntington Botanical Gardens
iNaturalist
*Flame
Skimmer Libellula saturata https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/18360396
LOY
November
10, 2018
San Diego County
Otay Lakes,
Fairfax,
iNaturalist
*Western Pondhawk
Erythemis collocata [new late date, old date 10/29/2008]
*Familiar
Bluet Enallagma civile - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/18361367 LOY
November 7,
2018
Santa Barbara County
Wim van Dam
UC Santa
Barbara
*Black
Saddlebags Tramea lacerata - flying over a lawn. [last report of 2018]
November 3,
2018
Los Angeles County
INaturalist
OCTOBER
October 27,
2018
San Bernardino County
Doug
Karalan
Plunge Creek 12:30-2:00
Walker's Darner 2
Pale-faced
Clubskimmer 1
Neon
Skimmer 2
Variegated
Meadowhawk 1
*California Spreadwing Archilestes californicus 7 LOY
Vivid
Dancer 12
East Highland Reservoir 2:30-3:00
Blue-eyed
Darner Rhionaeschna multicolor 1
Mexican
Amberwing 2
Red-tailed
Pennant 2
Familiar
Bluet 4
Tule Bluet Enallagma carunculatum 5 LOY
October 26,
2018
Siskiyou/Shasta County
Kathy & Dave Biggs, Celise Sharp & Dennis Ball
Rail Road Park/Little Castle Creek
(the creek is the county line)
California Spreadwings – dozens, tandem ovipositing, 1 single female ovipositing in underwater
foliage
*Great Spreadwing Archilestes
grandis – at least one female photographed in field and in hand. [LOY
for this species occurred in Jan. 2019]. Perhaps she was grabbed by a male CA
Spreadwing because they dropped the tandem and didn’t go ovipositing.
*Shadow Darner Aeshna umbrosa – 2 males in hand, many darners
seen, all could have been this species. LOY
*Autumn Meadowhawks - ~7 pairs ovipositing, plus 5 individual males LOY
mystery ode – 1 all dark Anisopteran seen by Kathy, landed in fallen leaves
on ground
…….
Sonoma County
iNaturalist
Sonoma Mt. Rd.
October 13,
2018
Marin County
Fairfax,
iNaturalist https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/17485517
!! Great Spreadwing Archilestes
grandis CA chart
#141, OC # 491604
491603
…….
Los Angeles County
iNaturalist https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/18971078
*Spot-winged
Glider Pantala hymenia
October 11,
2018
Los Angeles County
Lower Arroyo
Park, Pasadena
Flame
Skimmer https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/18936158
October 9,
2018
Los Angeles County
iNaturalist
Machado Lake
*Blue
Dasher Pachydiplax longipennis https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/17697952 LOY
October 7,
2018
Santa Clara County
iNaturalist https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/17358484
!! Great Spreadwing Archilestes
grandis CA chart
#141, OC # 491760
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/17399035
…
Coyote
Creek Bioblitz/iNaturalist
*American
Rubyspot Hetaerina americana - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/17581061 LOY
…….
Imperial
County
iNaturalist
Sonny
Bono NWR marsh
*Desert
Forktail Ischnura barberi - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/17218633 LOY
October
6, 2018
Santa
Cruz County
iNaturalist
*Red
Saddlebags Tramea onusta https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/17287759 LOY
October
4, 2018
Riverside
County
iNaturalist
Sonny
Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife , Salton Sea
*Citrine
Forktail Ischnura hastata - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/17218635 LOY
…….
Imperial
County
iNaturalist
Pumice
drain
*Comanche
Skimmer Libellula comanche https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/17218632 LOY
San
Bernardino County
Doug
Karalun
I
visited Deep Creek at Splinters Cabin today. Ode variety was low but some odes
were in greater numbers than I have seen locally. Earlier in the season you see
one Walker's Darner at this location, but today I saw at least 7.
Great
Spreadwing 10
Common
Green Darner 1
Walker's
Darner 7
Blue-eyed
Darner 2
Red
Rock Skimmer 1
Siskiyou
County
Kathy
& Dave Biggs
Glenn
Fine, Kathy & Dave Biggs
Fine
Ranch, west of Weed
California
Spreadwing
Spotted
Spreadwing
Shadow
Darner
Striped
Meadowhawk
Riverside
County
iNaturalist
Modoc
County
iNaturalist
Band-winged
Meadowhawk Sympetrum semicinctum https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/17754086
San
Mateo County
Leslie
Flint
deAnza
Historical Park along San Mateo Creek
**Filigree
Skimmer Pseudoleon superbus NEW LATE FLIGHT DATE, old date 8/30/2015
OC# 490489
LOY
…….
Imperial
County
iNaturalist
Nine
Mile Wash
…….
Mono
County
iNaturalist
*Black
Meadowhawk Sympetrum danae https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/16727264
LOY
San
Mateo County
September
9, 2018
Mono
County
Adobe
Valley
*Hoary
Skimmer Libellula forensis https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/16402345 LOY
September
8, 2018
San
Francisco County
Music
Concourse Dr.
*Eight-spotted
Skimmer Libellula forensis https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/16468639
LOY
September
6, 2018
San
Bernardino County
Fort
Mohave
*Russet-tipped
Clubtail Stylurus plagiatus https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/16296390 LOY
Jack
Smith Park, Needles,
*Marl Pennant
Macrodiplax balteata https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/16296393 LOY
September
5, 2018
El
Dorado County
*White-faced
Meadowhawk Sympetrum interum https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/16251205 LOY
September
3, 2018
Alameda
County
iNaturalist https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/16196400#comment-2069508
Sycamore
Grove Park, Livermore
!!Pale-faced
Clubskimmer Brechmorhoga mendax –
Photo upgrades prior sight only record CA Chart #141 OC # 489669
…….
Shasta
County
iNaturalist
- https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/17262280
*Northern
Spreadwing Lestes disjunctus LOY
……
Mono County
*Desert
Whitetail Plathemis subornata https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/16183325
LOY
September
2, 2018
Fresno
County
iNaturalist
San
Joaquin River, Fresno
*Emma's
Dancer Argia emma last report 2018] https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/17816213 LOY
*Northern
Spreadwing Lestes disjunctus LOY https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/17816002
August
31, 2018
Mono
County
iNaturalist
Lee
Vining
*Cherry-faced
Meadowhawk Sympetrum internum https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/19264420
LOY
Calaveras
County
Cat
Chang and Leslie Flint
White
Pines Lake near Arnold
Searched
for Autumn Meadowhawk. I thought it might be early but we spent the better part
of the day looking and not finding. On our last pass along the lake shore, we
saw a small golden teneral dragonfly flutter up and over a bank. P
#Common Green Darner (hundreds)
#Mosaic-type Darners (mixed with the
swarming Common Greens)
Black Saddlebags - 1
Flame Skimmer - 1
Widow Skimmer - 6+
Band-winged Meadowhawk - 1
Striped Meadowhawk - 1
*Autumn Meadowhawk Sympetrum vicinum - (FOY)1
Blue Dasher - numerous
Vivid Dancer
Pacific Forktail
Tule/Arroyo Bluet
…….
San
Diego County
iNatualist
Coachella
Valley Ridge
*Arroyo Bluet
Enallagma praevarum https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/16075709 LOY
Mono
County
Kristie
Nelson
Dechambeau
Ponds, NW of Mono Lake, CA. Was in the westernmost warm water pond.
*Common
Whitetail Plathemis lydia– uncommon at this
location OC# 492091
LOY
…
iNaturalist
Mammoth Lakes
!! Shadow Darner Aeshna
umbrosa https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/17263151
Lassen
County
Dave
and Kathy Biggs led a dragonfly field at
Willow Lake as part of the Grebe Festival in
Chester
, one of Calif's Ode Hot Spots (42 species recorded)
It
was quite smoky but the day got up to 72F. None-the-less the Odes were very
scarce.
Northern
Spreadwing, Lestes disjunctus - 1 female in hand
Pacific
Forktail, Ischnura cervula - 1 male and 1 female in hand
*Western
Forktail, I. perparva - 1 male and 1 female photographed [last report of 2018]
*Variable
Darner, Aeshna interrupta - female in hand, and male seen
LOY
*Paddle-tailed
Darner A. palmata - 1 male in hand
LOY
Common
Green Darner, Anax junius - at least one observed
Blue-eyed
Darner, Rhionaeschna multicolor - one male in flight
White-faced
Meadowhawk, Sympetrum obtrusum - a male and several females in hand, only a dozen
or so altogether
A
highlight for the group was having a Darner and a Forktail in hand at the same
time for comparisons.
Amazingly
no Striped Meadowhawks were seen although at other spots at similar elevations
last week they were everywhere!
Also
seen: several small Garter Snakes (Yellow-lined?), a Blue-tailed Skink
iNaturalist
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/15967470
Lynch
Reservoir, Lynch Canyon Open Space
!!
Striped Meadowhawk Sympetrum pallipes Photo record CA Chart #141, OC#TBD
Siskiyou
County
Blanche
Lake, near Medicine Lake
Striped
Meadowhawk – 2 dozen, many in wheel
…….
Solano
County
iNaturalist https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/15866143
NW
of Dixon
!!Wandering
Glider Pantala flavescens – in flight photo upgrades prior sight only record. CA Chart # 141 OC # 489007
San
Bernardino County
iNaturalist https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/15879094
East
of Highland
*Lavender
Dancer Argia hinei [last report of 2018]
Siskiyou
County
Little
Medicine Lake, near Medicine Lake
Pacific
Forktail – 2 males
Co.
Green Darner – 1 male
Variable
Darner – 1 male, 1 female
Blue-eyed
Darner – at least one seen well
Odes
were pretty much none existent at Medicine Lake itself.
Santa
Barbara County
Lake
Los Carneros, Goleta
…….
Lassen
County
Will
Richardson
Along Scott Road where water from Zamboni
Springs flows across, adjacent to Great Basin Pottery (south of Doyle).
39.92190° -120.02330°
Desert Whitetail Plathemis
subornata OC # 488511
Sonoma
County
Sugarloaf
State Park in the campground
*Great
Spreadwing, Archilestes grandis OC# 488906
FOY
…
iNatualist
Fort Ross
*Red-veined
Meadowhawk Sympetrum madidum https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/15705451
LOY
Santa
Barbara County
Lake
Los Carneros, Goleta
!!Twelve-spotted
Skimmer Libellula pulchella - male This morning. This is a
first for the county, and my fiftieth SB County ode species! Unfortunately I
wasn't able to get photos as it was in flight only, too fast for me. I went
back in the afternoon but couldn't refind it. Other odes present included SIGHT RECORD, CA Chart #120
Siskiyou
County
pond
west of Weed
California
Spreadwing, Archilestes californicus foy OC# 487869
…….
Mono
County
iNaturalist
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/19024973
Sawmill
Meadow
*Mountain
Emerald Somatochlora semicirularis [last report of 2018]
August
11, 2018
Mono
County
iNaturalist
*Bleached
Skimmer Libellula compositus https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/15335346
Santa
Barbara County
Merced
County
iNaturalist
Great Valley Grasslands State Park
*Olive
Clubtail Stylurus olivaceus https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/15214673
LOY
Modoc
County
Thoms
Creek--US 395 crossing
*River
Jewelwing Calopteryx aequabilis OC# 487158 {last report
2018]
Emma’s
Dancer OC# 487159
San
Mateo County
Siskiyou
County
pond
west of Weed
Walker's
Darner, Aeshna walker OC# 486930
…….
Imperial
County
iNaturalist
Calexico
Stylurus
intricatus https://www.naturalista.mx/observations/15123122 OC# 487148 487146
Sunbeam
Lake County Park
*Enallagma
basidens https://www.naturalista.mx/observations/15123077 OC# 487142 487141
https://www.naturalista.mx/observations/15123080
Marl
Pennant https://www.naturalista.mx/observations/15123088 OC# 487143
*White-belted Ringtail Erypetogomphus compositus OC# 487145 LOY
*Brimstone
Clubtail Stylurus intricatus
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/15123116 LOY
……..
Merced
County
Paul
Johnson
San
Joaquin River
*Olive
Clubtail Stylurus olivevaceous https://www.naturalista.mx/observations/15214337[last report 2018]
Spot-winged
Glider - https://www.naturalista.mx/observations/15214341
Familiar
Bluet - https://www.naturalista.mx/observations/15214427
…….
Madera
County
Paul
Johnson
SSW
of city of Madera. Irrigation ditch beside Ave 7, between Rd 24 and Rd 24 1/2
!!White-belted
Ringtail Erpetogomphus compositus CA Chart #76 OC# 487422 Photo record
!!Wandering
Glider Pantala flavescens CA Chart #76 OC# 487421 Photo record
Spot-winged
Glider https://www.naturalista.mx/observations/15216446
Variegated
Meadowhawk https://www.naturalista.mx/observations/15216450
Western
Pondhawk https://www.naturalista.mx/observations/15216445
Flame
Skimmer https://www.naturalista.mx/observations/15216443
Black
Saddlebags - https://www.naturalista.mx/observations/15216692
!!Familiar
Bluet Enallagma civile CA Chart #76 OC# 487420 specimen record
American
Rubyspot - https://www.naturalista.mx/observations/15216690
August
1, 2018
Alpine
Pond, Skyline Open Space Preserve.
Between 1:30 and 3:30. 85º, a light breeze.
Blue
Dashers Pachydiplax longipennis -
dozens of males, the smallest I’ve ever seen, flying and perching on
cattails. A couple of small females in the surrounding vegetation.
Widow
skimmers Libellula luctuosa - dozens of
males
Common
Green Darner, Anax Junius - several
males patrolling
Flames
Skimmers- Libellula saturata - 2
males, perched in the cattails.
Western
Pondhawk -Erythemis collocata- 1 mature
male, perched over the pond.
Black
saddlebags Tramea lacerata- several
pairs flying in tandem and ovipositing in water.
Female
had no yellow and wasn’t “dropped”, was held but a fish almost got them so it
was aborted.
iNaturalist https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/15005223
iNaturalist https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/15005223
Mono
County
Paul
G. Johnson
Mono
Basin
*Boreal
Bluet Enallagma boreale LOY
Twelve-spotted
Skimmer
Pacific
Forktail
Paddle-tailed
Darner
…
iNaturalist
Mono
Lake
El
Dorado Country
iNaturalist https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/14960328
Jenkins
Lake, Cosumnes River Watershed
!!
Wandering Glider Pantala flavescens –photo record updates prior sighting only record,
CA
chart #141, OC# 487973
…….
Mono
County
Paul
G. Johnson
Bird
Chautauqua trip boundary limits
*River
Bluet Enallagma anna https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/15354562
LOY
*Great
Basin Snaketail Ophiogomphus morrisoni LOY https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/15354561
Spot-winged
Glider https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/15354564
Variegated
Meadowhawk https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/15354566
Vivid
Dancer https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/15354573
…….
Modoc County
iNaturalist
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/15008051
Goose
Lake
*Lyre-tipped
Spreadwing Lestes unguiculatus https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/15007924
& https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/15008051 [last reporst 2018]
Inyo
County
Paul
G. Johnson
Bishop
Olive
Clubtail
Co.
Green Darner
Mono
County
Tule
Bluet
*Alkali
Bluet (possible) https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/18646351
(last report of 2018)
Siskiyou
County
Band-winged
Meadowhawk– some, males and females
*Red-veined
Meadowhawk– many, males and females LOY
Striped
Meadowhawk– 1 immature male
Twelve-spotted
Skimmer– many, males and females
Eight-spotted
Skimmer– many, males and females
Blue
Dasher – some males
Western
Pondhawk– some, inc. immature males and
females, mature males
Four-spotted
Skimmer – some
*Dot-tailed
Whiteface Leucorrhinia intacta – some LOY
Paddle-tailed
Darner– pair in hand, a few others flying
Common
Green Darner – very few
*Sinuous
Snaketail Ophiogomphus occidentis– 3 males!!-WHAT were they doing at a lake? LOY
No/Bo
Bluets -– many
Western
Forktail – pruinose females abundant, a few
males
Pacific
Forktail– mature and immature females, a few
males
…….
San
Luis Obispo County
Nick
Lethaby
Lake
Los Carneros in Goleta … for about 25 minutes.
3
Red-tailed Pennants were the
highlight, although this species seems firmly established along the south coast
of the county now.
Blue
Dashers were common but didn’t see any other
odes except for a damsel sp.
Flame
Skimmers have become much rarer at this location
during the drought and this year seems terrible for migrant odes.
I
did have 1-2 of both saddlebags here
a couple of weeks ago, but I am not sure I have seen a glider all summer!
Siskiyou
County
*Pacific
Clubtail Phanogomphus kurilis – 1 male on pond LOY }
*Grappletail
Octogomphus spectalaris - several
LOY
Common
Green Darner
Blue-eyed
Darner
*Shadow
Darner Aeshna umbrosa FOY (photographed after Dave and Kathy left)
Variegated
Meadowhawks ; a few
Band-winged
Meadowhawk
Red-veined
Meadowhawk - a few
Common
Whitetails
Hoary
Skimmers – quite a few
Twelve-spotted
Skimmer
Blue
Dasher – at least 2 males
Black
Saddlebags
Pacific
Spiketail
Vivid
Dancer – abundant
No
/Bo Bluet – some
Western
Forktail
Pacific
Forktail
Mono
County
Kristie
Nelson
I
made a quick visit to the Dechambeau ponds near mono lake.
No
whitetails that I saw, but there was at least one, possibly more,
bleached
skimmers Libellula composita Seems like they haven't always been present there
last few years, so nice to see.
…….
Lassen
County
Tom
Schuster
Lassen
NP
Tanypteryx
hageni
Warner
Valley
Argia
vivida
Devil's
Kitchen,
Cordulia
shurtleffii
Bathtub
Lake
Leucorrhinia intacta,
Cold
Boiling Lake.
L.
glacialis
Amphiagrion
abbreviatum
Siskiyou
County
Mono
County
Leslie
Flint
Eastern
Sierras - visiting some favorite ode spots. Found a good variety and large numbers
in some places. Here's the list.
Whitmore
Hot Springs: amazing number of
Desert
Whitetails Plathemis subornata. Not sure I have ever seen this many - 100s
Variegated
Meadowhawks ; a few
Owens
River spot across from the fishing camp on the Benton Road:
*Great
Basin Snaketail Ophiogomphus morrisoni - saw 6;
photographed 2 FOY
Hot
Springs at Crowley Lake: dozens of Flame Skimmers and swimmers in the pool!
River
Springs: fabulous today
Blue-eyed Darner - dozens (there
might have been other mosaic darners too)
*Paddle-tailed
Darner Aeshna interrupta FOY
Eight-spotted Skimmer - by far the most
numbers/dozens
Flame Skimmer - dozens
Hoary Skimmer - dozens
Four-spotted Skimmer - 12+
Twelve-spotted Skimmer - 1
*Black Meadowhawk Sympetrum danae - one female seen FOY
Saffron-winged Meadowhawk Sympetrum
costiferum - 6
Band-winged Meadowhawk - 2
Variegated Meadowhawk - 12
Vivid Dancer - dozens
*River Bluet Enallagma anna -1 FOY
Emerald Spreadwing - 2
Spreadwing sp. 4 - maybe Spotted
deChambeau
Ponds - I arrived late in the afternoon; it was 95 deg. and the smoke from the
Yosemite fires has obliterated any view of Mono Lake.
The
ponds were hopping. Many odes flying and few perching. By far the most numerous
seemed to be
8-spotted
Skimmer. Also
Mosaic-type darners
Variegated Meadowhawk
Flame Skimmer
Black Saddlebags
Blue Dasher
!! Common Whitetail Plathemis lydia
(I
would have thought Desert Whitetail) 2nd RECORD (photo) FOR MONO COUNTY OC# tbd.
Bluets
…
Kristie
Nelson was at River Springs in Mono county
also on July 15. She had Common Whitetails in 2016 at deChambeau Ponds.
She
had pretty much the same species as Leslie, but additionally one Western Pondhawk
Santa
Barbara County
iNaturalist
Santa
Inez Tester
*California
Spreadwing Archilestes californicus https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/14462728
FOY
Colusa
County
Tim
Manolis and MO -We saw (from 9-12 am on a warm, sunny day) on Bear Creek
near Hwy 20
California
Dancer -- 15-20 of these, most by the Wilbur
Springs bridge.
Vivid
Dancer -- 2-3, near the bridge.
Sooty
Dancer -- 8 of these, nice looks on rocks.
Tule
Bluet -- good numbers seen.
Familiar
Bluet -- at least a few males seen fairly
well, probably more present.
Northern
Bluet -- one male netted, probably others
seen. I didn't focus a lot of attention on bluets, but we saw lots of them. These three species
are the ones we typically see in numbers at these sites.
Black-fronted
Forktail -- 16 or so seen.
Western
Forktail -- 25 or so seen.
Desert
Firetail -- at least two nice red males seen.
Blue-eyed
Darner -- 2 patrolling males.
Green
Darner -- 6-8, most males but a couple of
females, too.
*Giant
Darner Anax walsinghami -- 8 or so
patrolling males.LOY
White-belted
Ringtail -- 2-3.
*Gray
Sanddragon Progomphus borealis -- at least 12, probably more.
LOY
Pale-faced
Clubskimmer -- 12 or so.
Western
Pondhawk -- 10.
Widow
Skimmer -- 15-20?
Twelve-spotted Skimmer -- 6-8.
Flame
Skimmer -- 30-40?
Wandering
Glider -- 2-3
Spot-winged
Glider -- 2-3
Black
Saddlebags -- 4-5
Variegated
Meadowhawk -- 100s
Things
we missed that I saw on this trip during the same weekend in July 2016 and July
2017 were:
American
Rubyspot (2016), California Darner (2016), W. River Cruiser (both years),
Desert Forktail (2017), Pacific Forktail (2017), Red Rock Skimmer (2017).
Some of these, particularly the forktails, could have been there and we just
missed them. Leslie Flint had the rubyspot and the river cruiser just a few
days before the trip. So diversity in the area seems to be holding up.
…
Alan
Wight arrived at Bear Creek just as Tim and MO
were leaving.
He
covered Bear Creek from Highway 20 to the Wilbur Springs Road bridge & was
happy to finally make it to this great spot! Species seen were:
American
Rubyspot – 3
California
Dancer – 5
Sooty
Dancer – 2-3
Vivid
Dancer – 1
Northern
Bluet –2+
Tule
Bluet – many
Familiar
Bluet – many
Desert
Forktail – https://flic.kr/p/27QCQAF OC #485291
– (very happy to get this recorded again.)
Black-fronted
Forktail – 4
Western
Forktail – 8
Desert
Firetail – 3 (https://flic.kr/p/28a52GE)
White-belted
Ringtail – 8+ (https://flic.kr/p/29b7VgS)
Gray
Sanddragon – 4+
Common
Green Darner – 2
Giant
Darner – 4, 3 males, 1 female
Pale-faced
Clubskimmer – 1
Western
Pondhawk – 12+
Widow
Skimmer – 25+
Twelve-spotted
Skimmer – 4
Flame
Skimmer – 15
Spot-winged
Glider – 1
Variegated
Meadowhawk – abundant (https://flic.kr/p/29dy2NX)
Black
Saddlebags - 8+
Santa
Barbara County
Hugh
Ranson
Devereux
Slough, , I came across a very obliging
Red-tailed
Pennant--previously unrecorded at this
location.
There
are now four places it has been found in the county, all on the south coast
within a few miles of each other::La Patera Pond, Rancho Goleta Lake, Lake Los
Carneros, and now Devereux. Also present were several
Red
Saddlebags
Wandering
Gliders
Santa
Barbara County
Hugh
Ranson
I
visited sections of the middle Santa Ynez River for the first time this summer.
Temps
were in the mid-nineties. Most of the areas I checked consisted of stagnant
pools.
I
found one trickle of water that hosted a few damsels.
Yet
another year of drought seems to have pushed some species over the edge, at
least for the time being.
This
section of the river has been good for Giant Darners, Gray Sanddragons, and
Serpent Ringtails, but I saw none of these today.
Last
year I saw one ringtail and one sanddragon.
*Western
River Cruiser Macromia magnifica LOYhttps://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/CalOdes/attachments/1486667468;_ylc=X3oDMTJtZjdqbGFsBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzQ4MjQ0ODkEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDgzMDA5BHNlYwNhdHRhY2htZW50BHNsawNwaG90bwRzdGltZQMxNTMxNDM5MzYw?itemid=725921964&guccounter=1
…….
Colusa
County
Leslie
Flint and a friend
Bear
Valley Creek - checked several locations - it always is a surprise to see how
the configuration of the creek changes from year to year
Flame
Skimmer - dozens
Variegated
Meadowhawk - probably hundreds - almost every
stalk was occupied
Black
Saddlebags - 1
Widow
Skimmer - 3-5
Twelve-Spotted
Skimmer - 2
Blue
Dasher - 1
Western
Pondhawk - 4
Pale-faced
Clubskimmer - dozens. Seen at every
riffle in the creek
Blue-eyed
Darner -1
Common
Green Darner - 1
Giant
Darner - 2
Gray
Sanddragon - dozen+ The star of the day; seen
along all the gravel spots and several in tandem
White-belted
Ringtail - 6+ patrolling the creek
American
Rubyspot - several
Bluets
- many but didn't really look carefully
…
Yolo
County
Cache
Creek along Hwy 16
Emma's
Dancers
American
Rubyspots
El
Dorado County
*White-faced
Meadowhawk, Sympetrum obtrusum- young male
FOY
Four-spotted
Skimmers – a few
*Hudsonian
Whitefaces Leucorrhinia hudsonia - 2 adult (1 male and 1 female) LOY
…….
Sierra County
iNaturalist
*Black Spreadwing Lestes
stultus https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/17846223
LOY
Siskiyou
County
Medicine
Lake Highlands inc. Pumice Stone Well (PS): Blanche (BL), Bullseye (Beye) and
No Name Lakes (NN) - not including Payne's Springs as no odes there
although I saw a BIG female ovipositing on my way out, but I have no idea what
she was! No yellow on her....
1.
Variable Darner - female at PS, male and female at NN
2.
Blue-eyed Darner - PS & NN
3.
*American Emerald Cordulia shurtleffii
- PS & NN, possible at Beye
(no Mt. Emeralds netted) LOY
4.
*Crimson-ringed Whiteface Leucorrhinia glacialis- all, thick
at BL (I checked wing venation against the extremely slight chance of a
Red-waisted) LOY
5.
Dot-tailed Whiteface - NN (no lilypads there which the species is
associated with)
6.
Eight-spotted Skimmer - NN (Kathy found one dead one floating in the
water)
7.Twelve-spotted
Skimmer - most common at all locations (aside from Bluets!!)
8.
Four-spotted Skimmer - NN, one seen by Kathy - did you guys see any?
9.
Striped Meadowhawk - NN - many emerging, interestingly all I caught were
females!
10.Emerald
Spreadwing - all, many emerging
11.
Vivid Dancer - BL(Dave saw one in the parking lot)
12.No/Bo
Bluets - I caught a few but my eyes aren't good enuf to tell them apart
13.Pacific
Forktail - PS- Kathy saw one or two males there, and only there!!
14.
Western Forktail - all, in small #s. only mature females and males seen.
That's
not that high a # for the whole day but it was still a good day.
Pumice Stone Well was full of pollywogs and fairy shrimp, also a Great
Egret that shared the pond with us!
Siskiyou
County
!!*Stylurus olivaceus Olive Clubtail OC # 484582, CA chart #149 FOY
…….
Mendocino
County
iNaturalist
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/14303751
Willits
Sooty
Dancer
San
Bernadino County
iNaturalist
Mojave Narrows Regional Park
Aztec
Dancer Argia nahuana https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/14248499
Dave
Johnson
Santa
Barbara County
Wim
van Dam
Grass
Mountain
BLACK
SADDLEBAGS 2 or 3 migrating & cruising
at 2500'.
Back
down in Birabent Canyon/Alamo Pintado Creek (1500') I photographed some
LAVENDER
DANCERS Argia hinei
VIVID
DANCERS,
NORTHERN
BLUETS at this almost completely dried out
creek.
The
Lavender Dancers were new for me at this location.
Siskiyou
County
Celise
Sharpe and Dennis Ball
Martin’s
Dairy
*Variable
Darner Aeshna interrupta FOY
Siskiyou
County
No/Bo
Bluet – many (GL, GC)
Western
Forktail - a few males and some pruinose
females (GL, UG)
We’ll
have to go back later in the season for Ringed and other Emeralds and more
whiteface species!!
El
Dorado County
Tony
Kurz
Siskiyou
County
Old
mill ponds, McCloud
Northern
Bluet
Western
Forktail
Common
Green Darner
Mosaic
Darner sp.
Eight-spotted
Skimmer
Twelve-spotted
Skimmer
Common
Whitetail
Riverside
County
Palm
Desert
iNaturalist
…….
San
Bernardino County
iNaturalist
*Serpent Ringtail Erpetogomphus lampropeltis lampropeltis FOY LOY https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/13896710#comment-1893905
Doug
Karalun
*Walker’s
Darner Aeshna walkeri – FOY OC# 483343
…
Doug
Karalun
Deep
Creek/Pacific Crest Trail/Splinter's Cabin Day Use Area
…….
xxx
County
Dave
Johnson
Grass
Lake
*Hudsonian
Whiteface Leucorrhinia hudsonica -
photographed a few of these small whitefaces males and females FOY
Siskiyou
County
Glenn
Fine
Fine
Ranch, Weed
*Swift
Forktail Ischnura erratica [last of
2018]
Siskiyou
County
Siskiyou
County
Dave
and Kathy Biggs, plus Celise Sharpe and Dennis Ball went to look at dragonflies with Glenn Fine at his ranch west of Weed and just below Mt.Eddy.
We
saw an amazing 27 species on his property!! He has a river, creeks,
fens, meadows and ponds!!
Here's
our list: (and unless otherwise stated, we saw several of each species)
Black
Petaltail - 1F photographed by Dave
*California
Darner Rhionaeschna californicus LOY
Blue
Eyed Darner - seen by Kathy
Green
Darner
Pacific
Clubtail - 1 male
Grappletail
American
Emerald - one hanging above the creek!
*Beaverpond
Baskettail Epitheca canis - one male
netted [last report of year]
Western
Pondhawk - 1 young male
Eight
spotted Skimmer
Hoary
Skimmer
Twelve
Spotted Skimmer
Common
Whitetail
Flame
Skimmer - 1 male
Cardinal
Meadowhawk - 1 or a few
Red-veined
Meadowhawk
Band-winged
Meadowhawk - a few
Black
Saddlebags - 1 or a few
Pacific
Spiketail
*Spotted
Spreadwing Lestes congener - one female netted FOY
Vivid
Dancer - a thousand?
Pacific
Forktail
Western
Forktail
Swift
Forktail Ischnura erratica - a few
No/Bo
Bluet
Tule
Bluet - few
Yuba
County
Emma’s
Dander Argia emma –female
San
Bernardino County
Doug
Karalun
*Citrine
Forktail Ischnura hastata https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/13688965
FOY
Siskiyou
County
Kathy
and Dave Biggs + 1
Several
different places along Parks Creek Rd, west of Weed. A cool, mostly overcast
day
Vivid
Dancer – small numbers here and there
Mosaic
type darner – at least one
Sinuous
Snaketail – Parks Ck
Black
Petaltail – a female ovipositing and an exuvia
(male) along the roadside, a male at Parks Ck
Red-veined
Meadowhawk – several, a female in hand, all
seen well were females – Parks Creek
Variegated
Meadowhawk – at least one with the Red-veineds
– Parks Creek
…….
San
Bernardino County
Doug
Karalun
I
braved the 108 degree heat in Imperial County in search of stylurus.
Sonny
Bono Wildlife Refuge at Vendel Road
Green
Darner 2
Blue
Dasher > 50
Western
Pondhawk 3
Spot-winged
Glider 1
Red
Saddlebags 1
Familiar
Bluet 12
Yuha
Cutoff/Mandrapa Road
*Brimstone
Clubtail Stylurus intricatus 8 FOY
*Russet-tipped
Clubtail Stylurus plagiatus 6 FOY
White-belted
Ringtail 4
American
Rubyspot 1
Powdered
Dancer >100
Blue-ringed
Dancer 15
Sunbeam
Lake
Green
Darner 1
Widow
Skimmer 6
Western
Pondhawk 4
Wandering
Glider 1
Blue
Dasher 20
Familiar
Bluet 15
*Double-striped
Bluet Enallagma basidens 6
FOY
*Rambur's
Forktail Ischnura ramburii 7
[last report of 2018]
All
America Canal in Calexico
Brimstone
Clubtail 5 - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/13629585
Russet-tipped
Clubtail 3
Mexican
Amberwing 3
Blue
Dasher 5
Powdered
Dancer 15
Siskiyou
County
Glenn
Fine
His ranch west of Weed
*Band-winged Meadowhawk Sympetrum semicinctum - female OC#:
482317 FOY
Siskiyou
County
Kathy
and Dave Biggs + Glenn Fine
Personal
property west of Weed. A cool, mostly overcast day with a few moments of
sprinkles
Vivid
Dancer – some
Pacific
Forktail – 1 male
*Swift
Forktail Ischnura denticollis – a few FOY
Pacific
Clubtail – 1
Eight-spotted
Skimmer – at least one female with very small “8s”
Twelve-spotted
Skimmer – at least one immature male
Hoary
Skimmer – at least one
Common
Whitetail – at least one immature male and a
female
Red-veined
Meadowhawk – several, all or mostly females
Shasta
County
Joe
Morlan
Summit
Lake, Lassen Volcanic NP
*Crimson-ringed
Whiteface Leucorrhinia glacialis - 2 young females FOY
Koen
G. H. Breedveld
*Black
Petaltail Tanypteryx hageni – ~5 OC#fbd
FOY
San
Bernardiono County
Doug
Karalun and Roger Woodruff
Upper
and then Lower Deep Creek …with a nice selection of Ode's at each
site.
Upper
Deep Creek (9:30-12:00)
*Western
River Cruiser Macromia magnifica 1 FOY
*Bison
Snaketail Ophiogomphus bison 20 (two
in tandem)
LOY
Red
Rock Skimmer
15
Pacific
Spiketail
2 (one was ovipositing)
Grappletail 3
Northern
Bluet 15
Tule
Bluet 1
Vivid
Dancer
15
Sooty
Dancer
6
American
Rubyspot 2
Western
Forktail 2
Lower
Deep Creek (1:30-4:00)
Gray
Sanddragon 1
Flame
Skimmer 6
Common
Green Darner
1
Blue
Dasher 1
*Aztec
Dancer Argia nahuana 2
LOY
California
Dancer
5
Vivid
Dancer
30
Sooty
Dancer
1
Arroyo
Bluet
15
American
Rubyspot 5
All
in all a great day with several FOS odes for the county.
…….
San
Benito County
iNaturalist
*Lavender
Dancer Argia hinei https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/13574334 FOY
Shasta
County
Michael
and Muriel Plank
Withrow
Rd. Below Shingletown
Hoary
Skimmers
Eight-spotted
Skimmers
Flame
Skimmers
Common
Whitetail
McCumber
Lake above Shingletown
Beaverpond
Baskettail
Dot-tailed
Whiteface
Common
Whitetail
Eight-Spotted
Skimmers
Four-spotted
Skimmers
Pacific
Clubtail - 1 female
American
Emerald
Pacific
Forktails
Boreal
Bluets
California
Darners
A
beautiful day
Colusa
County
Kathy
& Dave Biggs
San
Bernardiono County
INaturalist
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/13273214
Sonoma
County
Kathy
& Dave Biggs
Bigsnest
Wildlife Pond, Sebastopol
Bluet
sp.
Western
Forktail
Pacific
Forktail
Western
Pondhawk – male and female ovipositing
Flame
Skimmer
Blue
Dasher
Common
Whitetail
Cardinal
Meadowhawk
Sierra
County
INaturalist
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/13262500
Chalk-fronted
Corporal Ladona julia – 2 females,1 ovipositing
Snoma
County
Kathy
Biggs, Jim & Deva Burns
Sonoma
Horticultural Gardens, Sebastopol
Exclamation
Damsel - many http://jimburnsphotos.com/pages/exclamationdamsel.html
*San
Francisco Forktail Ischnura gemina – many http://jimburnsphotos.com/pages/sanfranciscoforktail.html LOY
…….
Siskiyou
County
Glenn
Fine
Fine
Ranch west of Weed
**Mountain
Emerald Somatochlora semicircularis FOY and new early flight date.
Siskiyou
County
Glenn
Fine
San
Bernardiono County
Matt
Grube, Roger Woodruff, and Doug Karalun
We
traveled up into the San Bernardino Mountains in search of Western Red Damsels.
There is a meadow at the end of 1N03 off Hwy 38 about a mile past the gate.
Western
Red Damsel 20
Vivid
Dancer 10
Pacific
Forktail 8
Western
Forktail 15
Northern
Bluet 11
Green
Darner 1
Blue
eyed Darner 3
Cardinal
Meadowhawk 8
Flame
Skimmer 6
Seven
Oaks Dam
Tule
Blue 30
Vivid
Dancer 6
California
Dancer 2
Desert
Firetail 4
Giant
Darner 3
Green
Darner 8
Blue
eyed Darner 4
Flame
Skimmer 10
Western
Pondhawk 2
Black
Saddlebags 6
Red
Saddlebags 3
…….
Sonoma
County
Alan
Wight
I
looked for San Francisco Forktails at
known locations in and near BloomfieldI found at least three in the creek just
south of Stormy’s Restaurant in Bloomfield. There was one male along this same
section of creek just north of Petaluma Valley Ford Road.There were at least
five near the north end of Carmody Road where a creek goes under Petaluma
Valley Ford Road. This is a location where I found some last year. A new
location today was along Fallon Road about a quarter mile west of its
intersection with Petaluma Valley Ford Road where a creek goes under the
road. On the south side here, I s! aw and photographed one blue female
and one or more males. This location differs in that it is in the Estero
de San Antonio drainage while the others are in the Estero Americano drainage.
I should add that I am calling these San Francisco Forktails in this email
though I didn’t get good looks at the male appendages to eliminate
Black-fronted Forktail. San Francisco Forktail is the expected species in
this part of the county based on past observations. I took many photos,
though I’m not sure any show the appendages well enough for identification.
They do show the more extensive blue on the males near the abdomen tip that San
Francisco Forktails tend to have.
Also,
one male Exclamation Damsel at
Blucher Creek where it crosses Bloomfield Road
Sonoma
County
Kathy
& Dave Biggs, Ed Woods + MO
Bigsnest
Wildlife Pond, Sebastopol
Bluet
sp.
Western
Forktail
Pacific
Forktail
Flame
Skimmer – 2 inc. an emerging female
Blue
Dasher
Common
Whitetail
Cardinal
Meadowhawk
Los
Angeles County
INaturalist https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/13049158
Neon
Skimmer Libellula croceipennis
San
Mateo County
INaturalist
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/12942074
Pacific
Spiketail Cordulegaster dorsalis- female photographed OC# 480700
Matt
Grube, Tom Benson, Brad Singer and Doug Karalun__
spent
the day visiting bird migrant traps in the Mojave Desert.
They
had 25 species of odes over the two counties.
San
Bernardino County
Zzyzyx
Western
Pondhawk - 1
Red
Saddlebags - 1
Variegated
Meadowhawk - 1
Spot-winged
Glider - 1
Baker
Sewage Ponds
*Wandering
Glider Pantala flavescens - 2 FOY
Black
Saddlebags -2
Green
Darner - 1
Blue-eyed
Darner - 2
Horsethief
Springs
Vivid
Dancer- 1
Beck
Spring
Green
Darner - 1
Pacific
Forktail - 3
Inyo
County
Tecopa
WTP
Desert
Forktail - 4
Shoshone
Spring
Green
Darner - 2
Blue-eyed
Darner - 3
*White-belted Ringtail Erpetogomphus compositus- 1 OC# 480628 FOY
Western
Pondhawk - 5
Blue
Dasher - 6
Flame
Skimmer - 6
Comanche
Skimmer - 3
!!
Red-tailed Pennant Brachymesia furcata -2 OC# 480395 CA chart #144 (Also OC# 480631)
Variegated
Meadowhawk - 10
Red
Saddlebags - 6
Black
Saddlebags - 8
Black-fronted
Forktail - 5
California
Dancer - 1
Paiute
Dancer - 6
Blue-ringed
Dancer - 10
Familiar
Bluet - 4
*Desert
Firetail Ischnura barberi - 1
San
Bernardino County
Saratoga
Spring
Western
Pondhawk - 3
Blue
Dasher - 5
Flame
Skimmer - 2
*Comanche
Skimmer Libellula comanche - 4 FOY
*Bleached
Skimmer -
Libellula composita – 10 FOY
Rambur's
Forktail - 1
*Aztec
Dancer Argia nahuana - 3 (some with unforked humerals) OC# 480629 & 480630 FOY
*Paiute
Dancer Argia alberta – 1 FOY
…….
El
Dorado County County
INaturalist
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/12865181
Sinuous
Snaketail Ophiogomphus occidentis
…….
Siskiyou
County
Glenn
Fine
Hammond
Ranch
Red-veined
Meadowhawk OC# 480565
…….
Humboldt
County
Tony
Kurz
Bluff
Creek trail just above the Klamath River
!!
Sinuous Snaketail Ophiogomphus occidentis OC# 480660 CA Chart# 119
San
Luis Obispo County
INaturalist
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/12846385
*Desert Whitetail Plathemis subornata FOY
…….
San
Joaquin County
Bob
Stahmer
Lodi
Lake Nature Area
!!
Exclamation Damsel Zoniagrion
exclamationis OC# 480742 CA Chart #140
Siskiyou
County
Kathy
& Dave Biggs
Shasta
River at Hudson Road
River
Jewelwing Calopteryx aequabilis – many more than last visit, inc. ovipositing female
American
Rubyspot – many males, few females
Emma's
Dancer – many, all on the water tandem
ovipositing
Vivid
Dancer – quite a few
Western
Forktail – a few
Pacific
Clubtail - many inc. ovipositing female
^also
seen – one River Otter!! Many butterflies and gorgeous bird song at all times!!
…….
Siskiyou
County
Glynn
Fine
Hammond’s
Ranch
Alan
Wight
at
the restored BLM site along the upper part of Pine Flat Road, near MM10
Black
Petaltail Tanypteryx hageni - two males OC# 479918
This
is the exact spot where, in 2004, I saw a pair in wheel and then a female
ovipositing into the wet area. The BLM cleanup happened not long after this and
Kathy Biggs worked with BLM to protect this one small wet area in the hopes
that Black Petaltails would continue to use it. I believe that Kathy was
the first to find this species near here in 2003. I don’t recall any
sightings reported here since 2004.
If
you search for this species here, please no collecting and try not to disturb
them as they only occur in two locations in Sonoma County (Pine Flat Road and
The Cedars).
Here
is a photo of one of the males: https://flic.kr/p/HHfoLX
Tim
Manolis +MO
American
River Parkway behind Rio Americano High School is Sacramento
Vivid
Dancer – possibly seen
Emma's
Dancer -- About 8-10 on 19 May (most teneral
or near so)
Familiar
Bluet -- a few
Arroyo
Bluet -- a few (males examined in hand).
Pacific
Forktail -- 100+
Exclamation
Damsel -- 20 or so
Common
Green Darner -- one
Blue-eyed
Darner – possibly this species
Sinuous
Snaketail -- a teneral female
Western
Pondhawk -- 6-8
Blue
Dasher -- 8-10
Common
Whitetail -- 8-12
12-spotted
Skimmer -- 12
Have
been seeing Flame Skimmers in the
backyard near this site the past few weeks
…….
Riverside
County
INaturalist
*Red-tailed
Pennant Brachymesia furcata https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/18730242
FOY
…….
San
Diego County
Clairemont,
San Diego
*Neon
Skimmer Libellula croceipennis https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/12622310
FOY
Koen
G. H. Breedveld
*Black
Petaltail Tanypteryx hageni – teneral
emrging OC#: 481096 FOY
iNaturalist
Spreading
Oak Dr, Scotts Valley
*Pacific Spiketail
Cordulegaster dorsalis
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/12553518
FOY
Hanna’s
Boys Center
Siskiyou
County
Kathy
& Dave Biggs; Dave Payne with interns Emily and Brianna
Shasta
River at Hudson Road
*RIVER
JEWELWING Calopteryx aequabilis - more than a dozen FOY
Emma's
Dancer
Vivid
Dancer
Western
Forktail
Pacific
Forktail (a few immature females)
Pacific
Clubtail - many emerging
California
Darner
Blue-eyed
Darner (just one)
…….
Solano
County
Keatley
Garvey
along
Salmon Creek Road
Exclamation
Damsel – 5+, first of year (https://flic.kr/p/27baqHZ, https://flic.kr/p/25Qota8)
Common
Whitetail – 1 female (https://flic.kr/p/265vjnQ)
Cardinal
Meadowhawk – 2 (https://flic.kr/p/25LuSW8)
Red-veined
Meadowhawk – 2 (https://flic.kr/p/27b9Yeg)
…….
Contra
Costa County
INaturalist https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/12426368
Round
Valley Regional Preserve
*Widow
Skimmer Libellula luctuosa FOY
during
a short windy visit to Nagasawa Park, Santa Rosa
*Black
Spreadwing Lestes stultus – 1 male, first of year
Variegated
Meadowhawk – 1+
Red-veined
Meadowhawk – 1 male, first of year (https://flic.kr/p/24snVZC)
Blue
Dasher/Western Pondhawk – 1, flew by
Tim
Manolis
American
River Parkway behind Rio Americano High School is Sacramento
Vivid
Dancer -- About 5 or so
Familiar
Bluet -- a few
Arroyo
Bluet -- a few (males examined in hand).
Pacific
Forktail -- 100+
Exclamation
Damsel -- 20 or so
Common
Green Darner -- one
Blue-eyed
Darner -- 4
California
Darner -- 1
Sinuous
Snaketail -- a male
Western
Pondhawk -- 6-8
Blue
Dasher -- 8-10
Common
Whitetail -- 8-12
12-spotted
Skimmer -- 4
Have
been seeing Flame Skimmers in the
backyard near this site the past few weeks
Sacramento
County
INaturalist https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/12314721
Gold
River
*Striped
Meadowhawk Sympetrum pallipes FOY
……..
Humboldt
County
INaturalist https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/12346025
on
rushes on shore of pond at south end of Samoa airport, with Potentilla anserina
Los
Angeles County
INaturalist
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/12273216
Pasadena
Arroyo
Bluet
…….
Sacramento
County
INaturalist
North
Sacramento
*Sinuous Snaketail Ophiogomphus occidentis FOY
Stanislaus
County
Leslie
Flint
Adobe
Springs
Grappletail
- 1
Vivid
Dancer - 6+
American
Rubyspot - 12+
Shasta
County
Michael
Plank
Battle
Creek In Cottonwood
Common
Whitetail-1
Pacific
Forktail - many
Grappletail-3
Eight-spotted
Skimmer-1
Emma's
Dancer-1
Lake
McCumber near Shingletown
*American
Emerald Cordulia shurtleffii -1 FOY
*Dot-tailed
Whiteface Leucorrhinia intacta -20 FOY
Four-spotted
Skimmers-4
*Boreal
Bluet Enallagma boreale -2 FOY
Pacific
Forktail- Many
…….
San
Diego County
INaturalist
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/12248290
San
Diego River, Santee
Mexican
Amberwing Perithemis intensa
Matthew
Matthiessen
!!
Beaverpond Baskettail Epitheca canis (now found in 26 counties) OC#
479655 CA Chart #101
…….
Monterey
County
Paul
G. Johnson
North
Fork San Antonio River near Wagon Cave
American
Rubyspot - 15
California
Dancer - 2 (many more dancers unidentified)
*Emma's
Dancer Argia emma – 2 OC# 479768 FOY
Vivid
Dancer - 5 (many more dancers unidentified)
*Northern
Bluet Enallagma annexum – (many Bluets-not
identified) FOY
Western
Forktail - 15
Desert
Firetail - 2
Blue-eyed
Darner - 1
Pacific
Clubtail - 12
Cardinal
Meadowhawk - 8
Western
Pondhawk - 5
Common
Whitetail - 2
Flame Skimmer - 4
…….
Riverside
County
iNaturalist
near
Mecca
**Marl
Pennant Macrodiplax balteata https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/13269676
FOY and new
early flight date by just one day.
Sonoma
County
Alan
Wight
Nagasawa
Park, Santa Rosa
Pacific
Forktail – many
Western
Forktail – 2-3, mature females (https://flic.kr/p/Hfx7ZK)
Tule
Bluet – 5+
Vivid
Dancer – 2 (https://flic.kr/p/25x2mK8)
Beaverpond
Baskettail – 3
California
Darner – 1, perched
California/Blue-eyed
Darner – 4
Cardinal
Meadowhawk – 3
Flame
Skimmer – 2-3, first of year
Eight-spotted
Skimmer – 4
Common
Whitetail – 1, male, first of year
Western
Pondhawk – 6, first of year (https://flic.kr/p/Hfx83v, https://flic.kr/p/25x2mBx)
Blue
Dasher – 1, female, first of year (https://flic.kr/p/JLJAXE)
Los
Angeles County
INaturalist
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/12143767
*Gray Sanddragon Progomphus borealis OC # 479588 FOY
May
3, 2018
Siskiyou
County
Cardinal
Meadowhawk – 1 male
Pacific
Forktail – many
Western
Forktail – many
May
2, 2018
Fresno
County
April
30, 2018
Inyo
County
…….
San
Francisco County
INaturalist
*Black
Spreadwing Lestes disjunctus https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/11919152 FOY
…….
San
Diego County
INaturalist https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/11957975
Castaic
*Mexican
Amberwing Perithemis intensa OC # 479540 FOY
San
Diego County
INaturalist https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/12080957
Coyote
Canyon
*California Dancer Argia agrioides FOY
Santa
Cruz County
INaturalist https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/11540401
Scotts
Valley
*Grappletail
Octogomphus specularis FOY
…….
Common
Whitetail Plathemis lydia
Los
Angeles County
INaturalist
Castaic
*Pale-faced
Clubskimmer Brechmorhoga mendax OC # 479588 FOY
April
21, 2018
Humboldt
County
Tony
Westkamper
…….
Inyo County
iNaturalist
*Desert
Forktail Ischnura barberi https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/11283619
FOY
April
20, 2018
Santa
Barbara County
Wim
van Dam
Lake
Los Carneros
*Red
Saddlebags Tramea onusta FOY
…….
Sonoma
County
Alan
Wight
Nagasawa
Park, Santa Rosa
Pacific
Forktail – many (https://flic.kr/p/25hLE75, https://flic.kr/p/25hLEa1)
Western
Forktail – 2
Vivid
Dancer – 1-2
Tule
Bluet – 6+, first of year here
Darner sp. – 2
Beaverpond
Baskettail – 3+
Cardinal
Meadowhawk – 3+ (https://flic.kr/p/23BNopC)
Eight-spotted
Skimmer – 1, female, first of year here
Napa
County
Marin
County
Mt.
Tamalpais
INaturalist https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/11155910
Beaverpond
Baskettail Epitheca canis
Orange County
Jeff
Bray
Sonoma
County
iNaturalist https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/11086267
Monte
Rio
Exclamation
Damsel Zoniagrion exclamationis
April
15, 2018
San
Bernardino County
Matthew
Grube
San
Bernardino - pond
at San Timoteo near Fern Ave, and the nearby creek
Pacific
Forktail OC# 479228
*Giant
Darner Anax walsinghami OC# 479226 FOY
Blue-eyed
Darner OC# 479227
Black-fronted
Forktail OC# 479223
American
Rubyspot OC# 479224
Vivid
Dancer OC# 479225
*Arroyo
Bluet Enallagma praevarum OC# 479234 (one seen on the 14th at
same place by Doug Karalun) FOY
…….
iNaturalist
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/10989662
Sloane
Canyon; Dehesa
*Western
Pondhawk Erythemis collocata OC# 479298 FOY
…
BJ
Stacey
Borrego
Springs. Desert scrub habitat
Blue
Dasher Pachydiplax longipennis female OC# 479292
…….
iNaturalist https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/10989968
Monte
Rio
Exclamation
Damsel Zoniagrion exclamationis OC# 479296
April
14, 2018
Sacramento
County
Ameet
Zaveri
Cosumnes
River Preserve
…….
Stanislaus
County
iNaturalist
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/10946444
Del
Puerto Rd.
American
Rubyspot
Vivid
Dancer
Bluets
…….
iNaturalist
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/11086723
**Red-veined
Meadowhawk Sympetrum madidum – young female Old early date 4/25/2005 FOY
Sonoma
County
Alan
Wight
Nagasawa
Park, Santa Rosa
Pacific
Forktail – many
Western
Forktail – 2 mature females, first I have seen
this year (https://flic.kr/p/Gu6Ggv)
California
Darner (?) – 1, quick view flying by, looked
right for this species as opposed to Blue-eyed Darner
Beaverpond
Baskettail – 3-4, first I have seen this year
(https://flic.kr/p/23oo1zS)
Cardinal
Meadowhawk – 2
This
area burned in the Tubbs Fire last October, so it will be interesting to see if
this has an effect on the odes this year.
…….
Colusa
County
Bear
Creek @ Hwy 20, 2:30-3, 72-68F
It
is JUST starting.
Bluets, both No/Bo and Tules -7
1
CA Darner male cruising
1
Pacific Forktail, young female
…….
iNaturalist
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/10875347
San
Gabriel
Rambur's
Forktail Ischnura ramburii
…….
iNaturalist
https://www.inaturalist.org/comments/1554471
*Northern
or Boreal Bluet Enallagma
annexum/borealis FOY
…….
iNaturalist
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/11014288
Bear
Creek Rd.
Pacific
Clubtail Phanogomphus kurilis
iNaturalist
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/11408053
Pinnacles
National Park
*Common
Whitetail Plathemis lydia OC# 479770 FOY
iNaturalist
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/10753103
Open
Space Area
Tule
Bluet Enallagma carunculatum
…….
iNaturalist https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/10867850
*Spot-winged
Glider Pantala hymenaea OC# 479231 FOY
INaturalist
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/10746868
Golden
Gate National Recreation Area
Cardinal
Meadowhawk Sympetrum illotum – 2 males on territory
Familiar
Bluet Enallagma civile https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/10768023
*Exclamation
Damsel Zoniagrion exclamationis (probably this species) FOY https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/10768088
Butte
County
Chico
INaturalist https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/10687104
*Beaverpond
Baskettail Epitheca canis OC# 478988 FOY
INaturalist
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/10746428
Santa
Margarita Ecological Reserve
Red
Rock Skimmer Paltothemis lineatipes
Alameda
County
INaturalist https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/10645640
*Pacific
Clubtail Phanogomphus kurilis FOY
Los
Angeles County
INaturalist https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/10627392
Natural
History Museum of Los Angeles
Black-fronted
Forktail Ischnura denticollis
American
Rubyspot https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/10627881
INaturalist
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/10630800
California
Darner Rhionaeschna californica
iNaturalist
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/10591900#comment-1445592
Mt.
Diablo
*Western
Forktail Ischnura perparva - mature female FOY
Kathy
& Dave Biggs
Sebastopol
Backyard Pond
Cardinal
Meadowhawk Sympetrum illotum – 1 male on territory
California
Darner - male flying over pond several times
during the day
Pacific
Forktail - male on territory, female
ovipositing
INaturalist
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/ 10598298
Red
Rock Skimmer Paltothemis lineatipes
…….
San
Diego County
Blue Dasher
Pachydiplax longipennis https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/10560107
FOY
…….
iNaturalist
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/10642258
Sonoma
Valley
*Tule
Bluet Enallagma carunculatum FOY
Dave
Barry
Petaluma
Vivid
Dancer Argia vivida
…….
INaturalist
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/10601011
Tejan
Ranch
Flame
Skimmer Libellula saturata
…….
Monterey
County
City
of Monterey, one at Lagunita Mirada and the other at nearby Iris Canyon
Calif
Darners - 2 in flight
INaturalist
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/10493145
Bay
Terraces
Red
Rock Skimmer Paltothemis lineatipes
INaturalist
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/10438854
Red
Rock Skimmer Paltothemis lineatipes
INaturalist
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/10380850
California
Darner Rhionaeschna californica
INaturalist
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/10336220
Flame
Skimmer Libellula saturata
North
Arroyo, Pasadena,
*Red
Rock Skimmer Paltothemis lineatipes https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/10493145 FOY
INaturalist
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/10315833
Persidio
Vivid
Dancer Argia vivida
INaturalist
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/10398779
Pinnacles
NP
Vivid
Dancer Argia vivida
INaturalist
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/10317911
Conejo
Creek Park South, Thousand Oaks
Vivid
Dancer Argia vivida
Bill
Rideout
Coachella
Valley Nature Preserve California
Vivid
Dancer Argia vivida
…….
INaturalist
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/10297952#comment-1413771
Flame
Skimmer Libellula saturata
INaturalist
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/10278340
Lake
Cahuilla Recreation Area, La Quinta
Familiar
Bluet Enallagma civile
INaturalist
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/10332872
*Flame
Skimmer Libellula saturata FOY
Gloria
Conley
Sebastopol
Backyard Pond
*Cardinal
Meadowhawk Sympetrum illotum – 1 emerged FOY
INaturalist
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/10215454
Sheep
Canyon & Indian Creek
Vivid
Dancer Argia vivida
INaturalist
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/10159535
Arcadia
Variegated
Meadowhawk Sympetrum corruptum - many
seen
Pacific
Forktail Ischnura cervula
Common
Green Darner Anax junius
INaturalist
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/10147378
Windsor
Pacific
Forktail Ischnura cervula
…….
San
Diego
INaturalist
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/10127558
Lake
Murray, San Diego
*Rambur’s
Forktail Ischnura ramburii FOY
Variegated
Meadowhawk Sympetrum corruptum
INaturalist
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/10132992
Pacific
Forktail Ischnura cervula
Vivid
Dancer Argia vivida
…….
INaturalist
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/10130794
Pacific
Forktail Ischnura cervula
…….
Los
Angeles County
INaturalist
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/10223986
Lower
Arroyo Park, Pasadena
Pacific
Forktail Ischnura cervula
INaturalist
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/10132992
*California
Darner Rhionaeschna californica
FOY
iNaturalist
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/10130794
Pacific
Forktail Ischnura cervula
INaturalist
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/10009529
INaturalist
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/10032446
Rancho
Mirage
INaturalist
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9963547
Coachella
Valley National Wildlife Park
*Familiar
Bluet Enallagma civile FOY
San
Diego County
INaturalist
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9925793
El
Monte Valley
*Blue-eyed
Darner Rhionaeschna multicolor FOY
INaturalist
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9917797
Mount
Diablo State Park
Variegated
Meadowhawk Sympetrum corruptum
…….
Santa
Clara County
INaturalist
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9894220
…….
Mariposa
County
INaturalist
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9899293
1204
Bull Creek Rd, Midpines
Variegated
Meadowhawk Sympetrum corruptum
…….
Solano
County
INaturalist https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9896006
Rockville
Hills Regional Park, Fairfield
Variegated
Meadowhawk Sympetrum corruptum
INaturalist
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/10177715
Fairoaks
Variegated
Meadowhawk Sympetrum corruptum
…….
Merced
County
Los
Banos Wildlife Area
Los
Angeles County
INaturalist https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9875812
South
Los Angeles
*Black-fronted
Forktail Ischnura denticollis FOY
INaturalist
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9939471
Presidio,
San Francisco
INaturalist
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9814914
Laguna
de Santa Rosa Watershed
Variegated
Meadowhawk Sympetrum corruptum
INaturalist
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9797370
Briones
Regional Park
Variegated
Meadowhawk Sympetrum corruptum
INaturalist
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9764990
Granada
Hills
Variegated
Meadowhawk Sympetrum corruptum
INaturalist
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/10132992
Altadena
Vivid
Dancer Argia vivida
INaturalist
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9734957
Santa
Rosa
Variegated
Meadowhawk Sympetrum corruptum
…….
San
Diego County
INaturalist
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9723592
San
Diego
Variegated
Meadowhawk Sympetrum corruptum
Alan
Wight
Nagasawa
Park in Santa Rosa
Pacific
Forktail Ischnura cervula - 4
January
30, 2018
Los
Angeles County
INaturalist https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9677141
Hansen
Dam
Variegated
Meadowhawk Sympetrum corruptum - pair
January
29, 2018
San
Diego County
biohexx1 @inaturalist
Sloane
Canyon; Dehesa
Variegated
Meadowhawk Sympetrum corruptum - male
January
28, 2018
Santa
Barbara County
Alamo
Pintado Creek, Solvang
Wim
van Dam
*
Vivid Dancer Argia vivida FOY
*
American Rubyspot FOY
INaturalist
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9710446
Nature
Ali
…….
San
Diego County
INaturalist https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9677141
Anstine
Audubon, Vista
Variegated
Meadowhawk Sympetrum corruptum - male
Los
Angeles County
INaturalist https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9608676
Will
Rogers State Park
Variegated
Meadowhawk Sympetrum corruptum – female,
males
San
Diego County
INaturalist https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9594343
Lake
Hodges, Escondido
Variegated
Meadowhawk Sympetrum corruptum – male
January
18, 2018
San
Diego County
biohexx1 @inaturalist
Proctor
Valley Vernal Pool Restoration
Variegated
Meadowhawk Sympetrum corruptum
January
16, 2018
San
Diego County
biohexx1 @inaturalist
Proctor
Valley Vernal Pool Restoration
Variegated
Meadowhawk Sympetrum corruptum
Los
Angeles County
INaturalist https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9490144
Torrance
Variegated
Meadowhawk Sympetrum corruptum
San
Benito County
INaturalist https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9473434
Pinnacles
National Park
Variegated
Meadowhawk Sympetrum corruptum - 3 males
…….
San
Francisco County
INaturalist https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9461937
San
Francisco
Variegated
Meadowhawk Sympetrum corruptum
…….
Riverside
County
INaturalist https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9466123
Palm
Springs
Variegated
Meadowhawk Sympetrum corruptum
…….
Humboldt
County
Tony
Westkamper
Van
Duzen River
Variegated
Meadowhawk Sympetrum corruptum - Yesterday I saw one, today two. I can
be sure it was two since one chased the other one away.
January
7, 2018
Orange
County
INaturalist https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9412536
Hills
above Siverdale
Variegated
Meadowhawk Sympetrum corruptum – male
…….
San
Berardino County
INaturalist https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9400291
Saint
Antony Coptic Monastery, Newberry Springs
Variegated
Meadowhawk Sympetrum corruptum -
January
5, 2018
San
Berardino County
biohexx1 @inaturalist
Indian
Cove Campground, Joshua Tree National Park
*Variegated
Meadowhawk Sympetrum corruptum – male FOY
January
1, 2018
Colusa
County
Michael
and Muriel Plank
Sacramento
Wildlife Refuge
*Common Green Darners Anax junius - 2 males (this ties the earliest date ever) FOY
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
New
County Records from years prior to 2018, but not realized until 2018
iNaturalist
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/4246190
OC# 479167, CA Chart #141
San
Gabriel
!!Rambur's
Forktail Ischnura ramburii
note:
Interesting is that the species had not been found in any of the college or
natural history museums, so this could represent range expansion.
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.
!!*Black
Spreadwing Lestes stultus - a few in hand [last report 2017]
July
9, 2009
Shasta
River and Collier Rest Area north of Yreka
!!Sooty
Dancer Argia lugens PHOTO RECORD OC#491676 CA Chart 150, updates prior sight
only record that the Dot Map Project was based upon.