California's Year 2020*
Dragonfly Reports
*This year,
ONLY First and Last dates by species and new county/state records &/or new
flight dates were tracked on the website,
plus information obtained in conjunction with
these reports.
All
information is also kept on an Excel Chart. Please contact me if you’d like a
copy. Kathy Biggs
I encourage you
to click on prior years and search them if you are interested in finding places
with great ode diversity.
I encourage
all people interested in wildlife to upload their photos to iNaturalist and/or
Odonata Central.
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 Dragonfly discussion group and/or iNaturalist.com
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 group, Western Odonata 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 both the Common Name or the Scientific Name
To contact the person making the sighting, email Kathy Biggs.
COUNTY RECORDS are underlined,in red text and preceeded by !! (any new, but prior to 2020 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)
92 species (out of the 115 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 2020 season as of the most currant date below.
25 new California
County records
(many of these this year found by searching iNaturalist’s history) and
1 STATE record
have been reported/discovered/upgraded this year. (This # may include 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 &/or
Odonata Central or iNaturalist: https://groups.io/g/CalOdes/files,
OdonataCentral.com and/or iNaturlaist
January 16, 2021
Santa Barbara County
Western Odonata/Hugh Ranson
*Great Speadwing Archilestes grandis LOY2020
DECEMBER
December 31, 2020
Los Angeles County
iNaturalist
*Variegated
Meadowhawk Sympetrum corruptum LOY https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/67384825
December 10, 2020
Riverside County
iNaturalist
December 10, 2020
Ventura County
iNaturalist
NOVEMBER
November 24, 2020
Sacramento County
iNaturalist
*Striped Meadowhawk Sympetrum pallipes LOY https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/67686470#activity_comment_6127410
November 21, 2020
San Diego County
Odonata Central/Jeffrey Spauding
*Spotted Spreadwing Lestes congener LOY OC#1557768
Blue-eyed Darner Rhionaeschna multicolor LOY OC#1557767
*Wandering Glider Pantala flavescens LOY OC#1566467
iNaturalist
Spotted Spreadwing Lestes
congener https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/65370577
*Blue-eyed Darner Rhionaeschna multicolor
LOY https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/65370575
…….
Los Angeles County
iNaturalist
*California Spreadwing Archilestes californicum LOY https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/64086991
November 18, 2020
Los Angeles County
iNaturalist
*American Rubyspot Hetaerina americana LOY https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/65181731
November 13, 2020
Napa County
iNaturalist
!!*Shadow Darner Aeshna umbrosa LOY https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/64820519
November 11, 2020
Los Angeles County
iNaturalist
*Red-tailed Pennant Brachmeysia furcata LOY https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/64706960
November 7, 2020
Sacramento County
iNaturalist
*Tule Bluet Enallagma carunculatum LOY https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/64409270
……..
Los Angeles County
iNaturalist
*Red Rock Skimmer Paltothemis linneatipes LOY https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/64414482
November 6, 2020
San Mateo County
iNaturalist
*Flame Skimmer Libellula saturata LOY https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/64335116
November 3, 2020
Riverside County
iNaturalist
November 1, 2020
Riverside County
iNaturalist
…….
San Diego County
iNaturalist
…….
San Diego County
iNaturalist
OctoBER
October 31, 2020
Sonoma County
iNaturalist
*Pacific Forktail Ischnura cervula
LOY https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/64066307
…….
Humboldt County
iNaturalist
*Cardinal Meadowhawk Sympetrum
illotum LOY https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/64406689
October 27, 2020
Riverside County
iNaturalist
*Roseate Skimmer Orthemis ferruginea LOY https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/63674340
October 25, 2020
Del Norte County
iNaturalist
*Paddle-tailed Darner Aeshna
palmata LOY https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/63517820
October 24, 2020
Sonoma County
iNaturalist
*Great Spreadwing Archilestes
grandis LOY https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/63551380
…….
Sacramento County
iNaturalist
Striped Meadowhawk Sympetrum
pallipes LOY https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/63438447
October 21.2020
Ventura County
iNaturalist
…….
Orange County
iNaturalist
October 17, 2020
Imperial County
iNaturalist/BJ
Stacey
*Powdered Dancer Argia moesta LOY https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/64372294
…….
Siskiyou County
iNaturalist/Ameet
*Saffron-winged Meadowhawk Sympetrum
costiferum LOY https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/65371285
October 14, 2020
Santa Clara County
iNaturalist
October 12, 2020
San
Bernardino County
iNaturalist/
LOY
October 10, 2020
Yolo County
iNaturalist
October 7, 2020
Yolo County
iNaturalist
*Arroyo Bluet Ennalagma praevarum LOY
……
Riverside County
Odonata
Central
*Marl Pennant Macrodyplax balteata LOY OC#1509474
October 5, 2020
Shasta County
iNaturalist
October 3, 2020
Los Angeles County
iNaturalist
SEPTEMBER
September 26, 2020
Santa
Clara County
iNaturalist
September 25, 2020
Orange County
iNaturalist
*Western Pondhawk Erythemis colocata LOY https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/60794429
September 24, 2020
Inyo County
iNaturalist/Leslie
Flint
*Autumn Meadowhawk Sympetrum vicinum FOY https://www.naturalista.mx/observations/60671419
Striped Meadowhawk
Variegated Meadowhawk
Common Green Darner – 100s
…….
Inyo County
iNaturalist
*Sooty Dancer Argia lugens LOY https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/61432295
…….
Shasta County
iNaturalist
September 23, 2020
San Francisco County
iNaturalist/SF Zoo reintroduction program
*San Francisco Forktail Ischnua gemina LOY https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/60564788
September 22, 2020
San Benito County
iNaturalist/Paul Johnson
*Northern Bluet Enallama annexum LOY https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/61407475
…….
*Desert Firetail Telebasis salva LOY https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/61407457
September 21, 2020
San
Mateo County
iNaturalist
*Pacific Spiketail Corduelegaster dorsalis LOY https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/60495832
September 20, 2020
Imperial County
iNaturalist/Jeff Spauding
*Double-striped Bluet Enallama basidens LOY https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/60283510
*White-belted Ringtail Erpeogomphus compositus LOY https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/60283513
*Brimstone Clubtail Stylurus intricatus LOY https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/60283512
September 19, 2020
Imperial County
iNaturalist
*Common Whitetail Plathemis lydia
LOY https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/60776016
September 18, 2020
Riverside County
iNaturalist
*Gray Sanddragon Progomhus borealis LOY https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/59993940
September 14, 2020
Inyo County
iNaturalist
**Olive Clubtail Stylurus olivaceus LOY and new late flight date by 5 days https://www.naturalista.mx/observations/59943688
September 12, 2020
Imperial County
iNaturalist/Bob Miller
September 8, 2020
Glenn County
iNaturalist
Plaskett Meadows
September 7, 2020
San
Mateo County
iNaturalist
…….
San
Mateo County
iNaturalist
*Band-winged Meadowhawk Sympetrum
semicinctum LOY https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/59084728
September 6, 2020
San Diego County
iNaturalist
……..
Ventura County
iNaturalist
September
3, 2020
Humboldt County
iNaturalist
……
El Dorado
County
iNaturalist
September 1, 2020
Imperial County
Matthew Matthiessen
Calipatria
canals
5
White-belted Ringtails
*2 Russet-tipped
Clubtails Stylurus plagiatus FOY
OC#1500694
*1 Brimstone Clubtail Stylurus
intricatus FOY & LOY OC#1500693
AUGUST
August 30, 2020
Riverside County
iNaturalist
*Desert Forktail Ischnura barberi LOY https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/58093968
August
29, 2020
Tulare County
Western Odonata/Tony Kurz
Lake Keweah
!!Mexican
Amberwing – Perethymis intensa CA chart
141 OC#tbd
!!Neon Skimmer
– Libellula crociepennis CA chart 141 OC#tbd
August 28, 2020
San Diego County
iNaturalist
*Northern
Spreadwing Lestes disjuctus LOY https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/58039717
…….
Tuolumne County
iNaturalist
*Variable
Darner Aeshna interrupta LOY https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/58035768
…….
Mono County
iNaturalist
*Desert
Whitetail Plathemis subornata LOY
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/57847799
August 26, 2020
Mariposa County
iNaturalist
*Walker’s Darner Aeshna walkeri LOY https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/57697302
August
25, 2020
Orange County
Lake
Forest
iNaturalist
!!
Pale-faced Clubskimmer - Brechmorhoga mendax CA Chart #141 OC# 1462585
August
26, 2020
Nevada County
iNaturalist
August
23, 2020
San
Diego County
iNaturalist/Jeff Spaulding
*Citrine Forktail Ischnura
hastata LOY https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/57402265
…….
Imperial County
iNaturalist
*Comanche Skimmer Libellula
comanche LOY https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/57951071
August
22, 2020
Modoc County
Paul Saraceni
New
Pine Creek, marsh on the California
side of State Line Park Rd.
Black Meadowhawk Sympetrum danae FOY
Cherry-faced Meadowhawks
*Eight-spotted Skimmer Libellula forensic LOY
Twelve-spotted Skimmers
Northern Spreadwing
August
18, 2020
Humboldt County
iNaturalist
*Paddle-tailed Darner Aeshna palmata FOY https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/56977199
iNaturalist
…....
Modoc County
iNaturalist
*Black Meadowhawk Sympetrum danae FOY https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/56885740
August
14, 2020
Modoc County
iNaturalist
*Cherry-faced Meadowhawk Sympetrum interum FOY https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/56480590
August
13, 2020
Tehama County
iNaturalist
*Hoary Skimmer Libellula nodisticta FOY https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/56744132
August
11, 2020
Siskiyou
and Trinity Counties
Kathy
& Dave Biggs, Celise Sharpe & Dennis Ball
Gumboot Lake
NoBo
Bluets – some, not as abundant as
on prior visits
Northern
Spreadwing Lestes disjunctus– the only spreadwing species we
saw
Variegated
Meadowhawk – a few very mature
Striped
Meadowhawk – a few
12-spotted
Skimmer – some
(no 4-spotted nor whitefaces
seen)
Co Green
Darner – some
Aeshna
– very few
Blue-eyed
Darner – at least 1
Also seen – young Cascade Frogs
Gumboot Creek (about a mile above
Gumboot on West Barr Rd.)
Vivid
Dancer – a few
…
Mumbo Lake,
Trinity County
Northern Spreadwing – many
Co Green
Darner
Aeshna sp
…….
Modoc County
John Plank
Cedarville
Desert Whitetail 8 males and 4 females
Comanche Skimmers
Eight Spotted Skimmers
…….
El Dorado County
iNaturalist
*Paddle-tailed Darner Aeshna palmata FOY https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/56162698
August 4, 2020
El Dorado County
iNaturalist
*Four-spotted Skimmer
……..
Mariposa County
Dan
Horner
small garden pond in our yard at
2100 feet in rural southern Mariposa
County.
!!
Neon Skimmer Libellula croceipennis
– male photographed CA Chart 152
OC# 1462650
July
July 28,
2020
Siskiyou County
iNaturalist
*American Emerald Cordulia
shurtleffii - LOY https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/54931361
*Chalk-fronted Corporal Ladona
julia – LOY https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/55233812
*Crimson-ringed Whiteface Leucorrhinia glacialis
– LOY https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/55234857
July
27, 2019
Siskiyou County
Matthew
Matthiessen
Taylor Lake
in the Marble Mts., out of Etna, ~7000’
July 26,
2020
Humboldt County
iNaturalist
*Western
River Cruiser Macromia magnifica - LOY https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/54785611
…….
San Diego County
iNaturalist
*Red-veined Meadowhawk Sympetrum madidum - LOY https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/54482908
July
24, 2019
Siskiyou
County
Kathy &
Dave Biggs, Terry & Jay Theskin, Zane Walker
Taylor Lake
in the Marble Mts., out of Etna, ~7000’
Crimson-ringed
Whiteface -a few
*Hudsonian
Whiteface Leucorrhinia hudsonica– many
LOY 3 times as many as Crimson-ringed https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/54483860
4-Spotted
Skimmer – few
Emerald sp
- 6
Common Green
Darner - 1
Darner sp
- All dark and assumed
to be Variables as that is what Kathy
netted last year
Black Petaltail – 6 males
Boreal Bluet Enallagma borealis – many, one in hand,
we enjoyed watching the males tow a female to a rooted plant that reached
the surface. He’d allow her to grab it and then she would proceed to back up
underwater. When she was fully submerged, he’d release her. This is how she
would avoid the attentions of the other males. But when a female surfaced and
needed help to break the surface tension, she’d be mobbed by about 10 males!!
July 23,
2020
Tulare County
Tony Kurz
Mineral King
July 22,
2020
Modoc County
iNaturalist
…….
San
Bernardino County
Bluff Lake Reserve,
July 20,
2020
Mono County
iNaturalist
*Western Red Damsel Amphiagrion
abbreviatum LOY https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/58114969
July 19,
2020
El Dorado County
iNaturalist
July 18,
2020
San Mateo County
iNaturalist
…
iNaturalist
July 16,
2020
Mariposa County
Odonata
Central
Anax
walsinghami Giant
Darner
July 14,
2020
Mariposa County
Odonata
Central
!! Anax walsinghami Giant Darner CA Chart 136, OC #1404955
July 12,
2020
Amador County
iNaturalist
July 10,
2020
Santa Barbara County
iNatrualist
…….
Tehama County
iNatrualist
July 9,
2020
Santa Barbara County
iNatrualist
July 8,
2020
Santa Barbara County
iNatrualist
July 7,
2020
Santa Barbara County
Hugh Ranson
ponds
along the Trespass Trail. The location is reached from Gaviota
*Spotted Spreadwing Lestes congener –3 FOY
Black Spreadwing -- 60+
Arroyo Bluet -- 2 netted
Northern Bluet -- 3 netted
Western Forktail-- 50+
Pacific Forktail-- 10
Black-fronted Forktail--1
Blue Dasher-- 5
Flame Skimmer-- 5
Red Saddlebags -- 4
Variegated Meadowhawk--1
Cardinal Meadowhawk--7
Common Green Darner-- 15
Blue-eyed Darner --15
Wandering Glider--3
Common Whitetail--2
12-spotted Skimmer—1
…….
Tulare County
iNaturalist/Tony Kurz
Heather Lake
in Sequoia National Park
!!American
Emerald - Cordulia shurtleffii CA chart
141 OC#1481930
July 5,
2020
Turlock County
iNaturalist
July 4,
2020
San Diego County
iNaturalist/Jeff Spaulding
Kit Carson
Park in Escondido. At the northwest corner of the duck
pond we found a male
**Baja
Bluet Enallagma eiseni LOY &
new late flight date by nearly 3 wks https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/51957937 . Looking for a landmark, I
noticed that we were standing near the only fan palm around the pond. I have
included the link to the iNaturalist observation. Other than that we had
Black and
Red Saddlebags,
Mexican
Amberwings,
Wandering
Glider,
Giant and
Common Green Darner,
Flame
Skimmer,
Familiar
and Tule Bluets.
July 2,
2020
Mendocino County
Kate
Marionchild
Russian River
in Potter Valley
!!
White-belted Ringtail Erpetogomphus
compositus CA Chart# 136, OC #1384587
This IS a new most western
location for the species.
…….
Del
Norte County
iNaturalist
…….
Mono County
iNaturalist
*Desert
Whitetail Plathemis subornata FOY
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/51720764
July 1,
2020
Siskiyou County
Kathy
& Dave Biggs
Gumboot Lake 2-4:30, low 70s, breezy
(interesting to compare to what Doug K. saw there last week)
Spreadwing
sp – 3-4 tenerals still pink,
on maiden flight
NoBo
Bluets - thousands
Vivid Dancer -4
Green Darner- 5
(no Aeshna/Rhionaeschna)
(no Black Petaltail)
(no Emeralds)
Chalk-fronted Corporal - 8
Crimson-ringed Whiteface -12
Dot-tailed
Whiteface - 2
Twelve Spotted Skimmer-24
Four Spotted Skimmer-many
Variegated Meadowhawk – 2
dozen, many quite mature, no other Meadowhawk species found
Black Saddlebags
JuNE
June 29,
2020
Santa Barbara County
Hugh Ranson
Lake Los Carneros in Goleta
!! Mexican Amberwing Perithemis intensa -A
long-anticipated first county individual was found in the south-west corner,
hanging out in tules. Sight Record, CA Chart 120, OC#1383944
Also
there were a couple of first-of-season SBC Odes:
Red-tailed Pennant
Wandering glider
Spot-winged glider
Flame skimmer
Blue Dasher
Common Green
Blue-eyed Darners
…..
Siskiyou County
Kathy & Dave Biggs
Soda
Springs along Squaw Creek, a quick stop after going to the post office showed
us 5 species. 5PM 77F
Western Forktail – many
no
Swift Forktails
California Darners – a few
Common Whitetail – many
12-spotted Skimmers – some
Cardinal Meadowhawk – one female posed
nicely for photos
June 27,
2020
Modoc County
iNaturalist/Paul
G. Johnson
Warner
Mts.
June 26,
2020
Modoc County
iNaturalist/Paul
G. Johnson
Eagle Lake
June 25,
2020
San Diego County
Matthew
Matthiessen
Santee Lakes
*Baja Bluet Enallagma eiseni at least one male, new late date
for the species
June 24,
2020
Mendocino County
iNaturalist
June 23, 2020
Santa Barbara County
Hugh Ranson, Nick
Lethaby Larry Ballard, Mark Bright, Bill Murdoch, Wim van Dam
a very small seasonal pond along West
Camino Cielo, the road that runs along the spine of the coastal Santa Ynez
Mountains, accessed from Refugio
Road.
The water level had dropped a fair
amount, but the numbers of Black
Spreadwings had gone the other way. We were gobsmacked by what we found.
There were well over 200 individuals. We counted more than 80 pairs in wheel
and tandem, and these were the insects visible from one spot only. The cropped
photos give some idea of the numbers. All spreadwings netted, photographed, or
viewed through binoculars were Black Spreadwing. I presume that they are laying
eggs on (or in?) the emergent vegetation, and these eggs will survive after the
pond dries and then the first winter rains arrive (usually November or
December). According to Jim Johnson, "this is standard operating procedure
for many spreadwings in that habitat."
Mark Bright photographed spreadwings
at this same location last summer, and while the photos are not conclusive,
they are very much suggestive of the same species, so it's likely they've been
around for a while.
Other species present included
Wandering
Glider (1)
Common
Whitetail (1)
Western
Forktail (1)
Common Green
Darner (1)
June 22, 2020
Siskiyou County
Kathy & Dave Biggs
Medicine Lake
lagoon before the Day
Use Swim
Beach (short stop during
a geology tour with family)
Spreadwings – a few
Western Forktail – a few
12-spotted Skimmers – many
4-spotted Skimmer - one
Dot-tailed Whiteface – a few
CA Darner – a few
Also
seen – Gray Jays
…
Doug
& Debbie Karalun
Collier Rest Area on I-5
North of Yreka 10 AM
What a difference from the afternoon 2 days ago.
1 American Rubyspot
A few NoBo Bluets
Around 10
Emma's Dancers
Maybe 50
Sinuous Snaketails, some
on the lawn, perching on the fence, perching in the riverside vegetation, and
flying over the river.
A few Flame
Skimmers
Pumice Stone Well 1 PM
Over 10 Emerald Spreadwings Lestes
dryas (Couldn't find male
Lyre-tipped)
2 Pacific Forktails
Many Western
Forktails
Over 20 NoBo
Bluets (3 in hand were *Boreal
Bluet Enallagma boreale) FOY
A few Green Darners and
Rhionaeschna Darners [all
that Kathy Biggs saw later that afternoon appeared to be Calif.
Darners]
Over a dozen American
Emeralds
4 Eight Spotted Skimmer
10+ Twelve Spotted Skimmer
4 Dot-tailed Whiteface
5 Variegated Meadowhawk
1 Striped Meadowhawk Sympetrum pallipes
2 Black Saddlebags
..
Orr Lake 4:30 PM
Many NoBo Bluets
2
Northern in hand
2 *Boreal
in hand – possibly first of
year
Numerous Western Forktail
Numerous Pacific
Forktail
Darners were much lower in number
from the evening 2 days ago.
A handful of Green
Darners
1 California Darner seen
perched and less than 10 Rhionaeschna flying
8 Beaverpond Baskettails
1 Common Whitetail
20+ Dot tailed Whiteface
10+ Eight Spotted Skimmer
A few Twelve Spotted Skimmers
A few Four Spotted Skimmers
..
Gumboot Lake 12:00 PM
100s NoBo Bluets (3 Boreal
in hand)
8 Vivid Dancer
15 Green Darner
1 Black Petaltail
1 Emerald
6 Chalk-fronted Corporal Ladona
julia
30 *Crimson-ringed Whiteface Leucorrhinia
glacialis FOY 3/4
with fresh shiny wings
30 Twelve Spotted Skimmer
15 Four Spotted Skimmer
6 Variegated Meadowhawk
8 Black Saddlebags
June 21,
2020
Sierra County
iNaturalist
*Chalk-fronted
Corporal Ladona julia FOY https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/51693106
June 20, 2020
Siskiyou County
Doug
& Debbie Karalun
Rest Area N of Yreka on I-5 at
2:00 PM
3 Emma's Dancer
5 NoBo Bluets
Shasta River at Hudson Road at 3:00 PM 6/20
10 Emma's Dancer
20 NoBo Bluets
12 Pacific Clubtail
..
Orr Lake
7:00 PM 6/20
30 Pacific Forktail
20 No/Bo Bluet
15 Green Darner
12 Rhionaeschna darners
(2 California
and 1
Blue-eyed in hand)
3 Beaverpond Baskettail in
hand, at least 10 more Baskettails
10 Dot-tailed Whiteface
20 Eight Spotted Skimmer
…
iNaturalist/Doug Karkalun
June 19,
2020
Santa Barbara County
Hugh
Ranson and Nick Lethaby
a very small seasonal pond along
West Camino Cielo, the road that runs along the spine of the coastal Santa Ynez
Mountains, accessed from Refugio
Road.
!!Black Spreadwing Lestes stultus
~20 all presumed this
species OC# 1370893 CA#120
…….
Trinity County
iNaturalist/Dave Barry
June 14,
2020
Humboldt County
iNaturalist
June 13,
2020
San Diego County
iNaturalist
Bluff Lake
June 12,
2020
Marin County
iNaturalist
*Striped
Meadowhawk Sympetrum pallipes FOY https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/49438026
…….
Marin County
iNaturalist
*Band-winged Meadowhawk Sympetrum semicinctum FOY https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/49948464
June 11, 2020
Siskiyou County
Kathy & Dave Biggs, Celise Sharpe &
Dennis Ball
Pumice
Stone Well
Pacific Forktail - a few males
Western Forktail - males and mature females
No/Bo Bluets - some
no
darners!!
American Emerald ~6 males and at least
1 ovipositing female
Mountain Emerald - one emerging male
(first report of the species aside from the MONTH early low elevation one in
Mendocino Co. last month)
Dot-tailed Whiteface - one ovipositing
pair seen
Twelve-spotted Skimmers - at least a dozen
at this small pond! And a few females.
On
our way home, Dave and Kathy saw a Variegated
Meadowhawk in a wildflower field
…
iNaturalist
*River Jewelwing Calopteryx
aequabilis LOY https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/49289184
(last of year)
June 10, 2020
iNaturalist
June 9,
2020,
Siskiyou County
Celise
Sharp & Dennis Ball
Juanita Lake
*Leucorrhinia intacta Dot-tailed Whiteface – many
June 8,
2020,
Siskiyou County
Glenn
Fine and Brianne Eileen
North side of Mt. Eddy
~4000, near Weed
*Tanypteryx hageni Black Petaltail – male photographed
June 2,
2020,
Siskiyou County
Glenn
Fine
West of Weed
Twelve-spotted skimmer (Libellula
pulchella)
*American
Emerald (Cordulia shurtleffii) FOY
Common
Whitetail (Plathemis lydia)
Swift
Forktail (Ischnura erratica)
Beaverpond
Baskettails – many
*Hoary
Skimmer (Libellula nodisticta) FOY
June 1,
2020
San Diego County
Doug
Karalun
Santee Lakes
Baja
Bluet – conformational
sighting/photographing - 11 males
MAY
May 31,
2020
San Diego County
iNaturalist/Jeff Spaulding
Santee Lakes
**!!
Baja Bluet Enallagma eiseni 2 males, FOY,
new early flight date and First Confirmed record for the county and STATE! CA Chart # 141, OC#1352219
…….
Colusa County
Matthew
Matthiessen
Bear Creek
*Western River Cruiser Macromia magnifica
Giant
Darner
May 30, 2020
Tehama County
iNaturalist
May 29,
2020
Santa Barbara County
Hugh
Ranson
Aliso Creek which drains into the
middle Santa Ynez River
Lavender
Dancers Argia hinei - 2 or 3
Vivid
Dancers - several
California Dancer-1
East Camino Cielo,
which runs along the spine of the Santa Ynez Mountains
Pacific
Spiketail
…….
Siskiyou County
iNaturalist
Salmon
River, Somes Bar
!!Desert
Firetail Telebasis salva
– male [most northern record
for this species] CA Chart #141 OC#1357124
May 28,
2020
Santa Cruz County
iNaturalist
Westlake Park,
Santa Cruz
Quail Hollow Ranch Part
*Red-veined
Meadowhawk Sympetrum madidum Odonata Central
OC #1351850
…….
San Diego County
iNaturalist
Santee
May 27, 2020
San
Benito County
Paul G. Johnson
San Benito River at Sawmill Creek, 3 hours, 0.5 mile
California Dancer - dozens
Emma's Dancer - 4
*Lavender Dancers Argia hinei FOY – 3 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/50373747
Sooty Dancer - 5
Vivid Dancer - 2
*Northern Bluet - 4 captured and IDd,
many more presumably this species FOY https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/50373769
Desert Firetail Telebasis salva- 3 (only in abandoned stream channels)
Mosaic Darner - 1 (dead and decayed)
Grappletail - 1
Bison Snaketail - 2
Gray Sanddragon - 3
Flame Skimmer - 5
May 24,
2020
Sonoma County
iNaturalist
…….
Madera County
iNaturalist
North Fork Willow Creek; Sierra National
Forest
*Western Red Damsel Amphiagrion abbreviatum FOY
May 17,
2020
San Bernardino County
Odonata
Central/Tom Benson/iNaturalist
Baker sewage ponds
May 16,
2020
Inyo County
Odonata
Central/Tom Benson/iNaturalist
Shoshone Village
May 15,
2020
San Diego County
iNaturalist
May 13,
2020
Riverside County
iNaturalist
Coachella Valley
…….
Imperial County
iNaturalist
Brawley
May 11,
2020
San Bernardino County
Doug
Karalun
Deep Creek/Mojave River
Confluence
1 American Rubyspot
15 Vivid Dancers
*California
Dancer Argia agrioides FOY - 6
*Sooty Dancer Argia lugens FOY - 1
1 Mosaic Darner, most likely Blue-eyed
Gray Sanddragon Progomphus borealis - 1
12 Red Rock Skimmer
6 Flame Skimmer
May 10,
2020
Los Angeles County
iNaturalist
May 9,
2020
Santa Clara County
iNaturalist
San
Jose area
May 8,
2020
Siskiyou County
John
Plank
Shasta River at Hudson Road
River
Jewelwing Calopteryx aequabilis
Vivid
Dancer Argia vivida
No/Bo
Bluet Enallagma annexum/borealis
Pacific
Forktail Ischnura cervula
Western
Forktail Ischnura perparva
California Darner Rhionaeschna californica
Bison
Snaketail Ophiogomphus bison
Sinuous
Snaketail Ophiogomphus occidentis
Pacific
Clubtail Phanogomphus kurilis
Variegated
Meadowhawk Sympetrum corruptum
May 7,
2020
Orange County
iNaturalist
Santa
Ana River, Anaheim,
…….
Mendocino County
iNaturalist
Jacob's Ranch Rd, Little River
**Mountain
Emerald Somatachlora semicirularus FOY
This is a new early date by
a whole MONTH and possibly a new low elevation record also.
May 6,
2020
San Joaquin County
iNaturalist
North Woodbridge, Woodbridge
…….
San Bernardino County
Doug
Karalun
East Highland Reservoir
4 Tule Bluet
15 Blue-ringed Dancer
6 Pacific Forktail
2 Blue-eyed Darner
1 Giant Darner
3 Mexican Amberwing
15 Blue Dasher
May 5,
2020
Sacramento County
iNaturalist
Carmichael
May 4,
2020
Siskiyou County
Kathy
& Dave Biggs, Terry & Jay Thesken, Bob Claypole
Shasta River at Hudson Road
** Calopteryx
aequabilis River Jewelwing FOY - and two days earlier than ever before
Vivid
Dancer Argia vivida - ~half dozen inc. males and
females
No/Bo
Bluet Enallagma annexum/borealis – 2
Pacific
Forktail Ischnura cervula- ~half dozen inc. males and
females
Western
Forktail Ischnura perparva - ~half dozen inc. males and
females
California Darner Rhionaeschna californica – 1
Pacific
Clubtail Phanogomphus kurilis – dozens, many teneral
…….
Solano County
iNaturalist
Putah Creek
May 3,
2020
Imperial County
iNaturalist
East of Anza
…….
San Bernardino County
Doug
Karalun
Harper Dry
Lake
*Paiute Dancer Argia alberta
FOY
50 Pacific Forktail
3 Common Green Darner
4 Blue-eyed Darner
15 Blue Dasher
1 Western Pondhawk
4 Black Saddlebags
2 Red Saddlebags
1 Wandering Glider
*Spot-winged Glider Pantala hymenaea FOY-1
May 2,
2020
Sacramento County
iNaturalist
Mather Lake, Rancho Cordova
May 1,
2020
San Bernardino County
Doug
Karalun
Plunge Creek
4 Vivid Dancer
8 Blue-eyed Darner
9 Red Rock Skimmer
1 Wandering Glider
*Pale-faced Clubskimmer Brechmorhoga
mendax FOY – 1
…….
San Bernardino County
iNaturalist
April
April 30,
2020
Siskiyou County
Sinuous Snaketail - Ophiogomphus
occidentis OC#898351
April 29,
2020
Santa Clara County
iNaturalist
Cambrian, San Jose
April 28,
2020
Tulare County
iNaturalist
April 27,
2020
Mendocino County
iNaturalist
Little River
…….
Napa County
iNaturalist
Skyline Wilderness
Park
…….
Riverside County
iNaturalist
April 26,
2020
San Diego County
iNaturalist
Otay Lakes
…….
Sonoma County
iNaturalist
Russian River, Healdsburg
…….
Marin County
iNaturalist
April 25,
2020
Santa Barbara County
Lake Los Carneros in Goleta, ….The warm temps have brought out the
odes.
Flame
Skimmer
Red
Saddlebegs (a female ovipositing
solo--I wonder what became of the male)
Blue-eyed
Darners
Blue
Dasher
Variegated
meadowhawks
Cardinal
meadowhawks
*Wandering
Glider Pantala flavescens FOY --very ragged wings
Pacific Forktail
Bluet sp.
At nearby Rancho Goleta pond
Liz Muraoka saw the first three species mentioned
above, along with a
*Red-tailed
Pennant Brachymesia furcata FOY
April 24,
2020
Napa County
iNaturalist/BJ
Stacey
Santee Lakes
April 23, 2020
Mendocino County
George Chaniot
Potter Valley
*Epitheca canis Beaverpond Baskettail FOY
April 22,
2020
Los Angeles County
iNaturalist
Marmont
Lane
**Neon Skimmer Libellula croceipennis FOY [old
early date 4/28/2015] https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/46576376
April 19,
2020
Sacramento County
Tim
Manolis
His Sacramento back yard
Sinuous
Snaketail (Ophiogomphus occidentis)
…….
Riverside County
iNaturalist
Desert Willow
Golf Resort, Palm
Desert
April 18,
2020
Sacramento County
Tim
Manolis
His Sacramento back yard
*Common
Whitetail Plathemis lydia FOY
...
April 14,
2020
Riverside County
iNaturalist
…….
Tulare County
iNaturalist
Chantry Flats
*Octogomphus specularis Grappletail FOY
April 13,
2020
Contra Costa County
iNaturalist
Mt. Diablo
April 11,
2020
Sonoma County
iNaturalist/Brock
Dolman
Occidental
…....
Monterey County
iNaturalist
Prunedale
April 9,
2020
Alameda County
iNaturalist
Anthony Chabot
Regional Park
April 7,
2020
Sonoma County
iNaturalist
Santa Rosa
April 9,
2020
Sonoma County
iNaturalist
Nathanson Creek
Park , Sonoma
April 2, 2020
San Francisco County
iNaturalist
San Francisco
[please note that the SF Zoo is
rearing and releasing I. gemina, but they put a # on the wings of all released gemina that
they have reared]
April 1, 2020
Riverside County
iNaturalist
MARCH
March 31, 2020
Santa
Barbara County
Nick Lethaby
Arroyo
Quemada
**Great Spreadwing. The latest ever.
LOY for 2019 Old late flight date 3/21/1972 (early date is June 21)
October 21.2020
Ventura County
iNaturalist
*Spot-winged Glider Pantala hymenaea FOY https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/43724198
March 24, 2020
Riverside
County
iNaturalist
Desert Willow
Golf Resort, Palm
Desert
*Ischnura ramburii
Rambur’s Forktail FOY
March 21, 2020
Orange
County
iNaturalist
Santa Ana River,
Anaheim
*Ischnura denticollis
Black-fronted Forktail FOY
…….
Yolo
County
iNaturalist
Ischnura perparva
Western Forktail - mature
male
March 19, 2020
Yolo
County
iNaturalist
March 14-15, 2020
San
Diego County
Bob Miller
little
known lake in the Cargo Muchacho Mountains
in California,
NW of Yuma
*Red Saddlebags Tramea onusta FOY
Variegated Meadowhawk
Familiar Bluet
March 11, 2020
San
Luis Obispo County
iNaturalist
Morrow Bay
*Rhionaeschna multicolor Blue-eyed Darner FOY
……
Imperial
County
iNaturalist
…….
Mendocino
County
iNaturalist
March 6, 2020
Yolo County
iNaturalist
*Enallagma annexum/boreale Northern/Boreal Bluet FOY
…….
Santa Clara
County
iNaturalist
*Tule
Bluet Enallagma carunculatum FOY
March 5, 2020
Yolo County
iNaturalist
*Rhionaeschna californica California Darner FOY
March 3, 2020
Santa
Barbara County
Nick Lethaby
Arroyo
Quemada
*Great Spreadwing. My latest ever. LOY
for 2019
Vivid Dancers are also emerging now.
FEBruary
February 29, 2020
Riverside
County
iNaturalist
Palm Desert
February 18, 2020
Riverside
County
iNaturalist
downtown
Riverside
*Hetaerina americana American Rubyspot FOY https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/38818311
February 12, 2020
San
Diego County
iNaturalist
*Argia
sedula Blue-ringed Dancer FOY
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/38586495
February 8,
2020
Santa Barbara County
Larry
Ballard
Cold Spring
**CARDINAL
MEADOWHAWK (Sympetrum illotum) FOY and
new flight data- old
first date was 2/24!
February 7, 2020
Riverside
County
iNaturalist
Cielo Vista Elementary School,
Palm Springs
…….
Los Angeles County
iNaturalist
Playa del Rey
January
January 31,
2020
Sonoma
County
Alan
Wight
Nagasawa Park,
Santa Rosa
Pacific Forktails https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/38168004
January 30,
2019
San
Diego County
iNaturalist
Sweetwater
Reservoir; La Presa
Vivid Dancer Argia vivida https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/38261827
January 28,
2020
Santa
Barbara County
Nick Lethaby
Arroyo Quemada
*Great
Spreadwing Archilestes grandis – 3-4, LOY 2019
…….
San
Diego County
iNaturalist
Blue-Bonita
Meadows
*Bluet sp Enallagma sp FOY
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/38101719
January 25,
2020
Santa
Barbara County
Nick Lethaby
Arroyo Quemada
*Great
Spreadwing Archilestes grandis2-3
January 22,
2019
San
Diego County
iNaturalist
Santee
Pacific Forktail Ischnura cervula https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/38039707
January 4,
2019
San
Diego County
iNaturalist
Mt. Gower Open Space,
Variegated Meadowhawk Sympetrum corruptum https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/37305899
January 3,
2019
Los
Angeles County
iNaturalist
Longbeach
*Pacific Forktail Ischnura cervula FOY https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/37330707
January 2,
2019
Los
Angeles County
iNaturalist
Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden
Variegated Meadowhawk Sympetrum corruptum https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/37291316
January 1,
2019
Los
Angeles County
iNaturalist
Woodley
Variegated Meadowhawk Sympetrum corruptum – pair in wheel https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/37177341
…….
San Bernardino County
*Variegated Meadowhawk Sympetrum corruptum FOY – https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/37178768
(11:40 AM)
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
New county records
discovered this year, but occurring in other years:
(I decided to check iNaturalist records against ‘holes’ in our
distribution maps and for photos to upgrade sighting only records) in late August.
July 16, 2016
Contra Costa
County
upgrade
from a prior sight only record
August 21, 2016
Yuba County
upgrade
from a prior sight only record
September 4, 2016
Santa Cruz County
upgrade
from a prior sight only record
August 24, 2019
Kern County
upgrade
from a prior sight only record
July 19, 2020
Marin County
upgrade
from a prior sight only record
September 10, 2016
Marin County
FIRST
county record
March 14, 2015
San Mateo County
upgrade
from a prior sight only record
July 4, 2015
Merced County
upgrade
from a prior sight only record
July 24, 2014
Kern County
upgrade
from a prior sight only record
June 6, 2013
San Mateo County
FIRST county record
September 21, 2011
San Francisco County
Odonata Central
!!Eight-spotted Skimmer Libellula forensis CA Chart 136 OC# 462269
upgrade
from a prior sight only record
July 3, 2016
Kern County
FIRST county record (This
was a known record that hadn’t been properly recorded, apologies).
August 10, 2016
Merced County
FIRST county record
July 6, 2019
Inyo County
FIRST county record
July 15, 2020
Modoc County
!!Widow Skimmer Libellula luctuosa https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/53227875
CA Chart 141, First SIGHT ONLY record.
April 22, 2015
San Francisco County
!!Western Pondhawk Erythemis collocta https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/1415419,
First SIGHT ONLY record.
This
record means that Western Pondhawks have now been recorded in all 58 counties
in California,
along with Variegated Meadowhawk, Pacific Forktail, Vivid Dancer and Common
Green Darner and Blue-eyed Darner!
September 1, 2018
Kern County
FIRST county record
September 22, 2019
Alpine County
upgrade from a prior sight
only record. We now have a photo or specimen record for this species in all 58
counties.
July 18, 2019
San Luis Obispo County
FIRST
county record
July 22, 2017
Tehama County
!!Lyre-tipped Speadwing Lestes unguiculatus https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/7199704
CA Chart 141 OC# 1463093
FIRST
county record
July 3, 2017
Sierra County
!!Lyre-tipped Speadwing Lestes unguiculatus https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/7010043
CA Chart 141 OC# 1463094
FIRST county record
July 17, 2018
San Luis Obispo County
FIRST county record
July 17, 2014
Santa Cruz County
FIRST county record
October 13, 2018
Marin County
FIRST county record
(apologies, this was known but not recorded)
October 13, 2018
Santa Clara County
FIRST county record (apologies, this was known but not recorded)
September 25, 2019
Tulare County
FIRST county record
August 18, 2018
Mono County
FIRST county record
