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Aug. 27th, 2018 06:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
which_chickAccording to the nice people from odonatacentral.org, the species I should find in Fulton County that I have not yet found are as follows:
Aeshna umbrosa, Shadow Darner (found this one)
Amphiagrion saucium, Eastern Red Damsel
Argia apicalis, Blue-fronted Dancer
Argia translata, Dusky Dancer
Arigomphus villosipes, Unicorn Clubtail
Boyeria grafiana, Ocellated Darner
Cordulegaster bilineata, Brown Spiketail (found this one)
Enallagma aspersum, Azure Bluet (found this one)
Enallagma civile, Familiar Bluet
Enallagma divagans, Turquoise Bluet (found this one)
Enallagma exsulans, Stream Bluet
Enallagma hageni, Hagen’s Bluet
Yeah, I gotta do better at bluets.
Epiaeschna heros, Swamp Darner found this one
Epitheca canis, Beaverpond Baskettail
Epitheca cynosura, Common Baskettail found this one.
Hetaerina americana, American Rubyspot
Ischnura posita, Fragile Forktail found this one.
Lestes rectangularis, Slender Spreadwing
Leucorrhinia intacta, Dot-tailed Whiteface
Libellula semifasciata, Painted Skimmer found this one.
Macromia illinoiensis, Swift River Cruiser
Phanogomphus exilis, Lancet Clubtail found this one
Phanogomphus lividus, Ashy Clubtail found this one
Stenogomphurus rogersi, Sable Clubtail found this one.
Sympetrum rubicundulum, Ruby Meadowhawk
Sympetrum semicinctum, Band-winged Meadowhawk
Sympetrum vicinum, Autumn Meadowhawk (found this one)
Tachopteryx thoreyi, Gray Petaltail found this one.
Some of these are going to be challenging for me because I don’t have the right kind of habitat for ‘em. I have smallish forested creeks and a man-made lake and some swampy seeps. I do have some of the ones on this list that I haven’t narrowed down yet.
We have Lancet Clubtail, I’m pretty sure. We have some sort of baskettail, whether it’s a beaverpond or a common, I do not know. I have pix but not sufficiently good pix to id the species.
We have WAY more bluets than just one but I haven’t gotten into bluets yet because they’re hard to catch, photograph, and hold.
I also suspect we have more than one kind of spreadwing, but more research is needed there.
We have Brown Spiketails, I just need a good picture of one.
That said, I think that their list is… unambitious in scope because it originally did not have like six things that I am the only record for in my rural, sparsely-populated, not-very-enthusiastic-about-odonates county.
Arrowhead Spiketail
Skimming Bluet
Vesper Bluet
Lilypad Forktail
Great Blue Skimmer
Clamp-tipped Emerald
Once there’s a verified observation, they update the list to include the new stuff that you found, so you’re not going to do “better” than the list, but you can certainly make the list longer.
I should also get out and do creeks other than my own. There are appallingly few records in my county and at this point a strong majority of them are by me… 41 out of the 46 verified records are mine.
Amphiagrion saucium, Eastern Red Damsel
Argia apicalis, Blue-fronted Dancer
Argia translata, Dusky Dancer
Arigomphus villosipes, Unicorn Clubtail
Boyeria grafiana, Ocellated Darner
Enallagma civile, Familiar Bluet
Enallagma exsulans, Stream Bluet
Enallagma hageni, Hagen’s Bluet
Yeah, I gotta do better at bluets.
Epitheca canis, Beaverpond Baskettail
Hetaerina americana, American Rubyspot
Lestes rectangularis, Slender Spreadwing
Leucorrhinia intacta, Dot-tailed Whiteface
Macromia illinoiensis, Swift River Cruiser
Sympetrum rubicundulum, Ruby Meadowhawk
Sympetrum semicinctum, Band-winged Meadowhawk
Some of these are going to be challenging for me because I don’t have the right kind of habitat for ‘em. I have smallish forested creeks and a man-made lake and some swampy seeps. I do have some of the ones on this list that I haven’t narrowed down yet.
We have Lancet Clubtail, I’m pretty sure. We have some sort of baskettail, whether it’s a beaverpond or a common, I do not know. I have pix but not sufficiently good pix to id the species.
We have WAY more bluets than just one but I haven’t gotten into bluets yet because they’re hard to catch, photograph, and hold.
I also suspect we have more than one kind of spreadwing, but more research is needed there.
We have Brown Spiketails, I just need a good picture of one.
That said, I think that their list is… unambitious in scope because it originally did not have like six things that I am the only record for in my rural, sparsely-populated, not-very-enthusiastic-about-odonates county.
Arrowhead Spiketail
Skimming Bluet
Vesper Bluet
Lilypad Forktail
Great Blue Skimmer
Clamp-tipped Emerald
Once there’s a verified observation, they update the list to include the new stuff that you found, so you’re not going to do “better” than the list, but you can certainly make the list longer.
I should also get out and do creeks other than my own. There are appallingly few records in my county and at this point a strong majority of them are by me… 41 out of the 46 verified records are mine.
