Message from Hal White:
Now that a few Odonates are starting to fly on the Delmarva Peninsula despite the dismal weather, it is time to think ahead to when there will be a lot more action in midsummer.
The 2011 Northeast Regional Meeting of the Dragonfly Society of the Americas will be held on the Delmarva Peninsula from Thursday evening, July 14 to Sunday, July 17.
Now that a few Odonates are starting to fly on the Delmarva Peninsula despite the dismal weather, it is time to think ahead to when there will be a lot more action in midsummer.
The 2011 Northeast Regional Meeting of the Dragonfly Society of the Americas will be held on the Delmarva Peninsula from Thursday evening, July 14 to Sunday, July 17.
The base of operations will be in Dover, Delaware at Delaware State University. A block of 25 rooms have been reserved at the Hampton Inn nearby at $89/night. The room rate will be held for registrations until June 22 provided the block is not filled. A website providing registration (registration is free, but please register if planning to attend), housing information, meeting schedule, regional information, and species lists for various habitats is at: http://www.udel.edu/chem/
The Delmarva Peninsula includes the state of Delaware, the Eastern Shore (of the Chesapeake Bay) of Maryland, and two counties of Virginia. Except for the northernmost parts of Delaware and Maryland, this is on the Coastal Plain with elevations less than 100 feet above sea level.
While the Delmarva Peninsula is largely agricultural, there are numerous state parks and other natural areas that support interesting Odonata populations and distinctive habitats. For example, the ponds produced by an abandoned sand mining area in Maryland near the border of Delaware has been surveyed extensively in recent years has turned up the following: Somatochlora georgiana (Coppery Emerald), Celithemis fasciata (Banded Pennant), Celithemis verna (Double-ringed Pennant), Erythrodiplax minuscula (Little Blue Dragonlet), Nannothemis bella (Elfin Skimmer), Libellula flavida (Yellow-sided Skimmer), Enallagma dubium (Burgundy Bluet), Enallagma pallidum (Pale Bluet), Enallagma weewa (Blackwater Bluet), Nehalennia integricollis (Southern Sprite), and Telebasis byersi (Duckweed Firetail) that are not often encountered in the Northeast US and should still be flying at meeting time.
The Pocomoke River watershed is another area that supports interesting species often near their northern limit of distribution on the East Coast. Then there are salt marshes and tidal fresh water areas where other species like Libellula needhami (Needham's Skimmer), Brachymesia gravida (Four-spotted Skimmer), and Erythrodiplax berenice (Seaside Dragonlet) can be found.
Nearly 130 species are known from Delmarva and hopefully new ones will be found during the meetings. These species are discussed in, “Natural History of Delmarva Dragonflies and Damselflies”. The book should be available in about a month from Rowman & Littlefield http://www.rowmanlittlefield.
toll free (800) 462-6420 local (717) 794-3800 e-mail: orders@rowman.com
Our Meeting Organizers :
Kitt Heckscher (Delaware State University)
Jim McCann (Maryland Department of Natural Resources)
Hal White (University of Delaware)
Jim White (Delaware Nature Society)
The Delmarva Peninsula includes the state of Delaware, the Eastern Shore (of the Chesapeake Bay) of Maryland, and two counties of Virginia. Except for the northernmost parts of Delaware and Maryland, this is on the Coastal Plain with elevations less than 100 feet above sea level.
While the Delmarva Peninsula is largely agricultural, there are numerous state parks and other natural areas that support interesting Odonata populations and distinctive habitats. For example, the ponds produced by an abandoned sand mining area in Maryland near the border of Delaware has been surveyed extensively in recent years has turned up the following: Somatochlora georgiana (Coppery Emerald), Celithemis fasciata (Banded Pennant), Celithemis verna (Double-ringed Pennant), Erythrodiplax minuscula (Little Blue Dragonlet), Nannothemis bella (Elfin Skimmer), Libellula flavida (Yellow-sided Skimmer), Enallagma dubium (Burgundy Bluet), Enallagma pallidum (Pale Bluet), Enallagma weewa (Blackwater Bluet), Nehalennia integricollis (Southern Sprite), and Telebasis byersi (Duckweed Firetail) that are not often encountered in the Northeast US and should still be flying at meeting time.
The Pocomoke River watershed is another area that supports interesting species often near their northern limit of distribution on the East Coast. Then there are salt marshes and tidal fresh water areas where other species like Libellula needhami (Needham's Skimmer), Brachymesia gravida (Four-spotted Skimmer), and Erythrodiplax berenice (Seaside Dragonlet) can be found.
Nearly 130 species are known from Delmarva and hopefully new ones will be found during the meetings. These species are discussed in, “Natural History of Delmarva Dragonflies and Damselflies”. The book should be available in about a month from Rowman & Littlefield http://www.rowmanlittlefield.
toll free (800) 462-6420 local (717) 794-3800 e-mail: orders@rowman.com
Our Meeting Organizers :
Kitt Heckscher (Delaware State University)
Jim McCann (Maryland Department of Natural Resources)
Hal White (University of Delaware)
Jim White (Delaware Nature Society)
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