Comet Darner (Anax longipes)

Male and Female Comet Darners (Anax longipes)

Comet Darner - female ovapositing

Comet Darner - male

I have Two Dragonfly Day Events Coming Up in August - Join Us!

Public Program

Saturday, August 6, 11-12:30pm

Mashomack Preserve

Shelter Island, NY

Catching Dragonflies!

Have you ever caught a dragonfly? It's harder then it looks! Come to Sanctuary Pond at Mashomack and meet Annette Oliveira, a dragonfly expert, who will teach us about these beautiful, mosquito-eating, sparklingly colored flying marvals! We'll see if we can find species with such enthralling names as Saddlebags, Amberwings, Pondhawks and Dragonlets. Nets will be provided. Raindate: Sunday, August 7, 11-12:30pm.

Programs at Mashomack require pre-registration. Programs are free to members of the The Nature Conservancy, $5 for non-members, unless otherwise noted. Participation is limited to 20 children. Call the Mashomack office at 631-749-1001 for further information or e-mail us at mashomackpreserve@tnc.org. 

For further information on Mashomack please visit their program schedule Here!

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Public Program

5th Annual
Family Dragonfly Day

 Saturday, August 13, 2011 - 1:00pm

(raindate: August 14, 2011 - 1:00pm)

Location: 

Skipper Horton Wentworth Park

72250 Main Road

Greenport, Ny 11944

Please be sure to join us for our 5th Annual Family Dragonfly Day at Skipper Horton Park (just east of St. Peter's Lutheran Church) in Greenport. As always, Annette Oliveira will be on hand to help you identify the local "odonates" (dragonflies and damselflies) that breed and feed at the ponds here. You'll have a unique opportunity to closely observe these beautiful insects and will leave with your own personal Dragonfly and Damselfly checklist of the species you see that day. A wonderful way to spend the afternoon for adults and children of all ages. Crafts, story-telling, refreshments. $5 per person; $20 for families of 4 or more includes a one year membership to the NFAS. 

For more information about this event, go to our website, www.northforkaudubon.org or contact Diana Van Buren at northforkaudubon@mac.com or call 917-623-5373

2011 Annual Dragonfly Society of the Americas Annual Convention: Part II

ANNUAL MEETING

At Colorado State University, Plant Sciences Building

Boris C. Kondratieff & New DSA President Bill Mauffrey

Brian Ffeiffer, Dave Leatherman, Ken Tennesson, Greg Lasley, Paul Opler

Chris Hill - Next year's Annual meeting coordinator in South Carolina. Presentation: Where have all the damselfies gone? Have increases in a human-subsidized dragonfly depressed damselfly abundance and richness?

Dave Leatherman - Presentation: Comical interpretation of Odonate love!

Dennis Paulson - Presentation: Dragonfly Nature Touring in Costa Rica

Ken Tennesson, ?, ?, Steve Hummel, Ailsa Donnelly

Brian Ffeiffer speaking to the group

Going to Lunch!

Going to Lunch!

John Abbott, Boris C. Kondratieff & Steve Collins

Boris C. Kondratieff , ?, Steve Collins

John Abbott: Presentation: New Species of Cordulegaster

Kathy Claypole Biggs  &  Dave Biggs

Ken Tennesson

Steve Hummel

Steve Roble, John Abbott, ?

 

List of Dragonfly & Damselfly Species seen @ or around Ft. Collins, Colorado

This is a preliminary list of species collected and seen by participants attending the 2011 Dragonfly Society of the Americas Annual Meeting in Ft. Collins, Colorado. The list will be updated as more info comes in.

Hetaerina americana	American Rubyspot
Lestes congener	Spotted Spreadwing
Lestes dryas	Emerald Spreadwing
Lestes unguiculatus	Lyre-tipped Spreadwing
Amphiagrion abbreviatum	Western Red Damsel
Argia alberta	Paiute Dancer
Argia apicalis	Blue-fronted  Dancer
Argia emma	Emma's  Dancer
Argia fumipennis	Variable  Dancer
Argia lugens	Sooty Dancer
Argia moesta	Powdered  Dancer
Argia nahuana	Aztec Dancer
Argia plana	Springwater Dancer
Argia vivida	Vivid Dancer
Coenagrion resolutum	Taiga Bluet
Enallagma anna	River Bluet	female
Enallagma annexum	Northern Bluet
Enallagma antennatum	Rainbow Bluet
Enallagma basidens	Double-striped Bluet
Enallagma boreale	Boreal Bluet
Enallagma carunculatum	Tule Bluet
Enallagma civile	Familiar Bluet
Enallagma praevarum	Arroyo Bluet
Enallagma signatum	Orange Bluet
Ischnura damula	Plains Forktail
Ischnura demorsa	Mexican Forktail
Ischnura denticollis	Black-Fronted Forktail
Ischnura perparva	Western Forktail
Ischnura verticalis	Eastern Forktail
Aeshna eremita	Lake Darner
Aeshna interrupta	Variable Darner
Aeshna palmata	Paddle-tailed Darner
Anax junius	Common Green Darner
Rhionaeshna multicolor	Blue-eyed Darner
Gomphus graslinellus	Pronghorn Clubtail
Gomphus militaris	Sulpher-tipped Clubtail
Cordulia shurtleffi	American Emerald
Epitheca petechialis	Dot-winged Baskettail
Somatochlora hudsonica	Hudsonian Emerald
Somatochlora semicircularis	Mountain Emerald
Celithemis elisa	Calico Pennant
Celithemis eponina	Halloween Pennant
Erythemis collocata	Western Pondhawk
Erythemis simplicicollis	Eastern Pondhawk
Leucorrhinia borealis	Boreal Whiteface
Leucorrhinia hudsonica	Hudsonian Whiteface
Leucorrhinia intacta	Dot-tailed Whiteface
Leucorrhinia proxima	Red-waisted Whiteface
Libellula forensis	Eight-spotted Skimmer
Libellula luctuosa	Widow Skimmer
Libellula nodisticta	Hoary  Skimmer
Libellula pulchella	Twelve-spotted Skimmer
Libellula quadrimaculata	Four-spotted Skimmer
Libellula saturata	Flame Skimmer
Pachydiplax longipennis	Blue Dasher
Pantala flavacens	Wandering Glider
Pantala hymenaea	Spot-winged Glider
Perithemis tenera	Eastern Amberwing
Libellula (Plathemis) lydia	Common Whitetail
Plathemis subornata	Desert Whitetail
Sympetrum corruptum	Variegated Meadowhawk
Sympetrum costiferum	Saffron-winged Meadowhawk
Sympetrum danae	Black Meadowhawk
Sympetrum internum	Cherry-faced Meadowhawk
Sympetrum madidum	Red-veined  Meadowhawk
Sympetrum obtrusum	White-faced Meadowhawk
Sympetrum pallipes	Striped Meadowhawk
Sympetrum semicinctum	Band-winged Meadowhawk
Tramea lacerata	Black Saddlebags
Tramea onusta	Red Saddlebags

Swamp Darners (Epiaeschna heros) on Fire Island

A small swarm of Swamp Darners were on Fire Island. The Island is surrounded by ocean water so the Darners may have been migrating to find a more suitable freshwater habitat. They are one of our largest Darners at 3.5 inches long. As its name implies it can be found in swamps. It also can be found in shady ponds and slow streams.