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THE BOGHAUNTER Occasional News About the Dragonflies and Damselflies of Vermont Volume 2 • Number 1 Spring 2003 THE BOGHAUNTER Occasional News About the Dragonflies and Damselflies of Vermont Volume 2 • Number 1 Spring 2003 From the Editor: Welcome to the second issue of THE Dragonflies for Dummies BOGHAUNTER, occasional news about the dragonflies and damselflies of Vermont. The By Bryan Pfeiffer start of another field season is a lot like opening day to baseball season – full of hope aul-Michael Brunelle and anticipation. Yet a rainy end to May kept P had to chuckle. I was many of us from finding odes. Even so, as the perched and wobbling on a songbird migration came to a close, I noticed a boulder at the edge of Bai- Common Grackle eating a Baskettail species (Epitheca sp.) and an Eastern Kingbird feasting ley Pond in Marshfield. A on an emergence of Eastern Forktails (Ishnura male Anax junius verticalis). So let the season begin! To be sure, (Common Green Darner) many legends of this insect order have swung drifted by within reach of their nets in the waters of this state. my net. I took a swing, Nevertheless, Vermont remains fertile turf for missed, and slipped off the new discoveries. And we can’t discover Bryan Pfeiffer boulder, landing waist-deep Calopteryx aequabilis without more of us out there getting wet and in the pond. Our group got swinging nets. Accordingly, I’m devoting much River Jewelwing of this issue to “odonata fundamentals” – a cheap laugh. advice for the many beginners among us about Brunelle, the mentor on my first ode out- studying and enjoying these insects. I ask for still fresh (and still happening), here are ing, offered no sympathy from his spot on 10 tips for the beginning dragonflyer. Be indulgence (even leniency) from veterans. Much higher ground, saying something to the of this issue reflects my own humble and fresh aware that this is how I myself have experiences learning Odonata. Finally, three effect: “That swing was pathetic. You’ve learned odes. Your results may vary. corrections from the Winter 2003 issue: Blair got to work on your follow-through.” 1) Find a Mentor – The only thing that Nikula gets the photo credit for his fine shot of So it goes for an apprentice odonatist. Argia apicalis (Blue-fronted Dancer). Mike Blust beats a good field guide is a good guide gets credit for the phrase, “Good things come That Anax junius toyed with me only in the field. Seek out the experts. To be to those who wade.” And while Stylurus three years ago. Ever since I’ve enjoyed a sure, there’s tremendous value in discov- scudderi (Zebra Clubtail) certainly frequents the crash-course in the discovery of these re- ery on your own with a good guidebook. Montpelier municipal pool, our author wasn’t markable insects. Vermont is loaded with Yet while wading in a wetland, it’s often entirely sure he’s actually seen females eager novices. We have much work to do easier to learn when someone shows you ovipositing in the pool. Stay tuned. and many dragonflies to discover. So (Continued on page 2) Bryan Pfeiffer with that in mind, and my own learning Entomology Etymology: My Big Fat Greek Dictionary By Mike Blust If the names appear to be meaningless combinations of letters (the Thaskrinogw leinsslcihelsek are emerging!) they can be irdwatchers do not need to deal with scientific names. The difficult to remember. But the names are not meaningless. common names are standardized. Only when I have gone B Odonata translates to “toothed jaw” and shares a Greek root with overseas and had to reconcile field guides from different ortho-dontist – someone you visit to get “straight teeth.” Any countries have I needed to pay close attention to genus and prey of dragons and damsels will no doubt agree that the name is species. The study of odonates has a foot in both streams (so to appropriate. speak), and as a result it is useful to gain familiarity with the scientific names. Some publications and people use common Occasionally, scientific names become common names. For names, some use scientific, so it is good to be bilingual – instance, everyone knows of the flying dinosaurs, the trilingual, actually – since scientific names may come from pterodactyls. “Ptero” is Greek for wing. “Dactyl” is Greek for Greek or Latin. (Continued on page 11) P AGE 2 T HE BOGHAUNTER V OLUME 2 • NUMBER 1 Dragonflies for Dummies (Continued from page 1) also consider nets available from Rose Entomology <www. roseentomology.com>. They’re great (but expensive). why the ode you just caught is Aeshna canadensis (Canada Darner) rather than Aeshna verticalis (Green Striped Darner). 5) Take Some Specimens – Responsible collecting of voucher specimens is an essential tool of entomology. We’ll do far more Join guided dragonfly walks. Those are hard to find in Vermont to help these insects if we can learn them and unequivocally es- (we’re hoping to change that), but more common in southern tablish their presence now by taking a few individuals as voucher New England. specimens. If you’d rather not collect, that’s fine. Take good pho- 2) Love Your Field Guide – Peruse it regularly. Gaze wistfully tos. But, remember, these are invertebrates laying lots of eggs. at the photos. Read the species descriptions. Know in advance Hunters shoot 10,000 white-tailed deer in Vermont each year what to look for on a given ode when it pops into view or your with barely a protest. Combined, we’ll all take fewer than 1,000 net. (You might want to start now with Leu- dragonflies this year, while motorists on corrhina, the Whitefaces, which fly early.) Vermont roads will probably kill at least Your goal is know to how to approach the scores of thousands. Please recognize that identification of a species in a given genus be- taking voucher specimens includes the fore you encounter it. The mosaic darners duty to preserve them so that they can be (Aeshna sp.) in Vermont, for example, are of value to you and others. readily identifiable (sometimes in flight) by a look at the face, thoracic stripes, and abdomi- 6) Buy a Hand Lens – If you don’t own a hand lens, you’re missing a profound nal markings. On the meadowhawks Bryan Pfeiffer Bryan Pfeiffer view of our world – sort of like watching (Sympetrum species) it helps to look (though birds without binoculars. A 14X hand a hand lens) at genitalia. On male baskettails Hagenius brevistylus lens is fine for most encounters with (Epitheca species) you’ll want to look at Dragonhunter small things in nature. Search the web for (among other features) the cerci. Here are a deals on Bausch & Lomb hand lenses – either the “Coddington” few field guides: or the “Hastings” (more expensive but nice). Always wear your Beginners Guide to Dragonflies by Blair Nikula and Jackie Sones (in lens on a nylon string around your neck (unless you want to lose the Stokes nature guide series). This little book is an essential introduc- it). Looking through the big end of your binoculars will also mag- tion to damselflies and dragonflies for the novice (with accounts of nify a small object held close. Or those on a budget can buy a fine more than 100 species). 10X hand lens at hobby shops or the University of Vermont A Field Guide to the Dragonflies and Damselflies of Massachusetts by bookshop for about $12. Blair Nikula, Jennifer Loose, and Matt Burne. Once published (soon), this will be an ideal field guide for Vermont. It will be available (and 7) Use Close-focusing Binoculars – Birdwatchers turning their quite affordable) from the Massachusetts Natural Heritage & Endan- binos to dragonflies (or butterflies) may find that they have to gered Species Program or the Ode News web site <www.odenews.net>. back up to get a bug into focus. Many newer binoculars will fo- Dragonflies Through Binoculars by Sidney Dunkle. For advancing cus on objects as close as six feet. Don’t buy compact binos, odonatists, this supreme guide covers all the dragonflies (Anisoptera) of which are generally hard to use and have substandard optics. But North America, but not damselflies (Zygoptera). It’s loaded with essen- moderate-sized models (8x32 or so) are lightweight and great in tial information about each species, including characteristics observable the field. with the critter in the hand. Its only weakness is the sub-standard qual- ity of some photographs. I never leave home without this guide. 8) Make Cheat Sheets – I “enhance” my field guides with draw- ings and notes in the margins. Some ode field guides group on a 3) Swing A Net – The experts can identify most dragonflies single page excellent drawings of diagnostic features on certain though binoculars. The rest of us often need to catch them. Catch- genera – the side view of cerci and paraprochts on Enallagma ing dragonflies is challenging, exhilarating, fun, and the quickest species, for example, or the thoracic patterns on various Aeshna way for novices to learn. (Don’t forget your follow-through.) species. Make color photocopies of these, trim the margins, plas- 4) Use A Sturdy Net – Although I’ve only been dragonflying for tic-coat them, and carry your new “ID cards” into the field. Even three years, I’ve tried about every net out there. One popular net I a small spreadsheet comparing similar species will help you “key dislike (except maybe for damselflies) is the style available from out” individuals in the field. You can tape it to the inside cover of BioQuip <www.BioQuip.com>. I find the net rings on BioQuip your field guide.
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