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The News Journal of the Dragonfly ISSN 1061-8503 TheA News Journalrgia of the Dragonfly Society of the Americas Volume 26 15 September 2014 Number 3 Published by the Dragonfly Society of the Americas http://www.DragonflySocietyAmericas.org/ ARGIA Vol. 26, No. 3, 15 September 2014 25th Annual Meeting of the DSA in Northern Wisconsin, by Robert DuBois ........................................................1 Calendar of Events ......................................................................................................................................................1 Minutes of the 2014 DSA Annual Meeting , by Steve Valley .....................................................................................5 Call for Papers for BAO ..............................................................................................................................................8 Epitheca semiaquaea (Mantled Baskettail) Confirmed for New Hampshire, by Paul Bedell .....................................9 Don't Forget to Renew Your DSA Membership for 2015! .........................................................................................9 Advice Column............................................................................................................................................................9 The Reappearance of Black-winged Dragonlet (Erythrodiplax funerea) in Arizona, by Douglas Danforth and Rich Bailowitz .........................................................................................................10 Celithemis bertha (Red-veined Pennant), New for Virginia, by Paul Bedell .............................................................10 Narrow-striped Forceptail (Aphylla protracta) on the Increase in Arizona, by Rich Bailowitz and Douglas Danforth .........................................................................................................11 Register Now for the 2015 DSA Central American Regional Meeting! .................................................................12 Gomphus lynnae (Columbia Clubtail), a New Species for Nevada, by Douglas Danforth .......................................13 Photo Submissions for Argia .................................................................................................................................13 Odonate Diversity at an Acid Mine Drainage Remediation Site in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, by Lane Loya, Phillip M. Harchack, Chad Clair, and Adam Mengel ...............................................................14 First Record of the Seaside Dragonlet (Erythrodiplax berenice) for Oklahoma, by Michael A. Patten and Brenda Smith-Patten ...............................................................................................17 An Intergeneric Gomphid Tandem, by Ken Tennessen............................................................................................19 One-and-a-Half Damselflies: An Example of Darner Predation, by James S. Walker ...........................................20 Ohio Adds New Dragonfly Species to the List, by Robert Glotzhober ....................................................................21 Odonates are All Over Facebook! ............................................................................................................................22 Dromogomphus spoliatus (Flag-tailed Spinyleg) Confirmed in Nebraska, by Brian Peterson ..................................23 Notes From Wyoming and Nebraska 2014, by Fred Sibley ......................................................................................24 Mass Mortality of Common Baskettails (Epitheca cynosura) Due to Motor Vehicle Traffic, by Steven M. Roble ...........................................................................................................................................26 First Record of Mocha Emerald (Somatochlora linearis) for Wisconsin, by Robert B. DuBois, Joan Berkopec, and Ron Eichhorn ....................................................................................................................28 DSA Membership Directory, by John C. Abbott ......................................................................................................31 Where Did They All Go?, by Ron and Barbara Oriti ................................................................................................31 Odonata in the News .................................................................................................................................................31 How I Fell Into the Clutches of the Odonata ..........................................................................................................32 Book Review: Dragonflies of North America, 3rd Edition, by Thomas W. Donnelly .............................................33 New Book Announcements: Dragonflies Q&A and Dragonflies of the Colorado Front Range ..........................34 Parting Shots .............................................................................................................................................................34 Front cover: Calopteryx aequilibilis (River Jewelwing) female on Orange Hawkweed, Rusk County, Wisconsin, 15 June 2014. Photo by Jim Burns. ARGIA — The News Journal of the D.S.A. 25th Annual Meeting of the DSA in Northern Wisconsin Robert B. DuBois, Department of Natural Resources, Bureau of Natural Heritage Conservation, 1701 N. 4th St., Superior, Wisconsin, 54880 <[email protected]> The 25th annual meeting of the society was held during and St. Croix Snaketail (O. susbehcha), both relatively newly 13–15 June 2014 at the Rusk County Community Library named to science and both with highly restricted ranges, (RCCL) in Ladysmith, Wisconsin. Add to that two days could be seen at the same event because of differences in of pre-meeting trips near Eau Claire and three days of their flight periods. However, as luck would have it, with a post-meeting trips near Woodruff and the group hit an later than average spring and thus later than average flight impressive kaleidoscope of aquatic habitats during eight period of O. susbehcha, both species were observed and pho- days through a sizeable swath of the forested landscape tographed. of northern Wisconsin. This area of the state is region- ally recognized as being “clubtail heaven”, so the field trips Other habitats visited included smaller streams, peatlands, were designed to showcase magnificent reaches of the Eau ponds, and lakes, each with its own suite of species. Biting Claire, Chippewa, and Flambeau rivers. insects had been promised to be in good supply, and that certainly proved to be the case, but folks were well prepared The approximately 90 participants from 25 US states and with bug spray and head nets, and nary a complaint was to one Canadian province could hardly have been disappointed be heard. When a fair-sized event comes to a small town, the by the weather (just two days of partial rain), the outstand- intruders do not go unnoticed by the local populace. Many ing opportunities for collecting and photography, or by the of us were welcomed with smiles and the friendly greeting clubtails themselves, with 24 species recorded in that family “you must be with the dragonfly group” as we entered local alone. Hopes were initially slim that two of Wisconsin’s businesses. The event received excellent media coverage, gem snaketails, the Sioux Snaketail (Ophiogomphus smithi) with two local newspapers giving front-page articles and the Associated Press picking us up for a short piece that was widely distributed. The recently established Wisconsin Dragonfly Society (WDS) held its 3rd annual meeting in conjunction with the DSA main meeting, which gave some newly-minted Wisconsin odonatists a wonderful opportu- nity to rub shoulders with seasoned experts from around North America! This meeting was hosted by the WDS, and many of its members provided significant assistance. Ken Tennessen ably led the way with sustained help from steering com- mittee members Bob DuBois, Denny Johnson, Joanne Kline, Ryan Chrouser, and Carey Chrouser. Bill Smith, Dan Jackson, Bob, Denny, Ken, and Ryan led field trips. We all appreciated the thoughtful assistance of Arlene Female Ophiogomphus smithi (Sioux Snaketail), 12 June 2014. Knops of the Greater Ladysmith Area Chamber of Com- Photo by Ken Tennessen. merce and Hollis Helmeci, Director of the RCCL. Arlene continued next page... Calendar of Events For additional information, see <http://www.odonatacentral.org/index.php/PageAction.get/name/DSAOtherMeetings>. Event Date Location Contact DSA Central America 31 May–9 June 2015 Costa Rica Marla Garrison <[email protected]> 2015 Annual DSA Meeting late June 2015 Pennsylvania Contact person to be determined Argia 26(3), 2014 1 continued from previous page... was extremely helpful during the planning phase and also participants was split into a number of smaller groups for provided about 100 packets of local information for our the field trips, which focused primarily on several sections participants. of the Eau Claire River and its storied array of gomphids. Participants were treated to an abundant population of O. The formal DSA annual meeting was held on the morn- smithi and many folks were able to get nice photographs. ing of the 14 June in a conference room of the RCCL (the Other sites visited included a number of state wildlife areas WDS annual meeting was held concurrently in an adja- and county parks with small ponds, streams, or marshes, and cent room). All participants received attractive
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