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Hennepin & Hopper Lakes Dragonflies & Damselflies (Odonata) Observations 2006 to 2018 All observations by John & Cindy McKee (Illinois Audubon Society) Dragonflies (Suborder Anisoptera) # Family Group Species Common Name 1 Aeshnidae darner Aeshna constricta Lance-tipped Darner 2 Aeshnidae darner Aeshna umbrosa Shadow Darner 3 Aeshnidae darner Anax junius Common Green Darner 4 Corduliidae darner Epitheca costalis Slender baskettail 5 Corduliidae darner Epitheca cynosora Common baskettail 6 Corduliidae emeralds Epitheca princeps Prince Baskettail 7 Gomphidae clubtail Arigomphus submedianus Jade Clubtail 8 Gomphidae clubtail Stylurus plagiatus Russet-Tipped Clubtail 9 Libellulidae skimmer Celithemis eponina Halloween Pennant 10 Libellulidae skimmer Celithemis elisa Calico Pennant 11 Libellulidae skimmer Erythemis simplicicolis Eastern Pondhawk 12 Libellulidae skimmer Libellula luctuosa Widow Skimmer 13 Libellulidae skimmer Libellula lydia Common Whitetail 14 Libellulidae skimmer Libellula pulchella Twelve-Spotted Skimmer 15 Libellulidae skimmer Pachydiplax longipennis Blue Dasher 16 Libellulidae skimmer Pantala hymenaea Spot-Winged Glider 17 Libellulidae skimmer Perithemis tenera Eastern Amberwing 18 Libellulidae skimmer Pantala flavescens Wandering Glider 19 Libellulidae skimmer Sympetrum ambiguum Blue-Faced Meadowhawk 20 Libellulidae skimmer Sympetrum corruptum Variegated Meadowhawk 21 Libellulidae skimmer Sympetrum danii Black Meadowhawk 22 Libellulidae skimmer Sympetrum obtrusum White-Faced Meadowhawk 23 Libellulidae skimmer Sympetrum rubicundulum Ruby Meadowhawk 24 Libellulidae skimmer Sympetrum vicinum Autumn Meadowhawk 25 Libellulidae skimmer Tramea lacerata Black Saddlebags 26 Libellulidae skimmer Tramea onusta Red Saddlebags 27 Macromiidae cruiser Macromia taeniolata Royal River Cruiser Damselflies (Suborder Zygoptera) # Family Group Species Common Name 28 Calopterygidae broad-winged damsel Calopteryx maculata Ebony Jewelwing 29 Coenagrionidae pond damsel Argia apicalis Blue-Fronted Dancer 30 Coenagrionidae pond damsel Argia fumipennis Variable Dancer 31 Coenagrionidae pond damsel Argia moesta Powdered Dancer 32 Coenagrionidae pond damsel Argia tibialis Blue-Tipped Dancer 33 Coenagrionidae pond damsel Enallagma antennatum Rainbow Bluet 34 Coenagrionidae pond damsel Enallagma carunculatum Tule Bluet 35 Coenagrionidae pond damsel Enallagma civile Familiar Bluet 36 Coenagrionidae pond damsel Enallagma exsullans Stream Bluet 37 Coenagrionidae pond damsel Enallagma geminatum Skimming Bluet 38 Coenagrionidae pond damsel Enallagma signatum Orange Bluet 39 Coenagrionidae pond damsel Enallagma vesperym Vesper bluet 40 Coenagrionidae pond damsel Ischnura posita Fragile Forktail 41 Coenagrionidae pond damsel Ischnura verticalis Eastern Forktail 42 Coenagrionidae pond damsel Nehalennia irene Sedge Sprite 43 Lestidae spreadwings Lesties focipatus Sweetflag Spreadwing 44 Lestidae spreadwings Lestes dryas Emerald Spreadwing 45 Lestidae spreadwings Lestes rectangularis Slender Spreadwing 46 Lestidae spreadwings Lestes unguiculatus Lyre-tipped Spreadwing.

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Odonata: Coenagrionidae
J. Acad. Entomol. Soc. 13: 49-53 (2017) NOTE First occurrence of Enallagma pictum (Scarlet Bluet) (Odonata: Coenagrionidae) in Canada and additional records of Celithemis martha (Martha’s Pennant) (Odonata: Libellulidae) in New Brunswick: possible climate-change induced range extensions of Atlantic Coastal Plain Odonata Donald F. McAlpine, H. Scott Makepeace, Dwayne L. Sabine, Paul M. Brunelle, Jim Bell, and Gail Taylor Over the past two decades there has been a surge of interest in the Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) of Maritime Canada and adjacent regions, with much new information accrued (Brunelle, 1997; Brunelle 1999; Brunelle 2010). Much of this increased interest in the region can be attributed to the efforts of a single investigator and his collaborators in the Atlantic Dragonfly Inventory Project (ADIP; see Appendix 2 in Brunelle 2010) and the Maine Damselfly and Dragonfly Survey. In spite of the extensive database of records for the Odonata of the region that now exists (35,000 records for the Maritimes, a further 30,000 for Maine), new discoveries continue to be made (Catling 2002; Sabine et al. 2004; Cook and Bridgehouse 2005; Klymko 2007; Catling et al. 2009), testament to continuing survey effort and the natural and anthropogenic changes in regional biodiversity always in process. Here we document expansion in the geographic range of two Atlantic Coastal Plain Odonata; Enallagma pictum Morse (Scarlet Bluet) (Odonata: Coenagrionidae), shown to be resident in New Brunswick and new for Canada, and Celithemis martha Williamson (Martha’s Pennant) (Odonata: Libellulidae), a species known previously from a single occurrence (Klymko 2007); and, comment on the significance of these records in the light of climate warming now in process.
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Olive Clubtail (Stylurus Olivaceus) in Canada, Prepared Under Contract with Environment Canada
COSEWIC Assessment and Status Report on the Olive Clubtail Stylurus olivaceus in Canada ENDANGERED 2011 COSEWIC status reports are working documents used in assigning the status of wildlife species suspected of being at risk. This report may be cited as follows: COSEWIC. 2011. COSEWIC assessment and status report on the Olive Clubtail Stylurus olivaceus in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. x + 58 pp. (www.sararegistry.gc.ca/status/status_e.cfm). Production note: COSEWIC would like to acknowledge Robert A. Cannings, Sydney G. Cannings, Leah R. Ramsay and Richard J. Cannings for writing the status report on Olive Clubtail (Stylurus olivaceus) in Canada, prepared under contract with Environment Canada. This report was overseen and edited by Paul Catling, Co-chair of the COSEWIC Arthropods Specialist Subcommittee. For additional copies contact: COSEWIC Secretariat c/o Canadian Wildlife Service Environment Canada Ottawa, ON K1A 0H3 Tel.: 819-953-3215 Fax: 819-994-3684 E-mail: COSEWIC/[email protected] http://www.cosewic.gc.ca Également disponible en français sous le titre Ếvaluation et Rapport de situation du COSEPAC sur le gomphe olive (Stylurus olivaceus) au Canada. Cover illustration/photo: Olive Clubtail — Photo by Jim Johnson. Permission granted for reproduction. ©Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, 2011. Catalogue No. CW69-14/637-2011E-PDF ISBN 978-1-100-18707-5 Recycled paper COSEWIC Assessment Summary Assessment Summary – May 2011 Common name Olive Clubtail Scientific name Stylurus olivaceus Status Endangered Reason for designation This highly rare, stream-dwelling dragonfly with striking blue eyes is known from only 5 locations within three separate regions of British Columbia.
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A Survey of Odonata of the Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge and Management Area
2012. Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science 121(1):54–61 A SURVEY OF ODONATA OF THE PATOKA RIVER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE AND MANAGEMENT AREA Donald L. Batema* and Amanda Bellian: Department of Chemistry, Environmental Studies Program, University of Evansville, 1800 Lincoln Avenue, Evansville, IN 47722 USA Lindsey Landowski: Mingo National Wildlife Refuge, Puxico, MO. 63960 USA ABSTRACT. The Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge and Management Area (hereafter Patoka River Refuge or the Refuge) represents one of the largest intact bottomland hardwood forests in southern Indiana, with meandering oxbows, marshes, ponds, managed moist-soil units, and constructed wetlands that provide diverse and suitable habitat for wildlife. Refuge personnel strive to protect, restore, and manage this bottomland hardwood ecosystem and associated habitats for a variety of wildlife. The Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge Comprehensive Conservation Plan (CCP) lists many species of management priority (McCoy 2008), but Odonata are not included, even though they are known to occur on the Refuge. The absence of Odonata from the CCP is the result of lack of information about this ecologically important group of organisms. Therefore, we conducted a survey, from May to October 2009, to document their presence, with special attention being paid to rare, threatened, and endangered species. A total of 43 dragonfly and damselfly species were collected and identified. No threatened or endangered species were found on the Refuge, but three species were found that are considered imperiled in Indiana based on Nature Serve Ranks (Stein 2002). Additionally, 19 new odonate records were documented for Pike County, Indiana. The results of this survey will be used by Refuge personnel to assist in management decisions and to help establish priorities for the Patoka River Refuge activities and land acquisition goals.
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