Newsletter of the Wisconsin Dragonfly Society Wisconsin Odonata News Vol.9 Issue 1 Spring, 2021 Fostering the appreciation, study and enjoyment of Wisconsin’s dragonflies and damselflies and the aquatic habitats on which they depend. 1 | WON Spring l 2021 Wisconsin Dragonfly Society CONTENTS Board Members PRESIDENT Jeff Fischer President’s Letter by Jeff Fischer ……….…..…………………..……………..….............3
[email protected] How to Identify Boreal and Riffle Snaketails by Jeff Fischer………………....5 VICE-PRESIDENT Maggie Steinhauer Odonates of Ashland County: Possible Species List for the Annual th
[email protected] Meeting June 25 – 27th by Edgar Spalding and Dan Jackson……….………..7 Wisconsin Dragonfly Society Research Subcommittee RECORDING SECRETARY Carey Chrouser by RyanChrouser ……..……………………………………………………..…...………….……..…..8
[email protected] Backyard Pantala flavescens Observation by KenTennessen………….…....8 TREASURER Ode Hunting in the Throes of a Pandemic: A Silver Lining by Maggie Dan Jackson Steinhauer ……………………………………….…………………………….……….……..…..9
[email protected] Citizen Science at Work: A Snapshot by RyanChrouser ….………………..….12 AT LARGE Hine’s Emerald Dragonfly: The Backstory by Kate Redmond ………..…….13 Ryan Chrouser A Beginner’s Guide to the Identification of Wisconsin Odonata
[email protected] Exuviae to Family by Freda van den Broek and Walter Sanford ………..…….16 Robert DuBois Membership Matters …………………………………………………………………………….28
[email protected] Resources, WDS Website, Books, Supplies………………………………………………..29 Emily Hjalmarson
[email protected] Cover photo: Teneral Rusty Snaketail (Ophiogomphus rupinsulensis) Julia Robson
[email protected] By Freda van den Broek Jessie Seiders
[email protected] Edgar Spalding
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[email protected] 2 | WON Spring l 2021 As we all know, 2020 was a year unlike any that we have ever experienced before.