Apr 1 - The Dragons are here!
Yes! We've had several reports now of Common Green Darners (Anax junius). Others will follow soon. Especially Forktails.
Odonata numbers begin to build in April. Not in the numbers we will see in May, but worth watching for. Here’s a map of Counties with observations in April. Darker where observations are in the last 5 years. Franklin and Montgomery are the clear leaders in number of April observations. Many counties (21) have only one or two observations. Notice counties that are white – no April observations. If your county isn’t pink, here’s your chance to make a mark.
| Species | Earliest Flight Date |
Observations All Data |
Observations Recent Years |
Migratory? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spot-winged Glider Pantala hymenaea |
3-Apr | 2 | Yes | |
| Blue Corporal Ladona deplanata |
5-Apr | 67 | 42 | |
| Stream Cruiser Didymops transversa |
6-Apr | 11 | 7 | |
| Uhler's Sundragon Helocordulia uhleri |
6-Apr | 6 | 4 | |
| Common Baskettail Epitheca cynosura |
7-Apr | 9 | 2 | |
| Eastern Forktail Ischnura verticalis |
8-Apr | 138 | 112 | |
| Carolina Saddlebags Tramea carolina |
10-Apr | 17 | 16 | Yes |
| Blue Dasher Pachydiplax longipennis |
13-Apr | 16 | 16 | |
| Common Whitetail Plathemis lydia |
13-Apr | 20 | 16 | |
| Painted Skimmer Libellula semifasciata |
13-Apr | 21 | 19 | |
| Springtime Darner Basiaeschna janata |
13-Apr | 24 | 16 | |
| Southern Spreadwing Lestes australis |
13-Apr | 19 | 15 | |
| Citrine Forktail Ischnura hastata |
14-Apr | 10 | 10 | |
| Double-striped Bluet Enallagma basidens |
20-Apr | 1 | ||
| Ashy Clubtail Phanogomphus lividus |
20-Apr | 2 | ||
| Furtive Forktail Ischnura prognata |
20-Apr | 2 | ||
| Aurora Damsel Chromagrion conditum |
23-Apr | 5 | 3 | |
| Dot-tailed Whiteface Leucorrhinia intacta |
24-Apr | 3 | 2 | |
| Unicorn Clubtail Arigomphus villosipes |
25-Apr | 1 | Maybe | |
| Familiar Bluet Enallagma civile |
26-Apr | 1 | 1 | |
| Black Saddlebags Tramea lacerata |
26-Apr | 1 | Yes | |
| Midland Clubtail Gomphurus fraternus |
26-Apr | 1 | ||
| Twin-spotted Spiketail Cordulegaster maculata |
26-Apr | 2 | 2 | |
| Beaverpond Baskettail Epitheca canis |
26-Apr | 1 | 1 | |
| Twelve-spotted Skimmer Libellula pulchella |
27-Apr | 1 | Maybe | |
| Lancet Clubtail Phanogomphus exilis |
27-Apr | 1 | 1 | |
| Skimming Bluet Enallagma geminatum |
29-Apr | 2 | 2 | |
| Azure Bluet Enallagma aspersum |
29-Apr | 1 | 1 | |
| Red Saddlebags Tramea onusta |
29-Apr | 1 | 1 | Yes |
| Orange Bluet Enallagma signatum |
30-Apr | 1 | 1 | |
| Rapids Clubtail Phanogomphus quadricolor |
30-Apr | 1 | 1 |
Recall we have 4 species with March records - go back to the Mar 1 journal to see those.
https://www.inaturalist.org/posts/62466-mar-1-the-dragons-are-coming
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I will do my best, a big fan from Wood County. I may have saw one Odonata (no fooling) in late March, but it was in the distance and too quick for me to snap a picture.
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