Dragonflies at Ojibway Prairie, Windsor

[Bill Lamond]

I was at the Ojibway Prairie last Friday (24 May) with Bob Curry. We saw a number odes. The highlight was a Painted Skimmer. We also saw a teneral male skimmer that I at first thought was a Great Blue but it did not look overly large so I wondered if it might be a Slaty Skimmer. After looking at a couple of field guides I'm still uncertain although perhaps the size alone (which you cannot judge in the attached photos) indicates it must be a Slaty Skimmer. Not sure if the shape of the claspers is helpful, assuming the photos show them well enough.

Bob Curry took the photos attached.

The list below was uploaded to the Odonata Central website.

Ode list:

Eastern Forktail

Fragile Forktail

Common Green Darner

Calico Pennant - 2

Four-spotted Skimmer - 1

Twelve-spotted Skimmer - 3

Common Whitetail - 12

Painted Skimmer - 1

Eastern Pondhawk - 2

Blue Dasher - 1

Dot-tailed Whiteface - 7

Black Saddlebags - 2

Carolina Saddlebags - 2