2023 August 3

   Marie O’Shaughnessy photographed a number of exuviae (cast skins) of emerging dragonflies and damselflies in the Cowichan Valley on August 1.  Accurate identification of exuviae from photographs is a bit of a challenge, but Dr Rob Cannings suggests that the damselflies are probably Enallagma annexum or boreale, and the dragonfly is probably Rhionaeschna multicolor.

  Enallagma annexum/boreale  (Odo.: Coenagrionidae)
Marie O’Shaughnessy

Probably Enallagma annexum/boreale  (Odo.: Coenagrionidae)  Marie O’Shaughnessy

Probably Enallagma annexum/boreale  (Odo.: Coenagrionidae)  Marie O’Shaughnessy

Probably Enallagma annexum/boreale  (Odo.: Coenagrionidae)  Marie O’Shaughnessy

Probably Rhionaeschna multicolor  (Odo.: Aeshnidae)
Marie O’Shaughnessy

Cheryl Hoyle photographed this Shadow Darner at Esquimalt Lagoon, August 2:

Shadow Darner Aeshna umbrosa (Odo.: Aeshnidae)  Cheryl Hoyle

Jeremy Tatum writes: There were one Painted Lady  and one Red Admiral on the Mount Tolmie reservoir at 5:30 today, August 3.