2024 June 22 morning

   Marie O’Shaughnessy writes from Swan Lake, June 21:

Dragonflies were out this morning:

11 Blue Dashers
1 Cardinal Meadowhawk.
2 Blue-eyed Darners
3 Common Green Darners

Butterflies seen were

2 Lorquin’s Admirals
2 Western Tiger Swallowtails
1 Cabbage White

Blue-eyed Darner Rhionaeschna multicolor (Odo.: Aeshnidae)  Marie O’Shaughnessy

  Blue-eyed Darner Rhionaeschna multicolor (Odo.: Aeshnidae)  Marie O’Shaughnessy

Blue Dasher Pachydiplax longipennis  (Odo.: Libellulidae)  Marie O’Shaughnessy

At Uplands Park on June 21, Marie saw at least nine Essex Skippers¸ as well as two Cabbage Whites  and three Sheep Moths.

Sheep Moth Hemileuca eglanterina (Lep.: Saturniidae) Marie O’Shaughnessy

Sheep Moth Hemileuca eglanterina (Lep.: Saturniidae) Marie O’Shaughnessy

Essex Skipper  Thymelicus lineola  (Lep.: Hesperiidae)  Marie O’Shaughnessy

Cabbage White Pieris rapae   (Lep.: Pieridae)  Marie O’Shaughnessy

Val George photographed this pair of Common Green Darners at McIntyre Reservoir, June 21.

 Common Green Darners  Anax junius   (Odo.: Aeshnidae)   Val George