Dragonflies! Dragonflies!
FENCE,
Tryon, NC
Saturday, August 5, 2006
Trip Report
The sun broke through the overcast skies for a
nice variety of damselflies and dragonflies on the Ventures trip to FENCE. Slaty
Skimmers, who didn't seem to mind the cloudy weather, were the first to be seen
and were soon followed by Blue Dasher and Common Whitetail. During the sunny
periods, the group was treated to great looks of the colorful Halloween Pennant,
Eastern Amberwing, and Spangled Skimmer. A search among the pond
vegetation turned up the tiny Fragile Forktail damselfly, as well as
a Variable Dancer. A golden-yellow Wandering Glider patrolled non-stop around
the pond for most of the trip. After lunch we walked the shaded trails around
the pond and picked up Great Blue Skimmer, Blue-tipped Dancer, and the
iridescent Ebony Jewelwing. We ended the day with a change of location,
identifying butterflies at the FENCE butterfly garden.
|
Damselflies |
|
| Ebony Jewelwing | Blue-tipped Dancer |
| Variable Dancer | Fragile Forktail |
|
Dragonflies: |
|
| Prince Baskettail | Great Blue Skimmer |
| Halloween Pennant | Blue Dasher |
| Banded Pennant | Wandering Glider |
| Eastern Pondhawk | Eastern Amberwing |
| Spangled Skimmer | Common Whitetail |
| Slaty Skimmer | Carolina Saddlebags |
| Widow Skimmer | Black Saddlebags |
| Study materials: | |
| Stokes Beginner’s Guide to Dragonflies (2002)-Blair Nikula, Jackie Sones, Don & Lillian Stokes | |
| Damselflies of the Northeast (2004)-Ed Lam | |
| Dragonflies Through Binoculars (2000)-Sidney Dunkle | |
| Dragonflies and Damselflies of Georgia and the Southeast (due late 2006)-Giff Beaton | |
| Common Dragonflies and Damselflies of Eastern North America (2004 DVD)-Richard Walton and Greg Dodge | |
| Butterflies: | |
| Eastern Tiger Swallowtail | Summer Azure |
| Cloudless Sulphur | Zabulon Skipper |
| Red Admiral | Sachem |
| Red-spotted Purple | Fiery Skipper |
| Variegated Fritillary | Silver-spotted Skipper |
| Anglewing sp | Little Glassy-wing |
| Common Buckeye | |
