After my recent darner netting session at Bordelais Bog, St-Lazare I thought I’d put together the results and offer a bit of a teaser. Seven faces, seven sides but only six are Canada Darner Aeshna canadensis (Aeschne du Canada), one is Green-striped Darner Aeshna verticalis (Aeschne verticale) (I believe). Can you tell which one? Answer next post for those interested, otherwise just enjoy the shots.
Help me use this blog to promote the watching of dragonflies in Nova Scotia, send me your sighting and I'll put them up here. If you see something you can't identify, photograph it and I'll try to ID it for you. Contact me at therealmarkdennis@gmail.com
This used to be my old Quebec ode blog - I am now using it for NS odes but the QC stuff remains for those interested.
River Jewelwing.*
Ebony Jewelwing.*
Superb Jewelwing.
Spotted Spreadwing.
Northern Spreadwing.*
Southern Spreadwing.
Emerald Spreadwing.
Amber-winged Spreadwing.
Sweetflag Spreadwing.
Slender Spreadwing.
Lyre-tipped Spreadwing.*
Swamp Spreadwing.
Variable Dancer.*
Powdered Dancer.*
Aurora Damsel.*
Subarctic Bluet.
Taiga Bluet.
Sphagnum Sprite.*
Sedge Sprite.
Eastern Red Damsel.
Azure Bluet.*
Little Bluet.*
Boreal Bluet.
Tule Bluet.
Familiar Bluet.*
Vernal Bluet.
Northern Bluet.*
Marsh Bluet.*
Stream Bluet.*
Hagen’s Bluet.*
Orange Bluet.
Vesper Bluet.
Citrine Forktail.
Fragile Forktail.*
Eastern Forktail.*
Spatterdock Darner.
Canada Darner.*
Mottled Darner.
Lance-tipped Darner.
Lake Darner.*
Variable Darner.
Azure Darner.
Zigzag Darner.
Subarctic Darner.
Black-tipped Darner.
Shadow Darner.*
Green-striped Darner.
Green Darner.*
Cyrano Darner.
Springtime Darner.*
Ocellated Darner.
Fawn Darner.
Harlequin Darner.*
Black-shouldered Spinyleg.
Spine-crowned Clubtail.
Skillet Clubtail.
Moustached Clubtail.
Beaverpond Clubtail.
Harpoon Clubtail.
Lancet Clubtail.*
Dusky Clubtail.
Zebra Clubtail.
Northern Pygmy Clubtail.
Eastern Least Clubtail.
Dragonhunter.*
Extra-striped Snaketail.
Brook Snaketail.
Riffled Snaketail.
Maine Snaketail.
Rusty Snaketail.*
Twin-spotted Spiketail.*
Delta-spotted Spiketail.
American Emerald.
Petite Emerald.*
Racket-tailed Emerald.
Prince Baskettail.*
Beaverpond Baskettail.
Common Baskettail.
Spiny Baskettail.
Mantled Baskettail.*
Uhler’s Sundragon.
Broadtailed Shadowdragon.
Ringed Emerald.
Quebec Emerald.
Lake Emerald.
Ski-tipped Emerald.
Forcipate Emerald.
Delicate Emerald.
Incurvate Emerald.*
Kennedy’s Emerald.
Ocellated Emerald.
Muskeg Emerald.
Clamp-tipped Emerald.*
Brush-tipped Emerald .*
Williamson’s Emerald.
Ebony Boghunter.
Stream Cruiser.*
Swift River Cruiser.
Elfin Skimmer.
Calico Pennant.*
Martha’s Pennant.
Frosted Whiteface.
Crimson-ringed Whiteface.*
Hudsonian Whiteface.
Dot-tailed Whiteface.*
Canada Whiteface.
Belted Whiteface.*
Chalk-fronted Corporal.*
White Corporal.*
Slaty Skimmer.*
Widow Skimmer.
Common Whitetail.*
Twelve-spotted Skimmer.*
Four-spotted Skimmer.*
Seaside Dragonlet.*
Cherry-faced Meadowhawk.*
White-faced Meadowhawk.*
Ruby Meadowhawk.
Jane’s Meadowhawk.
Saffron-winged Meadowhawk.
Black Meadowhawk.
Band-winged Meadowhawk.
Autumn Meadowhawk.*
Variegated Meadowhawk.
Wandering Glider.*
Spot-winged Glider.*
Black Saddlebags.*
Blue Dasher.*
Carolina Saddlebags.
Here is a short glossary of some of the terms used in the blog posts, hopefully this will help any non-odeists who accidentally wander this way to understand things.
Ode = abbreviation of Odonata meaning all dragonflies and damselflies.
Dragonfly = a big one sort of.
Damselfly = a little one sort of.
Teneral = newly emerged flying insect.
Exuviae = the husk of the Larva.
Larva = the water-living insect before it emerges as a flying ode.
Head = the bit with the eyes!
Thorax = the bit the wings are bolted on to.
Abdomen = the long and generally colourful bit.
Genitalia = the fun parts used for ode dating!
Segment = a clearly defined section of the abdomen, numbered from the thorax back i.e. 1 to 9.
Paraprocts = the lower bits that stick out from the tail
end of the abdomen.
Cersus = the upper bits that stick out from the tail end of the abdomen.
Claspers = joint term for both bits that stick out from the tail end of the abdomen.
Eastern Canada Odes