Posts Tagged ‘Carolina Saddlebags’

Flowers, Butterflies, Odes, Birds, Snappers, and the Fox by , Ranger

May 4th, 2010

Dame’s Rocket and Blackberry are in bloom. Butterflies find the early blooming blackberries rather tempting. More species of dragonflies and damselflies have been emerging recently. A first-of-the-season Carolina Saddlebags (Tramea carolina) was seen on 29 April as was a new species for the Museum, a Prince Baskettail (Epitheca princeps). I had thought that I spied one of [...] Read the rest of this entry »

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A Busy Time for Arthropods by , Ranger

May 15th, 2009

A large millipede (about 4 inches) was seen walking across the path in front of the Ornithopter. My best guess is that it was Narceus americanus. N. Americanus is the classic, round-in-cross-section form of millipede that’s most often encountered in our area. The other locally common millipede is about two inches in length, has a [...] Read the rest of this entry »

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Dragonflies, Butterflies and a Big-eyed beetle by , Ranger

May 15th, 2008

Dragonflies continue to be the main attraction on the Wetlands insect list. Green Darners, Carolina Saddlebags, Baskettails, and Common Whitetails were out in force. Variable Dancers, Skimming Bluets, and Southern Spreadwings were the most often observed damselflies from the Wetlands Overlook. Orange Bluets were seen as well. These tiny, bright orange damselflies deserve a close [...] Read the rest of this entry »

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