2023 September 10

  Jeff Gaskin writes:  On September 9,  I was up on Christmas Hill and was quite surprised that the two very worn Red Admirals, and Painted Lady which I saw a week ago were still alive.  I saw them both at 4:30 p.m.   Also, on Nelthorpe Street. I still saw two Woodland Skippers.

Also on September 9 at Swan Lake, the dragonflies I saw from the Founder’s Wharf and the floating boardwalk included the following  :   10 Paddle-tailed Darners, 6 Blue Dashers and 1 Eight-spotted Skimmer.  There was one other Paddle-tailed Darner on Christmas Hill.

Marie O’Shaughnessy writes: This lovely male Variegated Meadowhawk was hawking at the point of  Cattle Point after 3pm, September 8.

Sympetrum corruptum (Odo.: Libellulidae) Marie O’Shaughnessy