2024 July 3 morning

   Marie O’Shaughnessy writes:
I went for an hour’s meander into Uplands Park July 2 and found

more than 30 Essex Skippers
3 Sheep Moths
2 Cabbage Whites
1 Lorquin’s Admiral

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

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

Marie continues: At McIntyre reservoir, July 1st afternoon:

2 Common Green Darners
6 Blue Dashers
5 Eight-spotted Skimmers
3 Cardinal Meadowhawks
4 Variegated Meadowhawks
3 Blue-eyed Darners
I saw only 2 Cabbage White Butterflies 

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

Eight-spotted Skimmer Libellula forensis  (Odo.: Libellulidae) Marie O’Shaughnessy

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

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