2024 July 21 morning

   Marie O’Shaughnessy spotted the following dragonflies at Outerbridge Park in the morning of July 20.  Some photographs follow.

3 Paddletail Darners
4 Four-spotted Skimmers
5 Cardinal Meadowhawks.  Two were in tandem and ovipositing
8 Blue Dashers

 Four-spotted Skimmer Libellula quadrimaculata  (Odo.: Libellulidae)
Marie O’Shaughnessy

Paddle-tailed Darner Aeshna palmata  (Odo.: Aeshnidae)   Marie O’Shaughnessy

Cardinal Meadowhawks  Sympetrum illotum  (Odo.: Libellulidae)  Marie O’Shaughnessy

Jochen Möhr sends these two photographs from Metchosin:

Male Malacosoma californica  (Lep.: Lasiocampidae)   Jochen Möhr

Dr Robb Bennett identifies the spider below as Tegenaria domestica.

Tegenaria domestica  (Ara.: Agelenidae)  Jochen Möhr)