2024 September 6

   Marie O’Shaughnesssy sends photographs of dragonflies seen in the Cowichan area, September 3.
Dragonflies seen were

1 Canada Darner
4 Blue-eyed Darners
4 Blue Dasher
2 Autumn Meadowhawks
1 Four-spotted  Skimmer
4 Paddle-tailed Darners
6 bluet damselflies 

Blue Dasher  Pachydiplax longipennis  (Odo.: Libellulidae)  Marie O’Shaughnessy

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

Autumn Meadowhawk Sympetrum vicinum  (Odo.: Libellulidae)  Marie O’Shaughnessy

Canada Darner Aeshna canadensis  (Odo.:Aeshnidae)  Marie O’Shaughnessy

Blue-eyed Darners  Rhionaeschna multicolor  (Odo.: Aeshnidae)  Marie O’Shaughnessy

Jeff Gaskin writes:    Today, September 6, out at Goldstream Park, Kirsten Mills and I saw 2 Paddle-tailed Darners and 1 Cardinal Meadowhawk.  Also, there were a few Cabbage Whites and 1 Woodland Skipper.

At Pedder Bay we were surprised to see such a large number of Common Green Darners.  In one small area there were at least 12 of them plus 2 or 3 more near the parking lot.  The only other dragonfly we saw was an Eight-spotted Skimmer.  Kirsten saw a Pine White when we were leaving along Rocky Point Road, near near Wild Arc.

Aziza Cooper writes:  Today, September 6, this fly was on a mushroom in Rainbow Park at Rainbow Road and McKenzie Avenue.

Greenbottle Lucilia sp.:  (Dip.:  Calliphoridae)   Aziza Cooper