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Dragonflies of Ontario - Order Odonata
In honor of the Lunar New Year - which this year is the Year of the Dragon - I have a compilation post showcasing some of the Dragonflies that call Ontario their home and hunting grounds! Just like the New Year's Post, the pictures found here haven't been uploaded to the blog before. Although similar in shape and form, these Odonates differ vastly across sizes, color and ferocity. Some even have patterned wings which can be different whether male or female and how old they are! Most of them in the wilderness, in close proximity to (un-pictured) water sources; it's far easier to photograph when they are close, rather than darting across a lake in pursuit of another insect. The specimens here consist of many familiar species across the many families within the Infraorder known as Anisoptera. Any guesses on the exact number of family classifications featured in this post? To answer that question: look closely at, no...behold these colorful, powerful and majestic Dragonflies:
Autumn Meadowhawk - Sympetrum vicinum (Sept 18, 2018)
Twelve-Spotted Skimmer - Libellula pulchella (June 30th, 2019)
Lancet Clubtail - Phanogomphus exilis (June 25th, 2022)
Common Whitetail (female) - Plathemis lydia (May 25th, 2021)
Common Whitetail (immature male) - Plathemis lydia (June 16th, 2021)
Common Whitetail (male) - Plathemis lydia (August 9th, 2023)
Green Darner - Anax junius (September 27th, 2019)
Ruby Meadowhawk - Sympetrum rubicundulum (August 29, 2019)
Blue Dasher ("tween" male) - Pachydiplax longipennis (July 30th, 2020)
Blue Dasher (female) - Pachydiplax longipennis (August 2nd, 2020)
Pictures taken prior to 2020 were made with a Samsung Galaxy S4, except for the Green Darner which was photographed with an iPhone 8 by a near and dear friend. Pictures taken during 2020 onward were captured with a Google Pixel 4.
Have a Happy Year of the Dragon and continue to enjoy an amazing 2024! Now, let's see what new Dragon-related insects will join the blog next! For all bug-hunters out there, take extra care not to confuse the Dragons in Pictures 2 and 4.
#jonny's insect catalogue#ontario insect#dragonfly#odonata#autumn meadowhawk#lancet clubtail#green darner#ruby meadowhawk#whitetail dragonfly#twelve spotted skimmer#blue dasher#skimmer dragonfly#darner dragonfly#clubtail dragonfly#insect#lunar new year#happy lunar new year#year of the dragon#year of the dragon 2024#toronto#muskoka#kleinburg#nature#entomology#invertebrates
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@emo-mothman submimtted: Today's bug friends! All found in Rhode Island. The only one I can't figure out is the dragonfly. I think it's an autumn meadowhawk, but the colors seem a little bit too dark. He was a lot more red irl, though. Aside from that, I met a quite lovely bald faced hornet (she was definitely more white irl, she just looks yellower because of what she's on), what I believe to be a damsel bug, a very blurry yellow jacket who was polite enough to land on my hand for a second, and an asian ladybug. (:
A great bunch of pals! I agree the dragonfly looks like an autumn meadowhawk and the true bug does indeed look like a damsel bug :)
#animals#insects#bugs#submission#dragonfly#hornet#bald faced hornet#wasp#yellow jacket#asian lady beetle#damsel bug#autumn meadowhawk#yellowjacket#beetle#lady beetle#lady bug#true bugs
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Natural Pest Control
Autumn Meadowhawk (Sympetrum vicinum)
©2022 Ken Oliver
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Some neat guys I saw on my glorious hike today feat. incidental foot pic due to the autumn meadowhawk
#roberts-island#personal#mine#hiking#Ontario#autumn meadowhawk#American toad#eastern chipmunk#cw feet
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Autumn meadowhawk dragonfly
#animals#wildlife#insect#dragonfly#wildlife photography#autumn meadowhawk#animal photography#insect photography#bug#bug photography#nature#nature photography#original photographers#photographers on tumblr#lensblr
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A couple of photos of what I take to be an Autumn Meadowhawk (Sympetrum vicinum) dragonfly...
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Autumn Meadowhawks
Sympetrum vicinum
Libellulidae
Photograph taken on October 2, 2021, at Marmora and Lake, Ontario, Canada.
#wildflowers of southern ontario#Autumn Meadowhawk#Meadowhawk#Sympetrum vicinum#Libellulidae#insect#marmora#marmora and lake#ontario#canada#Sympetrum
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WIP of an Autumn Meadowhawk Sympetrum vicinum. I kinda wished I did this painting on a bigger canvas, as these tiny wing details are killer to get nice. But alas the only canvases I have are these that are idk like 8 inches x 6 inches (20 cm x 15cm)
#only had enough in me for one wing#found one of these guys on a walk#they are very striking to watch zoom by#autumn meadowhawk#Sympetrum vicinum#bugblr#dragonfly#bug painting#acrylic painting#art wip#wip
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Omnivore, Herbivore, Insectivore, Oh MY!
I walked out the door this morning and wandered down one trail and then another and intended to go farther into the woods, but as often happens, I was stopped in my tracks.
On granite at my feet, covered as it was with lichens of the crustose and foliose sort, I spied a rather large specimen of scat. High point. Center of trail. Classic.
Based on the size and hair and bones packed within, I…
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Autumn Meadowhawk - Sympetrum vicinum
If these pictures would've been uploaded the day I took them, I'd absolutely say that autumn had arrived. At the time of upload though, though there's the occasional bright sunny day, the days are getting colder and leaves are falling. If you're an insect that can't tolerate the cold like a Bumblebee can, you need to work quickly to stay fed and active while the sun is strong. While others scramble, this specie of Skimmer Dragonfly has autumn all to itself to catch prey in the gardens and wilderness of Ontario. Though Sympetrum spp. are difficult to distinguish without a closer look at their nether-region plates, the Autumn Meadowhawk is a safe bet for identification given that it's a smaller Dragonfly that's active between late summer to December. Furthermore, the individual here is relatively plain in appearance with no extraneous wing-banding or ornate striping along the body, though there are back patches leading towards the tip of this beauty's abdomen. Compared to the earlier (many, many years ago at the beginning of this blog's journey) post that featured bright-red male specimens, this individual in the garden is a female!
As evidenced both by a brown coloration and the size & orientation of her cerci, she's indeed a female S. vicinum. Like her male counterparts, she too enjoys her time in the direct sunlight, but wasn't hot enough to enter the Obelisk position. When taking photos, she was slow-moving and not skittish to retreat like so many summer specimens have been for me this year. It must have really needed the chance to increase body temperature, but it may also have landed on our plants to use them as a hunting perch. This specie has been reported to make use of perches from leaves, branches and even stones. With its small size, it may be the best hunting strategy to avoid tiring out with sustained flight. Using its large compound eyes, it has a great view of the surrounding area and moves to pursue the second it spots prey! Though leaves are falling at creating litter on the ground for insects to use, sadly the Autumn Meadowhawk doesn't use them to overwinter (but maybe there's a hypothetical one-in-a-million chance of camouflage) the way a Woolly Bear would, but she may benefit from all the additional free branch perches. No, the only overwintering that occurs is from the eggs laid in the water that will create Dragonfly nymphs for the coming spring.
Pictures were taken on September 19, 2023 with a Google Pixel 4. Next week, a very special post...and maybe more. Enjoy the autumn sunshine.
#jonny’s insect catalogue#ontario insect#dragonfly#autumn meadowhawk#skimmer dragonfly#odonata#insect#toronto#september2023#2023#nature#entomology#invertebrates
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@mintyepic submitted: very kind lady who sat on my board and hung out with me and my friends for a while, while i was drawing outside for class! spotted in atlantic canada ([removed] specifically)
I removed your tags so there’s no confusion between mine and yours! Anyhoo this is a very lovely red friend. I imagine they’re an autumn meadowhawk, or at least similar in the same genus, Sympetrum :)
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Friendly faces along the trail.
Autumn Meadowhawks (Sympetrum vicinum)
Handsome Meadow Katydid (Orchelimum pulchellum)
Bronze Jumping Spider (Eris militaris)
Carolina Mantis (Stagmomantis carolina)
October 27, 2023
John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge, Tinicum, Pennsylvania
#bugs#bug#photographers on tumblr#dragonflies#katydids#jumping spiders#mantids#bugblr#entomology#insects#insect#nature#animals#arachnids#spider#spiders
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Back on my hyperfixation shenanigans so I have not slept and here's a list of what I consider to be the prettiest beetles, butterflies and moths, damselflies, and grasshoppers and crickets that inhabit Colorado and Kentucky according to insectidentification.org :
COLORADO
Emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis)
Fifteen-spotted lady beetle (Anatis labiculata)
Golden tortoise beetle (Charidotella sexpunctata)
Knapweed root weevil (Cyphocleonus achates)
Longhorn beetle (Semanotus amethystinus)
Dogbane Leaf Beetle (Chrysochus auratus)
European Ground Beetle (Carabus nemoralis)
Golden Net-wing Beetle (Dictyoptera aurora)?
Margined Blister Beetle (Epicauta funebris)
May Beetle - P. lanceolata (Phyllophaga lanceolata)
Mottled Tortoise Beetle (Deloyala guttata)
Pleasing Fungus Beetle (Gibbifer californicus)
Poplar Borer Beetle (Saperda calcarata)
Shining Leaf Chafer - Anomala spp. (Anomala spp.)
Signate Lady Beetle (Hyperaspis signata)
American Lappet Moth (Phyllodesma americana)
Cinnabar Moth (Tyria jacobaeae)
Common Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus communis)
Glover's Silkmoth (Hyalophora columbia gloveri)
Great Ash Sphinx Moth (Sphinx chersis)
Autumn Meadowhawk (Sympetrum vicinum)
Black Saddlebags Skimmer (Tramea lacerata)
Bird Grasshopper (Schistocerca spp.)
Obscure Bird Grasshopper (Schistocerca obscura)
Sooty Longwing Katydid (Capnobotes fulginosus)
KENTUCKY
Andrew's Snail-eating Beetle (Scaphinotus andrewsii)
Black Firefly (Lucidota atra)
Calligrapha Beetle (Calligrapha spp)
Eastern Hercules Beetle (Dynastes tityus)
Emerald Euphoria Beetle (Euphoria fulgida)
Glowworm (Phengodes spp.)
Goldsmith Beetle (Cotalpa lanigera)
Metallic Wood-boring Beetle: Chalcophora (Chalcophora fortis)
Notched-mouth Ground Beetle (Dicaelus purpuratus)
One-spotted Tiger Beetle (Apterodela unipuncata)
Rainbow Darkling Beetle (Tarpela micans)
Rainbow Scarab Beetle (Phanaeus vindex)
Six-spotted Tiger Beetle (Cicindela sexguttata)
Southern Sculptured Pine Borer Beetle (Chalcophora georgiana)
Stag Beetle (Lucanus capreolus)
Twice-stabbed Lady Beetle (Chilocorus stigma)
Vietinghoff's Ground Beetle (Carabus vietinghoffii)
Abbott's Sphinx Moth (Sphecodina abbottii)
American Ermine Moth (Yponomeuta multipunctella)
Arched Hooktip (Drepana arcuata)
American Bird's-Wing Moth (Dypterygia rozmani)
Arcigera Flower Moth (Schinia arcigera)
Attentive Crocus Moth (Xanthotype attenuaria)
Basswood Leafroller (Pantographa limata)
Beautiful Wood-Nymph (Eudryas grata)
Black-waved Flannel Moth (Megalopyge crispata)
Blackberry Looper (Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria
Blinded Sphinx Moth (Paonias excaecata)
Bluish Spring Moth (Lomographa semiclarata
Buck Moth (Hemileuca maia)
Carmine Snout Moth (Peoria approximella)
Carrot Seed Moth (Sitochroa palealis)
Cecropia Silk Moth (Hyalophora cecropia)
Changeable Grass-Veneer (Fissicrambus mutabilis)
Colorful Zale (Zale minerea)
Common Lytrosis Moth (Lytrosis unitaria)
Confused Eusarca (Eusarca confusaria)
Cross-lined Wave (Timandra amaturaria)
Curve-toothed Geometer (Eutrapela clemataria)
Dark-banded Geometer (Ecliptopera atricolorata)
Deep Yellow Euchlaena (Euchlaena amoenaria)
Diaphania costata (Diaphania costata
Dimorphic Macalla (Epipaschia superatalis)
Dot-lined White (Artace cribrarius)
Dotted Gray (Glena cribrataria)
Drab Prominent (Misogada unicolor)
Eight-spotted Forester Moth (Alypia octomaculata)
Elder Shoot Borer (Achatodes zeae)
Explicit Arches (Lacinipolia explicata)
Eyed Paectes Moth (Paectes oculatrix)
Falcate Orangetip (Anthocharis midea) (female)
Fall Webworm (Hyphantria cunea)
False Crocus Geometer (Xanthotype urticaria
Fervid Plagodis (Plagodis fervidaria)
Fig Sphinx (Pachylia ficus)
Friendly Probole Moth (Probole amicaria)
Giant Leopard Moth (Hypercompe scribonia)
Goldcap Moss-eater Moth (Epimartyria auricrinella)
Gray-edged Hypena (Hypena madefactalis)
Green Arches (Anaplectoides prasina)
Hag Moth (Phobetron pithecium
Hibiscus Leaf Caterpillar Moth (Rusicada privata)
Imperial Moth (Eacles imperialis)
Lesser Maple Spanworm Moth (Speranza pustularia
Luna Moth (Actias luna)
Melissa Blue Butterfly (Plebejus melissa spp.)
Modest Sphinx Moth (Pachysphinx modesta)
Morbid Owlet Moth (Chytolita morbidalis)
Orange-patched Smoky Moth (Pyromorpha dimidiata)
Pale Beauty (Campaea perlata)
Pale Lichen Moth (Crambidia pallida)
Pale Metarranthis (Metarranthis indeclinata)
Pandorus Sphinx Moth (Eumorpha pandorus)
Parthenice Tiger Moth (Apantesis parthenice)
Pearly Wood-Nymph Moth (Eudryas unio)
Pero Moth (Pero spp.)
Pink-patched Looper (Eosphoropteryx thyatyroides)
Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor)
Pistachio Emerald Moth (Hethemia pistasciaria)
Plebeian Sphinx Moth (Paratrea plebeja) (Caterpillar)
Primrose Moth (Schinia florida)
Promiscuous Angle Moth (Macaria promiscuata)
Raspberry Pyrausta (Pyrausta signatalis)
Rustic Sphinx Moth (Manduca rustica)
Saddleback Caterpillar Moth (Acharia stimulea)
Saddled Yellowhorn (Colocasia flavicornis)
Salt-and-pepper Looper Moth (Syngrapha rectangula)
Satin Moth (Leucoma salicis)
Scarlet-winged Lichen Moth (Hypoprepia miniata)
Schlaeger's Fruitworm Moth (Antaeotricha schlaegeri)
Showy Emerald Moth (Dichorda iridaria)
Small Bird Dropping Moth (Ponometia erastrioides)
Snowy Urola (Urola nivalis)
Sorghum Webworm Moth (Nola cereella)
Southern Flannel Moth (Megalopyge opercularis)
Southern Longhorn Moth (Adela caeruleella)
Southern Pine Sphinx (Lapara coniferarum)
Southern Tussock Moth (Dasychira meridionalis)
The Badwing (Dyspteris abortivaria)
Unspotted Looper Moth (Allagrapha aerea)
Venerable Dart Moth (Agrotis venerabilis
Vine Sphinx Moth (Eumorpha vitis)
Walnut Sphinx Moth (Amorpha juglandis)
Wavy-lined Emerald Moth (Synchlora aerata)
Western Grapeleaf Skeletonizer Moth (Harrisina metallica)
White Flannel Moth (Norape ovina)
White Slant-line Moth (Tetracis cachexiata)
White-fringed Emerald Moth (Nemoria mimosaria)
Yucca Moth (Tegeticula, Greya, and Prodoxus spp.)
Carolina Locust (Dissosteira carolina)
Eastern Shieldback Katydid (Atlanticus spp.)
Slender Meadow Katydid (Conocephalus fasciatus)
True Katydid (Pterophylla camellifolia)
Ebony Jewelwing (Calopteryx maculata)
Midland Clubtail (Gomphurus fraternus)
Red Saddlebags (Tramea onusta)
Seepage Dancer (Argia bipunctulata)
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Autumn Red
Autumn Meadowhawk (Sympetrum vicinum)
©2023 Ken Oliver
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