On July 5, 2009, Nannothemis and I made a visit to the Humbug Marsh Unit of the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge in hopes of finding a Cobra Clubtail (
Gomphus vastus) as we
had last year.
We searched the open areas near the Detroit River with no luck finding the target clubtail, but we did see the first Russet-tipped Clubtails (
Stylurus plagiatus) of the year. In all there were at least six individuals (three males and three females). Here is one of the females:
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On our way back to the vehicle, Nannothemis spotted a female Band-winged Meadowhawk (
Sympetrum semicinctum). This marks the 45th species for the unit since starting surveys here a few years ago.
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I'm sure there are more to find in the coming years as there are plans to
daylight a drain and create pond areas in a portion of the unit.
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