[tn-dragonflies] Re: Phipps Bend, Hawkins County
- From: richard connors <didymops07@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: tn-dragonflies@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 16:27:50 -0500
Rick,
I agree with Doug, that's Band-winged Meadowhawk.
This might be a good one to post on your Flickr site, as someone on
SEOdonata from central Georgia (north of Atlanta) has them now and was
searching on Flickr to see if any were showing up north of her, but she
found none others posted yet this year.
Richard Connors
Nashville
On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 6:01 PM, Rick Phillips <sunfish0501@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Thanks, Doug. I thought it was a Meadowhawk, but I had only seen Ruby
> Meadowhawk and I just couldn't account for the banding on the wings
> .Band-winged makes sense.
>
> Rick
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 6:53 PM, Doug Bruce <s137@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Band-winged Meadowhawk (*Sympetrum semicinctum*), I think.
>>
>> In Tennessee they’re limited mainly to the northeast corner of the
>> state. Harold Howell and I found them flying in Johnson County a couple of
>> years ago.
>>
>> ~ Doug
>> *From:* Rick Phillips <sunfish0501@xxxxxxxxx>
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, June 26, 2013 4:21 PM
>> *To:* tn-dragonflies@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> *Subject:* [tn-dragonflies] Phipps Bend, Hawkins County
>>
>> I spent a couple of hours this afternoon working some wet ditches
>> around the industrial park at Phipps Bend in Hawkins County. The habitat is
>> a mix of rushes, sedges, grasses and cattails. Here is a list of the
>> dragonflies I saw that I could id. I also had a pretty little red dragonfly
>> that I could not Id. It was a small dragonfly and behaved much like an
>> Eastern Amberwing, but i haven't seen any photos of an Eastern Amberwing
>> this red. I had two of these. I'll attach a photo in case anyone wants to
>> id this for me. Here is a list:
>>
>> Common Whitetail (3)
>> Spangled Skimmer (counted 45, many, many of these around)
>> Halloween Pennant (2)
>> Eastern Pondhawk (12)
>>
>> not a single Blue Dasher or Slaty Skimmer although both are very common
>> on the trail around the lake there.
>>
>> Rick
>> [image: Inline image 1]
>>
>> --
>> Rick Phillips
>> Kingsport, Tennessee
>>
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> Rick Phillips
> Kingsport, Tennessee
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