http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CalOdes/ California Odonata Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:00:10 GMT Kathy &/or Dave Biggs http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CalOdes/message/3693 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CalOdes/message/3693 Images of female Walker's Darner are rarer than hen's teeth. I've just put up a set of posed images taken by Gary Suttle last summer: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:06:44 GMT Kathy &/or Dave Biggs http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CalOdes/message/3692 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CalOdes/message/3692 Hi all, I'm getting my 'winter' ode-fix by posting some of the lovely images I was sent this year. This is one of my favorites, a female Brimstone Clubtail: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:14:35 GMT Kathy &/or Dave Biggs http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CalOdes/message/3691 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CalOdes/message/3691 Hi all, I was sent a very nice dragonfly calendar, which I've decided to promote thru the SW Dragonfly website. If you are interested, you may buy it from it's Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:51:00 GMT azurebluet http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CalOdes/message/3690 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CalOdes/message/3690 Apologies for cross posting. I received a letter today from Bioquip Products stating that their web server had been compromised and that some party had gained Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:10:58 GMT Kathy &/or Dave Biggs http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CalOdes/message/3689 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CalOdes/message/3689 Hello all (please pardon any cross postings!), In order to cut my costs for maintaining the California Dragonfly website, I've migrated the link to California Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:25:34 GMT Kathy &/or Dave Biggs http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CalOdes/message/3688 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CalOdes/message/3688 http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2009/11/minuscule_ladybug_bombs_dragon.php Just for fun!! Kathy Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:18:48 GMT Dennis Paulson http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CalOdes/message/3687 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CalOdes/message/3687 Hello, all. I was just wondering if anyone in Caliornia had visited Tecopa Hot Springs, on hwy 127 in southern Inyo County. I was just searching for a place Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:16:52 GMT Kathy &/or Dave Biggs http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CalOdes/message/3686 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CalOdes/message/3686 {Please send a report if you saw a species later this year than the date given below: Northern Spreadwing - 9/4 Sooty Dancer - 9/27 Aztec Dancer - 7/3 Northern Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:04:52 GMT Kathy &/or Dave Biggs http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CalOdes/message/3685 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CalOdes/message/3685 These are the last reports I have for these summer flying species. If you've seen a species at a later date, please send a report: Western Red Damsel - Aug. 19 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:54:37 GMT Kathy &/or Dave Biggs http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CalOdes/message/3684 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CalOdes/message/3684 Besides Paul's new record for Tulare County, I found a few other new records lurking at Odonata Central that I hadn't previously put up: *June 4, 2009 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:02:36 GMT Kathy &/or Dave Biggs http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CalOdes/message/3683 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CalOdes/message/3683 Wonderful! As I write a Shadow Darner is cruising the pond... AND, thanks for the updated late dates everyone!! Kathy -- California Dragonflies Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:53:13 GMT Paul Johnson http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CalOdes/message/3682 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CalOdes/message/3682 All,   I took my kids to Three Rivers to visit friends over the weekend, and on Sunday we went into Sequoia National Park for a hike.  We hadn't planned on Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:12:23 GMT Kathy &/or Dave Biggs http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CalOdes/message/3681 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CalOdes/message/3681 Below are the last reports I've received for Spring and Summer flying species. If you've seen a species later than this date, please send in a report. THANKS!! Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:16:23 GMT Peter Siminski http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CalOdes/message/3680 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CalOdes/message/3680 October 17, 2009 Riverside County Peter Siminski Dos Palmas Oasis and Fish Ponds, Dos Palmas Preserve, Elev. -100'; 8:50-12:10, 80-100F, cloudless, calm to Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:18:13 GMT mathesont http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CalOdes/message/3679 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CalOdes/message/3679 Briones RP, Sindicich & Maricich Lagoons 11:00am to 2:00pm, mid-70s, clear, light NE breeze Spotted Spreadwing ? 17 include 2 pairs Tule Bluet ? 3 No/BO