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Same observation as rumeltr. Fen habitat.

Nectaring on Cirsium muticum, swamp thistle. Adjacent to Bay Creek.

eastern pine elfin? seems to be a long ways from his friends, but there are lots of pines here.

Not entirely sure which species

Double-ringed Pennant
Celithemis verna
male
St. Joe State Park,
St. Francois Co., Missouri
22 June 2009

two shots of a male posted

Difficult to photograph in flight. Bright greenish face

Gilded River Cruiser
Macromia pacifica
male
Fourche Renault Creek,
Washington Co., Missouri
22 June 2009
Posed shot

two shots posted

Found on hairy mountain mint in planted prairie at Illiniwek Forest Preserve.

On whorled milkweed in sand prairie remnant at Illinois River Sands Land and Water Reserve.

Found on tickseed sunflower in planted prairie.

On Clustered mountain mint in my pollinator garden. Surrounded by woods with little creeks. Clay, rocky soil.
Female?

Amongst some invasive vines and Willow or Laurel bushes near the house. Clay soil. Surrounded by woods. Bumper crop year for grasshoppers of all sorts.

I think there’s enough to go on in the 1st photo.

She was huge! If wings had been down I would've thought for sure Sphex pensylvanicus from a distance

Visiting spotted bee balm in degraded sand prairie / sewage lagoon levee.

Found on golden alexanders.

Female leaving nest

Females collecting water for nest building at creek ~25m away from aggregation under bridge.

Two other observations of similar, if not same individual, bees from the same day:

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/118535707

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/118538007

Sbee, 30, Penstemon digitalis

SBEE, 20,Lanceleaf Coriopsis

Observed visiting Patterson's bindweed.

Found on rough blazingstar in sand prairie at Ellison Creek Sand Prairie Nature Preserve.

Male nectaring on Salix discolor

Plant association - Zizia aurea

Identified from photo by Laura Rericha-Anchor. Taken along riparian boardwalk trail.

Taken along riparian boardwalk. Found within a few feet of the male https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/86804928
Both identified with photo by Laura Reicha-Anchor.

Parts of the boardwalk itself were under water. With Angella Moorehouse and Heidi Eaton, so some duplicate observations.

Found on Canada goldenrod at Jubilee College Forest Nature Preserve.

Found on goldenrod in dry-mesic woodlands at Robert A Evers Land and Water Reserve within Siloam Springs State Park.

Woods

I think. garden. fm

Exact location approximated.

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