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nubitiתיאור
The latest tropical storm Beryl brought many spot-winged gliders to the area in the past few days. Been keeping my eyes peeled for maybe something unusual as last year I found a Striped Saddlebags. So yesterday I was at New River Beach, and their were lots of gliders around and so I thought I would drop by my workplace to have a look around. I was blessed to find what I believe to be two black saddlebags in the mix of spot-winged gliders, blue dashers and at least 6 male common green darners. Love when the storms push these rarities Northward.
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kecolwellתיאור
Observed walking along shed siding on a drizzle/wet and humid day (property is suburban area that backs onto country hay field).
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nbdragonflyguyתיאור
This small male with the mostly separated dorsal markings gave me pause. I first thought it might be Parasyrphus tarsatus, but things don't appear quite right for that. @billdean Do you agree?
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nbdragonflyguyתיאור
Extensive yellow pile visible on tergite 5. In my experience, the abdominal stripes of this species also tend to be more ivory-coloured than yellow in this species, although that is not mentioned in the literature. Perhaps this is a regional thing?
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nbdragonflyguyתיאור
The abdominal dorsal pattern resembles the B. perplexa illustration in the Flower Fly guide. Do we see enough to confirm/deny? @jhskevington @johnklymko
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nbdragonflyguyתיאור
@johnklymko Does this look right? If so, my first encounter with this Genus :)
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nbdragonflyguyתיאור
Compare with:
https://inaturalist.ca/observations/219621819
which was photographed at the same location
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nbdragonflyguyתיאור
@phycus Is this correct? It does not seem to have the yellow at the base of the wings as in Blera nigra, which I also saw on this day.
See: https://inaturalist.ca/observations/219444698
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jdeeתיאור
Wonder why 10 or so were swarming on this rock in the middle of a dirt road.
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nbdragonflyguyתיאור
On a Chokecherry blossom in a hardwood forest. S. lobata seems like a good fit for the abdominal pattern.
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jdeeתיאור
First ode of season 2024 and earliest ever for me. Previous was May 12 in 2022. Most of my 1st ode sightings are 3rd week of May so this is quite early.
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stubirdnbתיאור
Attracted to light in old field - garden - mixed forest along coast of Northumberland Strait.
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nbdragonflyguyתיאור
To my knowledge, this is the first record of this species that has been confirmed by an image in the Canadian Maritimes. The only other record of this species accepted by ADIP (the Atlantic Dragonfly Inventory Project headed by Paul Brunelle) was of a sight record by Karl Dexter on June 26th, 1995 in Saint John County, New Brunswick.
For the record, this species was observed by Jim Bell, Rebecca McCluskey, and Denis Doucet. The species was also observed by Daniel Sinclair and Evan Houlahan on the previous day in the same location, but they were unable to capture it. Duplicate observations on iNaturalist are as follows: https://inaturalist.ca/observations/126749394 and https://inaturalist.ca/observations/126819592. Location accurate to within 15 m
FYI @neilvinson @laura_clarke @sinclvan6 @evan_houlahan @flyersmith
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becksinsectsתיאור
First spotted by @jdee, and caught by @nbdragonflyguy. The excitement was awesome!!
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jdeeתיאור
Joint effort ... @becksinsects Rebecca McCluskey, @nbdragonflyguy Denis Doucet and myself saw this beauty today at Fundy National Park at the end of the FNP 2022 weekend bioblitz.
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EDIT: See comments below. There was a sighting in 1995 by Karl Dexter in Saint John area. I had originally posted above but have removed the following:
1st confirmed record of Comet Darner in Atlantic Canada.
These are 1st images confirming one in Atlantic far as I know.
See also images by Rebecca and Denis:
https://inaturalist.ca/observations/126819592.
https://inaturalist.ca/observations/126950532
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dwaynesabineתיאור
Corticolous on Fagus grandifolia adjacent to stream through mature mixed woods.
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stubirdnbתיאור
On trunk of hardwood in mature mixed forest. This looks like Stictis (?) but I don't know how those conspicuous dark hairs fit into the picture.
Appears to be a liverwort in lower left.
