Since 2001, the Rouge River Bird Observatory has combined summer breeding bird surveys with dragonfly surveys, with an emphasis on the odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) of Wayne County. Despite being highly urbanized and heavily populated, much is still being discovered about the odonata of the county. Julie Craves and her husband Darrin O'Brien have established over two dozen new county records. Two of them were also new records for the state of Michigan!
Available here are a list of RRBO odonata
publications, a Wayne Co. checklist, links, and photos.
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 Citrine
Forktail (Ischnura hastata). This is the smallest ode
in North America. This individual was found in Northville on 24 Aug
2002, a new county record and the second state record. The first
was found by Julie Craves and Darrin O'Brien a week earlier in Lenawee
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The sexes of many species do not look alike. The male (above) and female (below) of the abundant Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis) are quite different. These photos were taken at UM-Dearborn.  |
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publications by RRBO:
Craves, J. A. 2001. Notable new dragonfly records. Williamsonia 5(4):5-6. Craves, J. A. 2001. Notable new dragonfly
records. Michigan Birds and Natural History
Craves, J. A. 2002. A
preliminary list of the Odonata of Wayne Co. Michigan Birds and
Craves, J. A. 2002. Cuba trip report. Argia 14(2):6-7. Craves, J. A. and D. S. O’Brien. 2002. Hunting new state ode records, or, an ode to hunting new state records. Williamsonia 6(3&4):7-9. Craves, J. A. and D. S. O’Brien. 2002. [Flag-tailed Spinyleg] Dromogromphus spoilatus (Odonata: Gomphidae): New for Michigan.Great Lakes Entomologist 35:19-20. Craves, J. A. and D. S. O’Brien. 2002. [Citrine Forktail] Ischnura hastata (Odonata: Coenagrionidae): New for Michigan. Great Lakes Entomologist 35:21-23. Craves, J. A. and D. S. O’Brien. 2003. Update on two 2002 state records. Williamsonia 7(3-4):6-7. Craves, J. A. 2005. Canada Darner
with unusual thorax pattern. Williamsonia 9(1):1.
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