Alberta Life List

Although I lived in Alberta during my teenage years, it wasn’t until a return visit in 2012 that I had the opportunity (and the interest!) to look for dragonflies. We spent a few days of the beginning of that trip in Sherwood Park (just outside of Edmonton) and the remainder in Jasper National Park, where we were attending a wedding. Since then I have made two return trips to the Edmonton area, one in September and the other in late June. As none of my family lives in Alberta any more, I don’t have any more reason to return. Still, I would like to, if only to visit the mountains again!

Damselflies

  1. Spotted Spreadwing
  2. Northern Spreadwing

Dragonflies

  1. Lance-tipped Darner
  2. Variable Darner
  3. Pale Snaketail
  4. Four-spotted Skimmer
  5. Crimson-ringed Whiteface
  6. Belted Whiteface
  7. Hudsonian Whiteface
  8. Boreal Whiteface
  9. Variegated Meadowhawk
  10. Black Meadowhawk
  11. Cherry-faced Meadowhawk
  12. Saffron-winged Meadowhawk
  13. Red-veined Meadowhawk
Pyramid Lake, Jasper NP

TOTAL: 15 Species

Variable Darner
Pale Snaketail

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