As my partner is from Nova Scotia and still has family there, we usually return to visit once each year. Not all of these visits occur during prime odonate season, but when they do I’ve had fun looking for them around Kings County. Although we usually fly down, I prefer to drive so I can bring my net and catch the small bluets and spreadwings that are hard to identify without close examination, as well as the darners and emeralds that refuse to land! Nova Scotia has a few species present that are not found in eastern Ontario, and on our trip in 2024 to Yarmouth I was able to target a few of those. My Dad and I also spent some time in Cape Breton later in 2024 where I was finally able to follow the footsteps of my mentors and spend some time at the French Mountain bog (I did not find the Zigzag Darner I was hoping for, though)!
Damselflies
- River Jewelwing
- Ebony Jewelwing
- Swamp Spreadwing
- Slender Spreadwing
- Northern Spreadwing
- Sweetflag Spreadwing
- Aurora Damsel
- Eastern Red Damsel
- Violet Dancer
- Powdered Dancer
- Azure Bluet
- Stream Bluet
- Familiar Bluet
- Hagen’s Bluet
- Fragile Forktail
- Eastern Forktail
- Sedge Sprite
Dragonflies
- Common Green Darner
- Canada Darner
- Lake Darner
- Black-tipped Darner
- Variable Darner
- Shadow Darner
- Springtime Darner
- Ocellated Darner
- Harlequin Darner
- Eastern Least Clubtail
- Lancet Clubtail
- Dusky Clubtail
- Dragonhunter
- Stream Cruiser
- Racket-tailed Emerald
- Petite Emerald
- Brush-tipped Emerald
- Incurvate Emerald
- Clamp-tipped Emerald
- Uhler’s Sundragon
- Mantled Baskettail
- Spiny Baskettail
- Beaverpond Baskettail
- Common Whitetail
- Chalk-fronted Corporal
- White Corporal
- Twelve-spotted Skimmer
- Slaty Skimmer
- Four-spotted Skimmer
- Calico Pennant
- Belted Whiteface
- Dot-tailed Whiteface
- Hudsonian Whiteface
- Cherry-faced Meadowhawk
- Band-winged Meadowhawk
- Saffron-winged Meadowhawk
- Autumn Meadowhawk
- Blue Dasher
- Spot-winged Glider
TOTAL: 56 Species
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