Cochrane District Trip June 2018

Photos from a trip to the Cochrane District of Ontario June 19 to June 23, 2018. Unfortunately two of these days were cloudy and cold. En route we hoped to check for odes along Route 17 which parallels the Ottawa River but it rained both days.

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Clamp-tipped Emerald female, Somatochlora tenebrosa, at a floating mat bog west of Cochrane along Route 11 on June 19, 2018

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Midland Clubtail, Gomphus fraternus, along a road following a power line just to the west of Route 655 north of Timmins on June 20, 2018 . Paulson’s Dragonflies and Damselflies of the East does not show this species in this area.

Midland Clubtail, Gomphus fraternus, on June 20, 2018, same as above.

Midland Clubtail side of thorax 2018-06-20.JPG

Midland Clubtail, Gomphus fraternus, on June 20, 2018, same as above.

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Midland Clubtail, Gomphus fraternus, on June 20, 2018, same as above.

Subarctic Bluet, Coenagrion interrogatum, at a floating mat bog west of Cochrane along Route 11 on June 19, 2018

Twin-spotted Spiketail, Cordulegaster maculata, along a road following a power line just to the west of Route 655 north of Timminson June 19, 2018

Zigzag Darner, Aeshna sitchensis, along a road following a power line just to the west of Route 655 north of Timmins on June 19, 2018

Zigzag Darner, Aeshna sitchensis, along a road following a power line just to the west of Route 655 north of Timmins on June 19, 2018

Clamp-tipped Emerald female at a floating mat bog west of Cochrane along Route 11 on June 19, 2018

Delicate Emerald, Somatochlora franklini, at a bog at Fraserdale on June 21, 2018.

Freija Fritillary, Boloria freija, at a bog south of Fraserdale along Route 634 on June 22, 2018.

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Freija Fritillary, Boloria freija, at a bog south of Fraserdale along Route 634 on June 22, 2018.

Taiga Alpine, Erebia mancinus, at a bog at Fraserdale on June 21, 2018.

Taiga Alpine, Erebia mancinus, at a bog at Fraserdale on June 21, 2018. This species has previously recorded seven times in the Cochrane District, the most recent record is from 1987. This is at the eastern edge of its range in Ontario.

Twin-spotted Spiketail, Cordulegaster maculata, on June 20, 2018 along a road following a power line just to the west of Route 655 north of Timmins

Amber-winged Spreadwing, Lestes eurinus, at a bog south of Fraserdale along Route 634 on June 22, 2018. Paulsons’s Dragonflies and Damselflies of the East does not show this species in this area.

Greenish Blue, Plebejus saepiolus, at a bog at Fraserdale on June 21, 2018

Greenish Blue, Plebejus saepiolus, at a bog at Fraserdale on June 21, 2018

Lancet Clubtail-2 dark male 2018-06-20.JPG

Lancet Clubtail, Gomphus exilis, a dark form male, along a road following a power line just to the west of Route 655 north of Timmins on June 20, 2018

Lancet Clubtail-3 dark male 2018-06-20.JPG

Lancet Clubtail, Gomphus exilis, a dark form male, along a road following a power line just to the west of Route 655 north of Timmins on June 20, 2018

Western Tailed-Blue dorsal 2018-06-19.JPG

Western Tailed-Blue, Cupido amyntula, along a road following a power line just to the west of Route 655 north of Timmins on June 19, 2018

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Western Tailed-Blue, Cupido amyntula, at a quarry road off Route 655 north of Timmins on June 21, 2018