Lassen County - Part 1, Damselflies, 8/10/06

George Sappington and I travelled to Lassen County where we checked out the odes at White Horse Reservoir, Pine Creek, upper Susan River, and Cooper Swamp.



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Male Emerald Spreadwing - tributary to Pine Creek about 10 miles downstream of Highway 44.
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Female Emerald Spreadwing - White Horse Reservoir.
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Male Lyre-tipped Spreadwing - White Horse Reservoir.
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Male Lyre-tipped Spreadwing - White Horse Reservoir.
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Male Sedge Sprite. We went to Cooper Swamp in hopes of seeing Sedge Sprite, but thought perhaps the season for them had ended. Not so! I found five or six Sedge Sprite and managed to photograph two or three (male and female).
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Male Sedge Sprite.
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Male Sedge Sprite.
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Male Sedge Sprite.
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Female Sedge Sprite.

© 2006 Ray Bruun