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Butterflies, Dragonflies, Damselfies Amid Native Wildflowers

Jul 21, 2019

Wood FrogPhoto by Michael Myers On a very, very warm Saturday morning, a group of 11 people gathered at Willowsford...

Dragonflies and Damselflies Checklist

Sep 12, 2017

Walk along a marsh or pond and you will likely see dragonflies and damselflies, darting out to catch a fly...

Dragonflies

Apr 1, 2014

Vol. 19 Issue 1, Spring 2014 By Larry Meade I had been a birder for several years before I began...

Dragonfly & Damselfly Field Trip Report

Jun 27, 2013

On June 23th, Andy Rabin and Kevin Munroe led another great field trip to find and identify as many dragonflies and...

Exciting Project to Document Rare Virginia Dragonflies, Butterflies and more

Mar 29, 2011

This just in from Christopher S. Hobson, VA DCR – Division of Natural Heritage: The Virginia Department of Conservation and...

Butterflies and Dragonflies at Claude Moore Park

Jul 21, 2009

We had a lovely day for our butterfly and dragonfly walk last Saturday morning at Claude Moore Park in Sterling....

Dragonflies and Damselflies at Banshee Reeks – The August Walk

Aug 17, 2008

Andy Rabin led our walk at Banshee on Saturday.  Here is his report from the field: The walk yesterday went very...

Butterflies and Dragonflies at Claude Moore Park

Jul 19, 2008

We had a great walk led by Andy Rabin and Mona Miller. Eighteen people of all ages came out to...

Dragonflies and Damselflies Abound in Eastern Loudoun!

Jun 28, 2008

We had a great day of hunting dragons and damsels across the fine Loudoun countryside! Seven people joined us as...

Dragonfly Survey

Apr 1, 2007

Vol. 12 Issue 1, Spring 2007 By Andy Rabin Calico pennantPhoto by Nicole Hamilton I became interested in dragonflies and...

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