Sunday, August 17th, 2008
Dragonflies and Damselflies at Banshee Reeks - The August Walk
Andy Rabin led our walk at Banshee on Saturday. Here is his report from the field:
The walk yesterday went very well. We had 9 people show up, including 2 families (3 kids). We managed to catch a few damselflies and a dragonfly and examine them closely, found a recently emerged Calico Pennant on some emergent vegetation [...]
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Saturday, July 19th, 2008
Butterflies and Dragonflies at Claude Moore Park
We had a great walk led by Andy Rabin and Mona Miller. Eighteen people of all ages came out to spot and help identify these beautiful insects. In total, we saw 17 species of butterflies, 13 species of dragonflies and 1species of damselflies.
The highlight of the butterflies was the large number of Juniper (aka Olive) [...]
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Saturday, June 28th, 2008
Dragonflies and Damselflies Abound in Eastern Loudoun!
We had a great day of hunting dragons and damsels across the fine Loudoun countryside! Seven people joined us as Andy Rabin and Kevin Munroe, both real experts in dragonflies and damselflies, took us out into the field.
We started the day at 10am at Bles Park then went to Claude Moore at noon and ended the day [...]
