Penn State Test Collection

Pike County Pennsylvania August 17 1940 [J?] and roadsides mean Mountain home Pa. Argynniscybele 9 A. aphrodite 1 A ? *atlautis ? 2 Satyrus alope alope 1 For nephele * 10

Golden Hill Md. about 12 mi. South of Cabridge Md. August 24 1940 alope [s?] Satyrus pegala 5 Tehas lisa 1 Basilarchia disippus 1 Satyrus [illegible] 1 eurydice

3 Gomphis cavillaris: 1 (male), 2 (female), Orlando, near L. Silver, 26.II. (female) in cop. with one of the (male)'s.

ODONATA COLLECTED AT ORLANDO AND ROCK SPRS. , FLA. 21-28 Feb.,1950 ______________ 2 Gomphus dilatatus: 2 (male), Rock Sprs., 28.II. Large gomphines seen here on 27.II. (P.T.O.) 54 Gomphus minutus: 27 (male), 13 (female),Rock Sprs.,27.II. 11 (male), 3 (female), Rock Sprs.,28.II. Many tenerals and juveniles, as well as mature ones, everywhere in the woods, especially sitting on the ground along sandy roads and paths. One teneral was taken as the prey of a male of G.dilatatus listed above. Anax longipes: D'flies thought to be this sp. were seen in an orange grove beside L.Silver, Orlando, 23.II. 1 Epiaeschna heros: 1 (female),Rock Sprs.,27.II. Netted out of the air over creek. 1 Gynacantha nervosa: 1 (female) taken in a greenhouse at the Mead Botanic Gardens,Orlando, 3.III.50., where it was hanging up about eight feet from the floor, and was easily caught with the fingers. This sp. was often seen in the jungle at Rock Sprs. and in orange groves around Orlando, where it was flushed from its perch and flew off with its characteristic bobbing flight to alight in another tree where it could never be found until it took off and dashed away again. Devilish! 2 Didymops floridensis: 2 (female) taken in the vacant lot bordering L. Silver in Orlando, 23 & 26.II., while butterflying. No effort was made to find more of this sp. 1 Erythrodiplax umbrata: 1 (male), Rock Sprs.,27.II. in clearing in woods (sitting on ground?) 1 E. miniscula: 1 (female),Rock Sprs.,28.II. same spot as umbrata. Erythemis simplicicollis: seen sitting on ground in orange groves, 23,26.II. 12 Tramea carolina: 2(male),21.II. 2(male),22.II. 2(male),3(female),23.II. 2(male),1(female),26.II. taken in back yard and vacant lot in Orlando, usually floating airily 5-8 feet in the air & easily netted.

BEAR MEADOWS, Centre Co. Pa. 22. Ⅶ. 50. —————— AESHNA VERTICALIS: 1 female taken as it made its first flight from the edge of the bog stream. Also collected was the exuvia from which she presumably came. Specimen kept alive in a paper bag for several days.

CORDULEGASTER DIASTATOPSl 3 males. Taken while they patrolled the stream through the bog in the same manner as the Somatochlors, though their flight was lower and without the frequent 'marking time' of Somatochlora and Cordulia.

SOMATOCHLORA TENEBROSA: 2 females. Netted out of the air over the bog.

SOMATOCHLOR WALSHII: 4 males. Flying over the bog and the stream in their usual manner. They have apparently not yet reached their maximum abundance. (Compare with 1949)

CORDULIA SHURTLEFFI: 3 males, 1 female.

DOROCORDULIS LIBERA: 1 male.

LEUCORRHINIA HUDSONICA: 2 males, 3 femles.

ROAD ALONG BIG WEIKER RUN, SW OF Weikert, Union Co., Pa. 23. Ⅶ. 50. —————————— HAGENIUS BREVISTYLUS: 3 males, 2 females. All taken squatting in the middle of the dirt road. They flew along in front of the car when disturbed, and, if the car was stopped, would settle in the road about fifty feet ahead. If approached stealthily, it was usually possible to catch them if the collector could get within about ten feet; at shorter distances their vision must be less good.