Whew!  GREAT week for dragonfly swarms this week!  There seems to have been a major event in Ohio and other parts of the northern Midwest this week and another, smaller one in Pennsylvania, as you can see from this week’s list of swarm sighting locations:

USA:

Hollywood Beach, FL
St. Louis, MO
Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
New Stanton, Hempfield Township, PA
Palm Beach, FL
Ft. Lauderdale, FL (2 swarms)
Salem, MA
Boynton Beach, FL
Lodi, NJ
Saddle Brook, NJ
Overland Park, KS
Wyckoff, NJ
Woodward, OK
Urbana, IL
Nantucket, MA
East Setauket, NY
Lodi, NJ
Rockledge, PA
Vanceburg, KY
Florence, KY
Valley Forge, PA
Thomasboro, IL
Monon, IN
Elwood, IN
Skokie, IL
Berne, IN
New Concord, OH
Baltic, SD
Yellow Springs, OH
Albion, NE
Wanata, IN
Glenview, IL
Creston, WV
Sciota, IL
Dearborn, MI
Brooklyn, WI
Tiffen, IA
Mansfield, OH (2 swarms)
Wallingford, VT
Canfield, OH
Cuyahoga Falls, OH
Clarington, OH
Jamestown, OH
Andover, OH
Washington, WV
Lewisville, OH
Cleveland, OH (3 swarms)
Argos, IN
West Salem, OH
Akron, OH
Nelsonville, OH
Addison,MI
Greenville, OH
Streetsboro, OH
Erie, PA
Mt. Vernon, OH
Solon, OH
Chicago, IL (5 swarms)
Lakewood, OH
Philo, OH
New Holland, OH
Colfax, IA
Leesburg, IN
Kilibuck, OH
Kinsman, OH
Bristol, IL
Cortland, OH
St. Charles, MN
Angola, NY
Parkersburg, WV
Zanesville, OH
Lansing, IL
Waterloo, IA
Oscoda, MI
Barnesville, OH
Pataskala, OH
Burney, CA
Omaha, NE
Harrisonville, MO
Cambridge, OH
Sweetser, IN
Brookfield, OH (2 swarms)
Toledo, OH
Cambridge, OH
Delaware, OH
Lake City, PA
Yorkville, IL
Sylvania, OH
Rockford, IL
Girard, PA
Rome, NY
Gambier, OH
Hastings, PA
Confluence, PA
Akron, OH
West Grove, PA
Ashland, OH
Templeton, PA
Plain City, OH
Granville, OH (2 swarms)
Wickliffe, OH
Chicora, PA
Navarre, OH
Lancaster, NH
Amherst, OH
Limestone, NY
Ashley, OH
Oak Harbor, OH
Gouverneur, NY
Hilliard, OH
Danville, OH
Springfield, OH
Barnesville, OH
Buffalo, OH
Avo, IN
Harrison City, PA
Lancaster, OH
Hoopeston, IL
Valley City, OH
Chester, NY
Emerson, NJ

Canada:

Markham, ON
Mississuaga, ON
Woodbridge, ON

LOTS of swarms!  Based on the number of swarms I collected this week, I would have assumed that the dragonflies are on the move, but that wasn’t the case.  Nearly every one of these reports was a static swarm and not a migratory swarm!  I’ll bet they’ll start heading south soon though, so be on the lookouts for some really impressive migratory swarms if you live in the Midwest or along the east coast.

Tomorrow’s post is going to be much shorter than usual as I am away from home and am too busy to write a long post.  But look for Well-Nigh Wordless Wednesday on it’s regular day this week and I’ll get back to your regularly scheduled Monday posts next week!

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