Species Finding Field Trip: Subarctic Darner

With all the biodiversity in the greater Sax-Zim Bog ecosystem, seeing the uncommon, rare or difficult-to-find species can require special, targeted effort. This event is the third of this year’s new, species-focused field trip series. It is focused on finding one of the few odonates with special conservation status in Minnesota: Subarctic Darner. This is a large dragonfly of open peatlands, with a preference for areas with Buckbean.

This will be a strenuous field trip with almost all the hiking done off-trail in uneven and wet conditions.

Field Trip attendance is free for Friends of Sax-Zim Bog members. The $25 membership fee covers free entry to all field trips and programs, excluding workshops, in a 12-month period.

Registration is required at saxzim.org. Registrants meet at the Friends of Sax-Zim Bog Welcome Center and Lois King Education Center at noon. The field trip concludes at 5 p.m.