1.0Field Station/field-stationField Station/field-stationrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="brvDzk4cEP"><a href="/field-station/bug-of-the-week/sedge-sprite/">Sedge Sprite (Family Coenagrionidae)</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="/field-station/bug-of-the-week/sedge-sprite/embed/#?secret=brvDzk4cEP" width="600" height="338" title="“Sedge Sprite (Family Coenagrionidae)” — Field Station" data-secret="brvDzk4cEP" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=/field-station/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> Sedge Sprites are found across southern Canada and the northern half of the U.S. Although they are more common in the eastern part of their range, Mead calls them, surprisingly, “perhaps the most abundant damselfly in the north woods.” Midges are probably a big part of their diet, and the aquatic naiads feed on any small critters they can catch./field-station/wp-content/uploads/sites/380/2013/07/sedge-sprite-m11-1b.jpg