Odonata:  Dragonflies & Damselflies


Species (76)


NORTH AMERICA (64)



 

Damselflies (Zygoptera)

Ebony Jewelwing (Calopteryx maculata) [Michigan]
American Rubyspot (Hetaerina americana) [Michigan]
Blue-ringed Dancer (Argia sedula) [Michigan]
Blue-fronted Dancer (Argia apicalis) [Texas]
Powdered Dancer (Argia moesta) [Texas]
Tule Bluet (Enallagma carunculatum) [Ontario]
Stream Bluet (Enallagma exulans) [Michigan]
Desert Firetail (Telebasis salva) [Texas]
Orange Bluet (Enallagma signatum) [Michigan]
Eastern Forktail (Ishnura verticalis) [Michigan, Ontario]
Emerald Spreadwing (Lestes dryas) [Michigan]
Lyre-tipped Spreadwing (Lestes unguiculatus) [Michigan]
Slender Spreadwing (Lestes rectangularis) [Michigan]


Dragonflies (Anisoptera)

Common Green Darner (Anax junius) [Michigan, Ontario]
Swamp Darner (Epiaeshna heros) [Michigan]
Shadow Darner (Aeshna umbrosa) [Michigan]
Lance-tipped Darner (Aeshna constricta) [Michigan]
Black-tipped Darner (Aeshna tuberculifera) [Michigan]
Lake Darner (Aeshna eremita) [Manitoba]
Sedge Darner (Aeshna juncea) [Alaska]
Elusive Clubtail (Stylurus notatus) [Michigan, Ontario]
Beaverpond Clubtail (Gomphus borealis) [Vermont]
Midland Clubtail (Gomphus fraternus) [Michigan]
Lancet Clubtail (Gomphus exilis) [Michigan]
Ashy Clubtail (Gomphus lividus) [Michigan]
Rusty Snaketail (Ophiogomphus rupinsulensis) [Michigan]
Black-shouldered Spinyleg (Dromogomphus spinosus) [Michigan]
Brown Spiketail (Cordulegaster bilineata) [Michigan]
Delta-spotted Spiketail (Cordulegaster diastatops) [Vermont]
Arrowhead Spiketail (Cordulegaster obliqua) [Michigan]
Swift River Cruiser (Macromia illinoiensis) [Michigan]
Stream Cruiser (Didymops transversa) [Michigan]
Racket-tailed Emerald (Dorocordulia libera) [Michigan]
American Emerald (Cordulia shurtleffi) [Michigan]
Narrow-striped Forceptail
(Aphylla protracta) [Texas]

Ebony Boghaunter
(Williamsonia fletcheri) [Michigan]
Ringed Boghaunter (Williamsonia lintneri) [Michigan]
Common Baskettail
(Epitheca cynosura) [Michigan]
Prince Baskettail (Epitheca princeps) [Michigan]
Widow Skimmer (Libellula luctuosa) [Michigan, Ontario]
Common Whitetail (Libellula lydia) [Michigan, Ontario]
Twelve-spotted Skimmer (Libellula pulchella) [Ontario]
Chalk-fronted Corporal (Libellula julia) [Michigan, Wisconsin]
Flame Skimmer (Libellula saturata) [Arizona, New Mexico]
Slaty Skimmer (Libellula incesta) [Arkansas, Michigan, Ohio]
Four-spotted Skimmer (Libellula quadrimaculata) [Alaska]
Roseate Skimmer (Orthemis ferruginea) [Texas]
Variegated Meadowhawk (Sympetrum corruptum) [Alabama]
White-faced Meadowhawk (Sympetrum obtrusum) [Michigan]
Ruby Meadowhawk (Sympetrum rubicundulum) [Michigan]
Band-winged Meadowhawk (Sympetrum semicinctum) [Michigan]
Eastern Amberwing (Perithemis tenera) [Michigan, Ontario]
Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis) [Michigan]
Eastern Pondhawk (Erithemis simplicicollis) [Michigan]
Wandering Glider (Pantala flavescens) [Michigan]
Spot-winged Glider (Pantala hymenaea) [Ontario]
Black Saddlebags (Tramea lacerata) [Ontario]
Red Saddlebags (Tramea onusta) [Ontario, Michigan]
Dot-tailed Whiteface (Leucorrhinia intacta) [Michigan]
Hudsonian Whiteface (Leucorrhinia hudsonica) [Vermont]
Red-waisted Whiteface (Leucorrhinia proxima) [Michigan]
Halloween Pennant (Calithemis eponina) [Michigan]
Calico Pennant (Calithemis elisa) [Michigan]
Red-tailed Pennant (Brachydesmia furcata) [Texas]

SOUTH AMERICA (4) Microstigma rotundatum [Ecuador]
Erythrodiplax ines [Ecuador]
Perithemis lais
[Ecuador]
Erithemis vesiculosa
[Venezuela]


CENTRAL AMERICA (1) Mecistogaster linearis [Panama]


CARIBBEAN (1)
Seaside Dragonlet (Erythrodiplax berenice) [Jamaica]


EUROPE (1) Ishnura elegans [Netherlands]


AFRICA (2) Palpopleura lucia [The Gambia]
Crocothemis erythraea [The Gambia]


ASIA (3) Neurothemis ramburi  [Indonesia]
Neurothemis fulvia [Nepal]
Crocothemis servilia [Nepal]

Many thanks to Dennis Paulson for correcting some of my identifications, and for identifying some 
of my non-North American photos.