Dragonflies & Damselflies

Dragonflies & Damselflies of Germany NEW! photos added 7/6/10	Dragonflies & Damselflies of Namibia NEW! photos added 7/6/10
Dragonflies & Damselflies of North America
Damselflies	Dragonflies
Family Calopterygidae Sparkling Jewelwing (Calopteryx dimidiata) Ebony Jewelwing (Calopteryx maculata) American Rubyspot (Hetaerina americana) Smoky Rubyspot (Hetaerina titia) photos added 7/4/10 Canyon Rubyspot (Hetaerina vulnerata) Family Lestidae Great Spreadwing (Archilestes grandis) photos added 7/26/10 Plateau Spreadwing (Lestes alacer) Southern Spreadwing (Lestes australis) Spotted Spreadwing (Lestes congener) Northern Spreadwing (Lestes disjunctus) Emerald Spreadwing (Lestes dryas) Rainpool Spreadwing (Lestes forficula) Elegant Spreadwing (Lestes inaequalis) Chalky Spreadwing (Lestes sigma) Blue-striped Spreadwing (Lestes tenuatus) Carolina Spreadwing (Lestes vidua) Swamp Spreadwing (Lestes vigilax) photos added 7/3/10 Family Protoneuridae Coral-fronted Threadtail (Neoneura aaroni) photos added 7/28/10 Amelia's Threadtail (Neoneura amelia) Orange-striped Threadtail (Protoneura cara) photos added 7/28/10 Family Coenagrionidae Mexican Wedgetail (Acanthagrion quadratum) photos added 7/26/10 Western Red Damsel (Amphiagrion abbreviatum) Black-and-white Damsel (Apanisagrion lais) Paiute Dancer (Argia alberta) "Anceps" Dancer (Argia anceps) Blue-fronted Dancer (Argia apicalis) photos added 7/28/10 Comanche Dancer (Argia barretti) photos added 7/28/10 Seepage Dancer (Argia bipunctulata) photos added 7/3/10 Coppery Dancer (Argia cuprea) photos added 7/28/10 Spine-tipped Dancer (Argia extranea) Variable Dancer (Argia fumipennis) photos added 7/28/10 Lavender Dancer (Argia hinei) Kiowa Dancer (Argia immunda) photos added 7/28/10 Leonora's Dancer (Argia leonorae) photos added 7/28/10 Sooty Dancer (Argia lugens) Powdered Dancer (Argia moesta) Apache Dancer (Argia munda) Aztec Dancer (Argia nahuana) photos added 7/28/10 "Blue-pointed" Dancer (Argia oculata) Fiery-eyed Dancer (Argia oenea) Amethyst Dancer (Argia pallens) Springwater Dancer (Argia plana) photos added 7/2810 Golden-winged Dancer (Argia rhoadsi) photos added 7/28/10 Blue-ringed Dancer (Argia sedula) Blue-tipped Dancer (Argia tibialis) photos added 7/1/10 Tonto Dancer (Argia tonto) Dusky Dancer (Argia translata) Vivid Dancer (Argia vivida) "Westfall's" Dancer (Argia westfalli) Northern Bluet (Enallagma annexum) Azure Bluet (Enallagma aspersum) Double-striped Bluet (Enallagma basidens) photos added 7/28/10 Tule Bluet (Enallagma carunculatum) Familiar Bluet (Enallagma civile) Cherry Bluet (Enallagma concisum) Attenuated Bluet (Enallagma daeckii) photos added 7/3/10 Sandhill Bluet (Enallagma davisi) Turquoise Bluet (Enallagma divagans) Atlantic Bluet (Enallagma doubledayi) Burgundy Bluet (Enallagma dubium) photos added 7/3/10 Big Bluet (Enallagma durum) photos added 7/4/10 Stream Bluet (Enallagma exsulans) Skimming Bluet (Enallagma geminatum) Neotropical Bluet (Enallagma novaehispaniae) Pale Bluet (Enallagma pallidum) Arroyo Bluet (Enallagma praevarum) photos added 7/28/10 Orange Bluet (Enallagma signatum) photos added 7/4/10 Golden Bluet (Enallagma sulcatum) Slender Bluet (Enallagma traviatum) NEW! photos added 7/1/10 Vesper Bluet (Enallagma vesperum) Blackwater Bluet (Enallagma weewa) Painted Damsel (Hesperagrion heterodoxum) Desert Forktail (Ischnura barberi) Pacific Forktail (Ischnura cervula) Plains Forktail (Ischnura damula) Mexican Forktail (Ischnura demorsa) Black-fronted Forktail (Ischnura denticolis) Citrine Forktail (Ischnura hastata) Lilypad Forktail (Ischnura kellicotti) Fragile Forktail (Ischnura posita) Rambur's Forktail (Ischnura ramburii) photos added 7/5/10 Cream-tipped Swampdamsel (Leptobasis melinogaster) Red-tipped Swampdamsel (Leptobasis vacillans) Sphagnum Sprite (Nehalennia gracilis) Southern Sprite (Nehalennia integricollis) Caribbean Yellowface (Neoerythromma cultellatum) Duckweed Firetail (Telebasis byersi) NEW! photos added 7/3/10 Desert Firetail (Telebasis salva)	Family Petaluridae Gray Petaltail (Tachopteryx thoreyi) photos added 7/4/10 Family Aeshnidae Variable Darner (Aeshna interrupta) Paddle-tailed Darner (Aeshna palmata) Shadow Darner (Aeshna umbrosa) Blue-spotted Comet Darner (Anax concolor) Comet Darner (Anax longipes) Common Green Darner (Anax junius) Giant Darner (Anax walsinghami) photos added 7/18/10 Springtime Darner (Basiaeschna janata) Fawn Darner (Boyeria vinosa) photos added 7/1/10 Blue-faced Darner (Coryphaeschna adnexa) "Apeora" Pilot Darner (Coryphaeshna apeora) Regal Darner (Coryphaeshna ingens) NEW! photos added 7/3/10 Swamp Darner (Epiaeschna heros) Taper-tailed Darner (Gomphaeschna antilope) Bar-sided Darner (Gynacantha mexicana) Cyrano Darner (Nasiaeschna pentacantha) photos added 7/18/10 Riffle Darner (Oplonaeschna armata) Arroyo Darner (Rhionaeschna dugesi) "Plateau" Mosaic Darner (Rhionaeschna jalapensis) Blue-eyed Darner (Rhionaeschna multicolor) Turquoise-tipped Darner (Rhionaeschna psilus) Family Gomphidae Broad-striped Forceptail (Aphylla angustifolia) photos added 7/25/10 Narrow-striped Forceptail (Aphylla protracta) Two-striped Forceptail (Aphylla williamsoni) Stillwater Clubtail (Arigomphus lentulus) photos added 7/4/10 Bayou Clubtail (Arigomphus maxwelli) photos added 7/4/10 Gray-green Clubtail (Arigomphus pallidus) Jade Clubtail (Arigomphus submedianus) photos added 7/4/10 Southeastern Spinyleg (Dromogomphus armatus) Black-shouldered Spinyleg (Dromogomphus spinosus) photos added 7/28/10 Flag-tailed Spinyleg (Dromogomphus spoliatus) photos added 7/4/10 White-belted Ringtail (Erpetogomphus compositus) photos added 7/18/10 Yellow-legged Ringtail (Erpetogomphus crotalinus) Eastern Ringtail (Erpetogomphus designatus) "Southwestern" [Eastern] Ringtail (Erpetogomphus designatus ssp) Blue-faced Ringtail (Erpetogomphus eutainia) photos added 7/28/10 Serpent Ringtail (Erpetogomphus lampropeltis) Banner Clubtail (Gomphus apomyius) Blackwater Clubtail (Gomphus dilatatus) Plains Clubtail (Gomphus externus) Tamaulipan Clubtail (Gomphus gonzalezi) Pronghorn Clubtail (Gomphus graslinellus) Cocoa Clubtail (Gomphus hybridus) Ashy Clubtail (Gomphus lividus) Sulphur-tipped Clubtail (Gomphus militaris) Gulf-coast Clubtail (Gomphus modestus) Oklahoma Clubtail (Gomphus oklahomensis) Cobra Clubtail (Gomphus vastus) photos added 7/28/10 Dragonhunter (Hagenius brevistylus) photos added 7/26/10 Arizona Snaketail (Ophiogomphus arizonicus) Pale Snaketail (Ophiogomphus severus) Ringed Forceptail (Phyllocycla breviphylla) Five-striped Leaftail (Phyllogomphoides albrighti) photos added 7/26/10 Four-striped Leaftail (Phyllogomphoides stigmatus) photos added 7/26/10 Belle's Sanddragon (Progomphus bellei) Gray Sanddragon (Progomphus borealis) Common Sanddragon (Progomphus obscurus) photos added 7/2/10 Laura's Clubtail (Stylurus laurae) NEW! photos added 7/2/10 Russett-tipped Clubtail (Stylurus plagiatus) photos added 7/28/10 Family Cordulegastridae Pacific Spiketail (Cordulegaster dorsalis) Twin-spotted Spiketail (Cordulegaster maculata) Arrowhead Spiketail (Cordulegaster obliqua) photos added 7/3/10 Say's Spiketail (Cordulegaster sayi) New Texas Spiketail (Cordulegaster sp nov) Family Macromiidae Stream Cruiser (Didymops transversa) Bronzed River Cruiser (Macromia annulata) photos added 7/4/10 Swift River Cruiser (Macromia illinoiensis) photos added 7/4/10 Royal River Cruiser (Macromia taeniolata) photos added 7/4/10 Family Corduliidae Unidentified Baskettails (Epitheca sp) Slender Baskettail (Epitheca costalis) Common Baskettail (Epitheca cynosura) Dot-winged Baskettail (Epitheca petechialis) Prince Baskettail (Epitheca princeps) Mantled Baskettail (Epitheca semiaquea) Robust Baskettail (Epitheca spinosa) Selys Sundragon (Helocordulia selysii) Smoky Shadowdragon (Neurocordulia molesta) NEW! photos added 7/4/10 Orange Shadowdragon (Neurocordulia xanthosoma) Texas Emerald (Somatochlora margarita) Family Libellulidae Red-tailed Pennant (Brachymesia furcata) Four-spotted Pennant (Brachymesia gravida) photos added 7/4/10 Tawny Pennant (Brachymesia herbida) Pale-faced Clubskimmer (Brechmorhoga mendax) Gray-waisted Skimmer (Cannaphila insularis) photos added 7/18/10 Amanda's Pennant (Celithemis amanda) photos added 7/3/10 Red-veined Pennant (Celithemis bertha) Calico Pennant (Celithemis elisa) Halloween Pennant (Celithemis eponina) photos added 7/4/10 Banded Pennant (Celithemis fasciata) Ornate Pennant (Celithemis ornata) photos added 7/3/10 Checkered Setwing (Dythemis fugax) photos added 7/26/10 Mayan Setwing (Dythemis maya) NEW! photos added 7/18/10 Black Setwing (Dythemis nigrescens) Swift Setwing (Dythemis velox) Western Pondhawk (Erythemis collocata) Pin-tailed Pondhawk (Erythemis plebeja) Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis) photos added 7/26/10 Great Pondhawk (Erythemis vesiculosa) Plateau Dragonlet (Erythrodiplax basifusca) Seaside Dragonlet (Erythrodiplax berenice) NEW! photos added 7/5/10 Little Blue Dragonlet (Erythrodiplax miniscula) Band-winged Dragonlet (Erythrodiplax umbrata) Blue Corporal (Ladona deplanata) Golden-winged Skimmer (Libellula auripennis) photos added 7/3/10 Bar-winged Skimmer (Libellula axilena) photos added 7/3/10 Comanche Skimmer (Libellula comanche) photos added 7/26/10 Bleached Skimmer (Libellula composita) Neon Skimmer (Libellula croceipennis) photos added 7/26/10 Yellow-sided Skimmer (Libellula flavida) Slaty Skimmer (Libellula incesta) photos added 7/4/10 Widow Skimmer (Libellula luctuosa) photos added 7/26/10 Needham's Skimmer (Libellula needhami) photos added 7/4/10 Hoary Skimmer (Libellula nodisticta) Twelve-spotted Skimmer (Libellula pulchella) Four-spotted Skimmer (Libellula quadrimaculata) Flame Skimmer (Libellula saturata) Painted Skimmer (Libellula semifasciata) Great Blue Skimmer (Libellula vibrans) photos added 7/18/10 Marl Pennant (Macrodiplax balteata) Ivory-striped Sylph (Macrothemis imitans) photos added 7/28/10 Straw-colored Sylph (Macrothemis inacuta) Jade-striped Sylph (Macrothemis inequiunguis) photos added 7/28/10 White-tailed Sylph (Macrothemis pseudimitans) Hyacinth Glider (Miathyria marcella) photos added 7/4/10 Spot-tailed Dasher (Micrathyria aequalis) Three-striped Dasher (Micrathyria didyma) Thornbush Dasher (Micrathyria hagenii) photos added 7/28/10 Carmine Skimmer (Orthemis discolor) Roseate Skimmer (Orthemis ferruginea) Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis) Red Rock Skimmer (Paltothemis lineatipes) Wandering Glider (Pantala flavescens) photos added 7/4/10 Spot-winged Glider (Pantala hymenaea) photos added 7/4/10 Slough Amberwing (Perithemis domintia) photos added 7/25/10 Eastern Amberwing (Perithemis tenera) Mexican Scarlet-tail (Planiplax sanguiniventris) Common Whitetail (Plathemis lydia) photos added 7/28/10 Desert Whitetail (Plathemis subornata) Filigree Skimmer (Pseudoleon superbus) Blue-faced Meadowhawk (Sympetrum ambiguum) Variegated Meadowhawk (Sympetrum corruptum) Black Meadowhawk (Sympetrum danae) Cardinal Meadowhawk (Sympetrum illotum) Striped Meadowhawk (Sympetrum pallipes) Band-winged Meadowhawk (Sympetrum semicinctum) Autumn Meadowhawk (Sympetrum vicinum) photos added 7/26/10 Arch-tipped Glider (Tauriphila argo) Striped Saddlebags (Tramea calverti) Carolina Saddlebags (Tramea carolina) Antillean Saddlebags (Tramea insularis) NEW! photos added 7/4/10 Black Saddlebags (Tramea lacerata) photos added 7/4/10 Red Saddlebags (Tramea onusta) photos added 7/5/10
2 or more species photographed together photos added 7/26/10 Larvae & Exuviae photos added 7/25/10 Dragonfly Predators photos added 7/3/10	Leona River, 18 species Damselfly Extravaganza - 2 May 2009 Liberty Co, TX - 31 Species Ode Extravaganza - 9 May 2009 LRGV Rocket Run - 33 species - 16 May 2009 Calamity Creek, Woodward Ranch - 31 species - 18 July 2009 LRGV Big Memorial Day Weekend - 50 species - 29-30 May 2010 4 Before Africa - East Texas - 69 Species - 7-10 June 2010 NEW! photos added 7/5/10


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