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Dragonflies & Damselflies of Mexico

Dragonflies & Damselflies of Germany

 

Dragonflies & Damselflies of Namibia


Dragonflies & Damselflies of North America

Damselflies

Dragonflies


Family
Calopterygidae
River Jewelwing (Calopteryx aequabilis)          photos added 7/16/23
Superb Jewelwing (Calopteryx amata)     
Appalachian Jewelwing (Calopteryx angustipennis)  
Sparkling Jewelwing (Calopteryx dimidiata)  
Ebony Jewelwing (Calopteryx maculata)        photos added 7/16/23
American Rubyspot (Hetaerina americana)
Cryptic Rubyspot (Hetaerina calverti)  
Smoky Rubyspot (Hetaerina titia)  
Canyon Rubyspot (Hetaerina vulnerata)
 


Family Lestidae

California Spreadwing (Archilestes californicus)

Great Spreadwing (Archilestes grandis)  
Plateau Spreadwing (Lestes alacer)
Southern Spreadwing (Lestes australis)
Spotted Spreadwing (Lestes congener)
Northern Spreadwing (Lestes disjunctus) 
Emerald Spreadwing (Lestes dryas) photos added 7/16/23
Amber-winged Spreadwing (Lestes eurinus)     
Sweetflag Spreadwing (Lestes forcipatus)  
Rainpool Spreadwing (Lestes forficula)  
Elegant Spreadwing (Lestes inaequalis)         
Slender Spreadwing (Lestes rectangularis)  
Chalky Spreadwing (Lestes sigma)
Black Spreadwing (Lestes stultus)

Blue-striped Spreadwing (Lestes tenuatus)
Lyre-tipped Spreadwing (Lestes unguiculatus)
Carolina Spreadwing (Lestes vidua)
 
Swamp Spreadwing (Lestes vigilax)
 



Family Coenagrionidae
Mexican Wedgetail (Acanthagrion quadratum)
Western Red Damsel (Amphiagrion abbreviatum)
     
Eastern Red Damsel (Amphiagrion saucium)
Black-and-white Damsel (Apanisagrion lais)
California Dancer (Argia agrioides)
  
Paiute Dancer (Argia alberta)
    
Cerulean Dancer (Argia anceps)
Blue-fronted Dancer (Argia apicalis)
  
Comanche Dancer (Argia barretti) 
Seepage Dancer (Argia bipunctulata)
Coppery Dancer (Argia cuprea)  
Emma's Dancer (Argia emma)       
Spine-tipped Dancer (Argia extranea)
Variable [Smoky-winged] Dancer (Argia fumipennis fumipennis)
Variable [Black] Dancer (Argia fumipennis atra)
Variable [Violet] Dancer (Argia fumipennis violacea)     photos added 7/16/23
Harkness's Dancer (Argia harknessi)
Lavender Dancer (Argia hinei)
  
Kiowa Dancer (Argia immunda)
Sierra Madre Dancer (Argia lacrimans)  
Leonora's Dancer (Argia leonorae)   
Sooty Dancer (Argia lugens)       
Powdered Dancer (Argia moesta)   photos added 7/16/23
Apache Dancer (Argia munda)    
Aztec Dancer (Argia nahuana)           
Oculate Dancer (Argia oculata)  
Fiery-eyed Dancer (Argia oenea)
Amethyst Dancer (Argia pallens)
Marsh Dancer (Argia paludicola)
Pima Dancer (Argia pima)
Springwater Dancer (Argia plana)      
Golden-winged Dancer (Argia rhoadsi)
Sabino Dancer (Argia sabino)
Blue-ringed Dancer (Argia sedula)
Tarascan Dancer (Argia tarascana)
Tezpi Dancer (Argia tezpi)  
Blue-tipped Dancer (Argia tibialis)   
Tonto Dancer (Argia tonto)     
Dusky Dancer (Argia translata)
Vivid Dancer (Argia vivida)     
Aurora Damsel (Chromagrion conditum)   
Prairie Bluet (Coenagrion angulatum)
Subarctic Bluet (Coenagrion interrogatum)
Taiga Bluet (Coenagrion resolutum)      
River Bluet (Enallagma anna)
Northern Bluet (Enallagma annexum)        
Rainbow Bluet (Enallagma antennatum)  
Azure Bluet (Enallagma aspersum)       
Double-striped Bluet (Enallagma basidens) 
Boreal Bluet (Enallagma boreale)         photos added 7/16/23
Purple Bluet (Enallagma cardenium)
Tule Bluet (Enallagma carunculatum)  
Familiar Bluet (Enallagma civile)    
Alkali Bluet (Enallagma clausum)
Cherry Bluet (Enallagma concisum)  
Attenuated Bluet (Enallagma daeckii)
Sandhill Bluet (Enallagma davisi)
Turquoise Bluet (Enallagma divagans)
Atlantic Bluet (Enallagma doubledayi)
Burgundy Bluet (Enallagma dubium)  
Big Bluet (Enallagma durum)  
Marsh Bluet (Enallagma ebrium)
Baja Bluet (Enallagma eiseni)  
Stream Bluet (Enallagma exsulans)      photos added 7/16/23
Skimming Bluet (Enallagma geminatum)

Hagen's Bluet (Enallagma hageni)     photos added 7/16/23
New England Bluet (Enallagma laterale)
Little Bluet (Enallagma minisculum)

Neotropical Bluet (Enallagma novaehispaniae)
Pale Bluet (Enallagma pallidum)
Scarlet Bluet (Enallagma pictum)
Florida Bluet (Enallagma pollutum)
Arroyo Bluet (Enallagma praevarum)
Pine Barrens Bluet (Enallagma recurvatum)

Claw-tipped Bluet (Enallagma semicirculare)
 
Orange Bluet (Enallagma signatum)

Golden Bluet (Enallagma sulcatum)
   
Slender Bluet (Enallagma traviatum)
 
Vernal Bluet (Enallagma vernale)

Vesper Bluet (Enallagma vesperum)
 
Blackwater Bluet (Enallagma weewa)
 
Painted Damsel (Hesperagrion heterodoxum)
 
Desert Forktail (Ischnura barberi)
       
Pacific Forktail (Ischnura cervula)
 
Plains Forktail (Ischnura damula) 
     photos added 7/16/23
Mexican Forktail (Ischnura demorsa) 
    
Black-fronted Forktail (Ischnura denticolis)    
Swift Forktail (Ischnura erratica)
Citrine Forktail (Ischnura hastata)
Lilypad Forktail (Ischnura kellicotti)
   
Western Forktail (Ischnura perparva)
 
Fragile Forktail (Ischnura posita) 
Furtive Forktail (Ischnura prognata)
Rambur's Forktail (Ischnura ramburii)
Eastern Forktail (Ischnura verticalis)    photos added 7/16/23
Lucifer Swampdamsel (Leptobasis lucifer)
Cream-tipped Swampdamsel (Leptobasis melinogaster)
 
Red-tipped Swampdamsel (Leptobasis vacillans)  
Sphagnum Sprite (Nehalennia gracilis)  
Southern Sprite (Nehalennia integricollis)
Sedge Sprite (Nehalennia irene) photos added 7/16/23
Everglades Sprite (Nehalennia pallidula)
Caribbean Yellowface (Neoerythromma cultellatum)
Coral-fronted Threadtail (Neoneura aaroni)  
Amelia's Threadtail (Neoneura amelia)      
Orange-striped Threadtail (Protoneura cara)
Duckweed Firetail (Telebasis byersi)  
Marsh Firetail (Telebasis digiticollis)
Desert Firetail (Telebasis salva)



Family Platystictidae
Desert Shadowdamsel (Palaemnema domina)






 


Family Petaluridae
Gray Petaltail (Tachopteryx thoreyi)     
Black Petaltail (Tanypteryx hageni)    



Family Aeshnidae
Canada Darner (Aeshna canadensis)      
Lance-tipped Darner (Aeshna constricta) 
Lake Darner (Aeshna eremita)       photos added 7/16/23
Variable Darner (Aeshna interrupta)   photos added 7/16/23
Sedge Darner (Aeshna juncea)  
Paddle-tailed Darner (Aeshna palmata)
 
Persephone's Darner (Aeshna persephone)
Azure Darner (Aeshna septentrionalis)
Zigzag Darner (Aeshna sitchensis)
    photos added 7/16/23
Subarctic Darner (Aeshna subarctica)
Black-tipped Darner (Aeshna tuberculifera)  
Shadow Darner (Aeshna umbrosa)
Green-striped Darner (Aeshna verticalis)
Walker's Darner (Aeshna walkeri)     
Amazon Darner (Anax amazili)
Blue-spotted Comet Darner (Anax concolor)     
Comet Darner (Anax longipes)   
Common Green Darner (Anax junius)  
Giant Darner (Anax walsinghami)    
Springtime Darner (Basiaeschna janata) photos added 7/16/23
Ocellated Darner (Boyeria grafiana)
Fawn Darner (Boyeria vinosa)       
Blue-faced Darner (Coryphaeschna adnexa)         
Icarus Darner (Coryphaeshna apeora)  
Regal Darner (Coryphaeshna ingens)
Mangrove Darner (Coryphaeshna viriditas)   
Swamp Darner (Epiaeschna heros)    
Taper-tailed Darner (Gomphaeschna antilope)   
Harlequin Darner (Gomphaeschna furcillata)   
Bar-sided Darner (Gynacantha mexicana)    
Twilight Darner (Gynacantha nervosa)
Cyrano Darner (Nasiaeschna pentacantha)    
Riffle Darner (Oplonaeschna armata)   
Malachite Darner (Remartinia luteipennis)
California Darner (Rhionaeschna californica)
Arroyo Darner (Rhionaeschna dugesi)
 
Blue-eyed Darner (Rhionaeschna multicolor)   
Spatterdock Darner (Rhionaeschna mutata)
Turquoise-tipped Darner (Rhionaeschna psilus)

Caribbean Darner (Triacanthagyna caribbea)
Pale Green Darner (Triacanthagyna septima)
Phantom Darner (Triacanthagyna trifida)



Family Gomphidae

Broad-striped Forceptail (Aphylla angustifolia)       
Narrow-striped Forceptail (Aphylla protracta)  
Two-striped Forceptail (Aphylla williamsoni)
Horned Clubtail (Arigomphus cornutus) photos added 7/16/23
Lilypad Clubtail (Arigomphus furcifer)    
Stillwater Clubtail (Arigomphus lentulus)
 
Bayou Clubtail (Arigomphus maxwelli)
Gray-green Clubtail (Arigomphus pallidus)
Jade Clubtail (Arigomphus submedianus)  
Unicorn Clubtail (Arigomphus villosipes)     
Southeastern Spinyleg (Dromogomphus armatus)
Black-shouldered Spinyleg (Dromogomphus spinosus) photos added 7/16/23
Flag-tailed Spinyleg (Dromogomphus spoliatus)     
White-belted Ringtail (Erpetogomphus compositus)      
Yellow-legged Ringtail (Erpetogomphus crotalinus) 
Eastern Ringtail (Erpetogomphus designatus)     
"Southwestern" [Eastern] Ringtail (Erpetogomphus designatus ssp)
Straight-tipped Ringtail (Erpetogomphus elaps)
Blue-faced Ringtail (Erpetogomphus eutainia)   
Dashed Ringtail (Erpetogomphus heterodon)
Serpent Ringtail (Erpetogomphus lampropeltis)   
Handsome Clubtail (Gomphurus crassus)
Blackwater Clubtail (Gomphurus dilatatus)
Plains Clubtail (Gomphurus externus)

Midland Clubtail (Gomphurus fraternus)   
Tamaulipan Clubtail (Gomphurus gonzalezi)  
Cocoa Clubtail (Gomphurus hybridus)
Splendid Clubtail (Gomphurus lineatifrons)

Columbia Clubtail (Gomphurus lynnae)
 
Gulf-coast Clubtail (Gomphurus modestus)
Ozark Clubtail (Gomphurus ozarkensis)
Septima's Clubtail (Gomphurus septima)
Cobra Clubtail (Gomphurus vastus)
  photos added 7/20/23
Skillet Clubtail (Gomphurus ventricosus)
Dragonhunter (Hagenius brevistylus)
           photos added 7/16/23
Spine-crowned Clubtail (Hylogomphus abbreviatus)     
Moustached Clubtail (Hylogomphus adelphus)     photos added 7/16/23
Banner Clubtail (Hylogomphus apomyius)
Twin-striped Clubtail (Hylogomphus geminatus)
Piedmont Clubtail (Hylogomphus parvidens)
Green-faced Clubtail (Hylogomphus viridifrons) photos added 7/16/23
Northern Pygmy Clubtail (Lanthus parvulus)

Southern Pygmy Clubtail (Lanthus vernalis)
Grappletail (Octogomphus specularis)  
Acuminate Snaketail (Ophiogomphus acuminatus)
Extra-striped Snaketail (Ophiogomphus anomalus)
Arizona Snaketail (Ophiogomphus arizonicus)  
Brook Snaketail (Ophiogomphus aspersus)
Southern Snaketail (Ophiogomphus australis)
Bison Snaketail (Ophiogomphus bison)
Riffle Snaketail (Ophiogomphus carolus)
 
Boreal Snaketail (Ophiogomphus colubrinus)   photos added 7/16/23
Edmund's Snaketail (Ophiogomphus edmundo)
Pigmy Snaketail (Ophiogomphus howei)
Applachian Snaketail (Ophiogomphus incurvatus)
Maine Snaketail (Ophiogomphus mainensis)

Great Basin Snaketail (Ophiogomphus morrisoni)
Sinuous Snaketail (Ophiogomphus occidentis)  
Rusty Snaketail (Ophiogomphus rupinsulensis) photos added 7/16/23
Pale Snaketail (Ophiogomphus severus)      
Sioux Snaketail (Ophiogomphus smithi)
St.Croix Snaketail (Ophiogomphus susbehscha)
Westfall's Snaketail (Ophiogomphus westfalli)
 
Beaverpond Clubtail (Phanogomphus borealis)
Sandhill Clubtail - peninsular ssp. (Phanogomphus cavillaris cavillaris) 
Sandhill Clubtail - northern ssp (Phanogomphus cavillaris brimleyi)
Harpoon Clubtail (Phanogomphus descriptus)
Lancet Clubtail (Phanogomphus exilis)     photos added 7/16/23
Pronghorn Clubtail (Phanogomphus graslinellus)
Hodges' Clubtail (Phanogomphus hodgesi)
Pacific Clubtail (Phanogomphus kurilis)   
Ashy Clubtail (Phanogomphus lividus)    photos added 7/16/23
Sulphur-tipped Clubtail (Phanogomphus militaris)
Cypress Clubtail (Phanogomphus minutus)
Oklahoma Clubtail (Phanogomphus oklahomensis)
Rapids Clubtail (Phanogomphus quadricolor)
Tennessee Clubtail (Phanogomphus sandrius)
Dusky Clubtail (Phanogomphus spicatus)   photos added 7/16/23
Westfall's Clubtail (Phanogomphus westfalli)
Ringed Forceptail (Phyllocycla breviphylla)  
Five-striped Leaftail (Phyllogomphoides albrighti)        
Four-striped Leaftail (Phyllogomphoides stigmatus)
Tawny Sanddragon (Progomphus alachuensis)  
Belle's Sanddragon (Progomphus bellei)
Gray Sanddragon (Progomphus borealis)
Common Sanddragon (Progomphus obscurus)   
Cherokee Clubtail (Stenogomphus consanguis)
Sable Clubtail (Stenogomphus rogersi)

Eastern Least Clubtail (Stylogomphus albistylus)
 
Interior Least Clubtail (Stylogomphus sigmastylus)
Riverine Clubtail (Stylurus amnicola)  
Brimstone Clubtail (Stylurus intricatus)
Laura's Clubtail (Stylurus laurae)  
Olive Clubtail (Stylurus olivaceus)   
Russett-tipped Clubtail (Stylurus plagiatus)   
Yellow-sided Clubtail (Stylurus potulentus)
Arrow Clubtail (Stylurus spiniceps)

Townes' Clubtail (Stylurus townesi)




Family Cordulegastridae
Brown Spiketail (Cordulegaster bilineata)
Apache Spiketail (Cordulegaster diadema)
Delta-spotted Spiketail (Cordulegaster diastatops)
Pacific Spiketail (Cordulegaster dorsalis)     
Desert Spiketail (Cordulegaster [dorsalis] deserticola)
Tiger Spiketail (Cordulegaster erronea)

Twin-spotted Spiketail (Cordulegaster maculata)

Arrowhead Spiketail (Cordulegaster obliqua)
Sarracenia Spiketail (Cordulegaster sarracenia)
 
Say's Spiketail (Cordulegaster sayi)
Oauchita Spiketail (Cordulegaster talaria)




Family Macromiidae
Florida Cruiser (Didymops floridensis)
Stream Cruiser (Didymops transversa)
 
photos added 7/16/23
Allegheny River Cruiser (Macromia allegheniensis)
Bronzed River Cruiser (Macromia annulata) 
        
Swift (Illinois) River Cruiser (Macromia illinoiensis illinoiensis)

Swift (Georgia) River Cruiser (Macromia illinoiensis georgiana)
  
Western River Cruiser (Macromia magnifica)      
Gilded River Cruiser (Macromia pacifica)
photos added 7/16/23
Royal River Cruiser (Macromia taeniolata)
   



Family Corduliidae
American Emerald (Cordulia shurtleffii)       photos added 7/16/23
Petite Emerald (Dorocordulia lepida)
Racket-tailed Emerald (Dorocordulia libera)        photos added 7/16/23 
Beaverpond Baskettail (Epitheca canis)
Slender Baskettail (Epitheca costalis)  
Common Baskettail (Epitheca cynosura)
Dot-winged Baskettail (Epitheca petechialis)
  
Prince Baskettail (Epitheca princeps)  
   
Mantled Baskettail (Epitheca semiaquea)
Sepia Baskettail (Epitheca sepia)

Spiny Baskettail (Epitheca spinigera)
Robust Baskettail (Epitheca spinosa)
 
Florida Baskettail (Epitheca stella)

Unidentified Baskettails (Epitheca sp)

Selys Sundragon (Helocordulia selysii)  
Uhler's Sundragon (Helocordulia uhleri)
Alabama Shadowdragon (Neurocordulia alabamensis)
Broad-tailed Shadowdragon (Neurocordulia michaeli)

Smoky Shadowdragon (Neurocordulia molesta)
 
Cinnamon Shadowdragon (Neurocordulia virginiensis)
Orange Shadowdragon (Neurocordulia xanthosoma)

Stygian Shadowdragon (Neurocordulia yamaskaensis)
 
Ringed Emerald (Somatochlora albicincta)  
Quebec Emerald (Somatochlora brevicincta)
photos added 7/16/23
Calvert's Emerald (Somatochlora calverti)
Lake Emerald (Somatochlora cingulata)
Ski-tipped Emerald (Somatochlora elongata)
Plains Emerald (Somatochlora ensigera)
Fine-lined Emerald (Somatochlora filosa)
Forcipate Emerald (Somatochlora forcipata)

Delicate Emerald (Somatochlora franklini)
photos added 7/16/23
Coppery Emerald (Somatochlora georgiana)

Hine's Emerald (Somatochlora hineana)
     
Hudsonian Emerald (Somatochlora hudsonica)
   
Incurvate Emerald (Somatochlora incurvata)
Kennedy's Emerald (Somatochlora kennedyi)
Mocha Emerald (Somatochlora linearis)
       
Texas Emerald (Somatochlora margarita)

Ocellated Emerald (Somatochlora minor) photos added 7/16/23
Ozark Emerald (Somatochlora ozarkensis)   photos added 7/16/23
Treetop Emerald (Somatochlora provocans)
Treeline Emerald (Somatochlora sahlbergi)
Mountain Emerald (Somatochlora semicircularis)    
Muskeg Emerald (Somatochlora septentrionalis)
Clamp-tipped Emerald (Somatochlora tenebrosa)  
Brush-tipped Emerald (Somatochlora walshii)   photos added 7/16/23
Whitehouse's Emerald (Somatochlora whitehousei)     photos added 7/16/23
Williamson's Emerald (Somatochlora williamsoni)
Unidentified Striped Emerald (Somatochlora sp)
Ebony Boghaunter (Willaimsonia fletcheri)
Ringed Boghaunter (Williamsonia lintneri)

 
 


Family Libellulidae
Red-tailed Pennant (Brachymesia furcata)           
Four-spotted Pennant (Brachymesia gravida)         
Tawny Pennant (Brachymesia herbida)  
Pale-faced Clubskimmer (Brechmorhoga mendax)  
Masked Clubskimmer (Brechmorhoga pertinax)  
Slender Clubskimmer (Brechmorhoga praecox)

Gray-waisted Skimmer (Cannaphila insularis)   
Amanda's Pennant (Celithemis amanda)  
Red-veined Pennant (Celithemis bertha)
Calico Pennant (Celithemis elisa)   
Halloween Pennant (Celithemis eponina)     
Banded Pennant (Celithemis fasciata) 
Martha's Pennant (Celithemis martha)
Ornate Pennant (Celithemis ornata)  
Double-ringed Pennant (Celithemis verna) 
Scarlet Skimmer (Crocothemis servilla)
Checkered Setwing (Dythemis fugax)             
Mayan Setwing (Dythemis maya)
Black Setwing (Dythemis nigrescens)
Swift Setwing (Dythemis velox)
Black Pondhawk (Erythemis attala) 
Western Pondhawk (Erythemis collocata)        
Claret Pondhawk (Erythemis mithroides)
Pin-tailed Pondhawk (Erythemis plebeja)        
Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis) 
Great Pondhawk (Erythemis vesiculosa)       
Plateau Dragonlet (Erythrodiplax basifusca)
Seaside Dragonlet (Erythrodiplax berenice)  
Red-faced Dragonlet (Erythrodiplax fusca)  
Little Blue Dragonlet (Erythrodiplax miniscula)

Band-winged Dragonlet (Erythrodiplax umbrata)
Metallic Pennant (Idiataphe cubensis)    
Blue Corporal (Ladona deplanata) 
White Corporal (Ladona exusta)
Chalk-fronted Corporal (Ladona julia)  photos added 7/16/23
Boreal Whiteface (Leucorrhinia borealis)  
Frosted Whiteface (Leucorrhinia frigida)      photos added 7/16/23
Crimson-ringed Whiteface (Leucorrhinia glacialis) photos added 7/16/23
Hudsonian Whiteface (Leucorrhinia hudsonica)        
Dot-tailed Whiteface (Leucorrhinia intacta)     photos added 7/16/23
Canada Whiteface (Leucorrhinia patricia)
Belted Whiteface (Leucorrhinia proxima)   photos added 7/16/23
Golden-winged Skimmer (Libellula auripennis)   
Bar-winged Skimmer (Libellula axilena)  
Comanche Skimmer (Libellula comanche)     
Bleached Skimmer (Libellula composita)  
Neon Skimmer (Libellula croceipennis)  
Spangled Skimmer (Libellula cyanea)     
Yellow-sided Skimmer (Libellula flavida)   
Eight-spotted Skimmer (Libellula forensis)    
Red-mantled Skimmer (Libellula gaigei)
Slaty Skimmer (Libellula incesta) 
Purple Skimmer (Libellula jesseana)
Widow Skimmer (Libellula luctuosa)     
Needham's Skimmer (Libellula needhami)   
Hoary Skimmer (Libellula nodisticta)  
Twelve-spotted Skimmer (Libellula pulchella)         photos added 7/16/23
Four-spotted Skimmer (Libellula quadrimaculata)   photos added 7/16/23
Flame Skimmer (Libellula saturata)     
Painted Skimmer (Libellula semifasciata)    
Great Blue Skimmer (Libellula vibrans)  
Marl Pennant (Macrodiplax balteata)        
Ivory-striped Sylph (Macrothemis imitans)     
Straw-colored Sylph (Macrothemis inacuta)  
Jade-striped Sylph (Macrothemis inequiunguis)
White-tailed Sylph (Macrothemis pseudimitans)
Hyacinth Glider (Miathyria marcella)     
Spot-tailed Dasher (Micrathyria aequalis)    
Three-striped Dasher (Micrathyria didyma)
Caribbean Dasher (Micrathyria dissocians) 
Thornbush Dasher (Micrathyria hagenii)     
Elfin Skimmer (Nannothemis bella)
Carmine Skimmer (Orthemis discolor)

Roseate Skimmer (Orthemis ferruginea)  
Antillean Skimmer (Orthemis sp.)
Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis)   
Red Rock Skimmer (Paltothemis lineatipes)   
Wandering Glider (Pantala flavescens)       
Spot-winged Glider (Pantala hymenaea)     
Slough Amberwing (Perithemis domitia)      
Mexican Amberwing (Perithemis intensa)  
Eastern Amberwing (Perithemis tenera)     
Mexican Scarlet-tail (Planiplax sanguiniventris)       
Common Whitetail (Plathemis lydia)       photos added 7/16/23
Desert Whitetail (Plathemis subornata)      
Filigree Skimmer (Pseudoleon superbus)   
Blue-faced Meadowhawk (Sympetrum ambiguum)   photos added 7/16/23
Variegated Meadowhawk (Sympetrum corruptum)       
Saffron-winged Meadowhawk (Sympetrum costiferum)  
Black Meadowhawk (Sympetrum danae) 
Cardinal Meadowhawk (Sympetrum illotum)     
Cherry-faced Meadowhawk (Sympetrum internum)
Red-veined Meadowhawk (Sympetrum madidum)     
White-faced Meadowhawk (Sympetrum obstrusum)    photos added 7/16/23
Striped Meadowhawk (Sympetrum pallipes)      
Ruby Meadowhawk (Sympetrum rubicundulum)
Band-winged Meadowhawk (Sympetrum semicinctum)
Spot-winged Meadowhawk (Sympetrum signiferum)
Autumn Meadowhawk (Sympetrum vicinum)  
Arch-tipped Glider (Tauriphila argo)  
Garnet Glider (Tauriphila australis)
Aztec Glider (Tauriphila azteca)
Evening Skimmer (Tholymis citrina)
Vermillion Saddlebags (Tramea abdominalis)
Striped Saddlebags (Tramea calverti)    
Carolina Saddlebags (Tramea carolina)
Antillean Saddlebags (Tramea insularis)      
Black Saddlebags (Tramea lacerata)         
Red Saddlebags (Tramea onusta)
 

2 or more species photographed together    
Emerging from Exuvia
Larvae & Exuviae
Dragonfly Predators   

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
The Chase for Remartinia, Persephone, and Palaemnema - SE AZ - 9/11-14/2010


My Equipment and Photo Techniques 


Useful Odonata Links:

Odonata Central
http://www.odonatacentral.org/

Greg Lasley's Dragonflies & Damselflies
http://www.greglasley.net/dragonix.html

Ed Lam's "A Flash of Wings"
http://homepage.mac.com/edlam/

Martin Reid's Dragonfly Index
http://www.martinreid.com/Odonata%20website/dragind.html

Terry Hibbitts' Dragonflies & Damselflies
http://www.thehibbitts.net/terry/Dragonflies&Damselflies/Dragonflies&Damselflies.htm

Bill Mauffray's INTERNATIONAL ODONATA RESEARCH INSTITUTE
ODONATA INFORMATION NETWORK
http://iodonata.updog.co/