My brother Toby got the opportunity to survey a wetland property 4.5 mi SSE of Cleaveland, Liberty County, Texas, for reptiles & amphibians. He invited me along, and I spent most of the day photographing Odes. Ended up with a 31 species list, mostly of Dragonflies.
Damselflies
Calopterygidae
Only 1 species seen
Ebony Jewelwing (Calopteryx maculata)
Lestidae
only 1 species seen
Swamp Spreadwing (Lestes vigilax) - adult and teneral female
Coenagrionidae
2 species of bluet, 3 species of forktail, 1 sprite, and 1 dancer
Turquoise Bluet (Enallagma divagans) - Male
Orange Bluet (Enallagma signatum) - several seen late in afternoon
Rambur's Forktail (Ischnura ramburii) - Male
Citrine Forktail (Ischnura hastata) - very abundant
Fragile Forktail (Ischnura posita)
Southern Sprite (Nehalennia integricollis) - Males & Teneral
Blue-tipped Dancer (Argia tibialis) - teneral male & blue phase female
Dragonflies
Aeshnidae
Saw 3 species of Aeshnids - Swamp Darner, Comet Darner, and Common Green Darner, but was only able to find Common Green Darners perched for photographs and didn't bring a net to catch and pose the other two.
Common Green Darner (Anax junius) - I believe these to be juvenile males
Gomphidae
I found 3 species of clubtail - the Bayou, Stillwater, and Ashy Clubtail
Ashy Clubtail (Gomphus lividus) - Female
Bayou Clubtail (Arigomphus maxwellii) - I saw lots of males
Stillwater Clubtail (Arigomphus lentulus) - 2 males seen
Corduligastridae
I was very excited to find one Arrowhead Spiketail - a very seldom-encountered species here in East Texas.
Arrowhead Spiketail (Cordulegaster obliqua), Male
Libellulidae
I had 16 species (possibly 17) in 10 different genera
Small Pennants
Calico Pennant (Celithemis elisa) - Male & 2 Females
Faded Pennant (Celithemis ornata) - male . . . also saw a single Amanda's Pennant (Celithemis amanda) but didn't get photos
Halloween Pennants (Celithemis eponina)
Pondhawks
Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis) - immature male color changing (these were everywhere)
Dragonlets
Little Blue Dragonlet (Erythrodiplax miniscula) - Male & Female (also very common)
King Skimmers
Golden-winged Skimmer (Libellula auripennis) - many males seen, only a single female
Slaty Skimmer (Libellula incesta) - only a single male seen
Painted Skimmer (Libellula semifasciata) - males & 1 female
Great Blue Skimmer (Libellula vibrans) - Males & Female
I may have seen (but cannot conclusively say that I saw) a single Hyacinth Glider
Tropical Skimmers
Roseate Skimmer (Orthemis ferruginea) - juvenile male, only 1 seen
Blue Dasher
Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis) - Males & Females
I also saw but was unable to photograph a single Eastern Amberwing
Whitetails
Common Whitetail (Plathemis lydia) - Males & Female
Saddlebags Gliders
Carolina Saddlebags (Tramea carolina) - Males, Females, & Tenerals