Riveredge Nature Center Dragonfly Field Guide

Guide to Riveredge Nature Center's dragonflies.

Canada Darner 1
Aeshna canadensis
Lance-tipped Darner 2
Aeshna constricta
Mottled Darner 3
Aeshna clepsydra
Green-striped Darner 4
Aeshna verticalis
Shadow Darner 4
Aeshna umbrosa
Common Green Darner 5
Anax junius
Twin-spotted Spiketail
Cordulegaster maculata
Racket-tailed Emerald 6
Dorocordulia libera
Forcipate Emerald
Somatochlora forcipata
American Emerald 7
Cordulia shurtleffii
Prince Baskettail 8
Epitheca princeps
Hine's Emerald 9
Somatochlora hineana
Kennedy's Emerald
Somatochlora kennedyi
Brush-tipped Emerald
Somatochlora walshii
Common Baskettail 10
Epitheca cynosura
Williamson's Emerald
Somatochlora williamsoni
Spiny Baskettail 11
Epitheca spinigera
Lilypad Clubtail 9
Arigomphus furcifer
Dusky Clubtail 2
Gomphus spicatus
Halloween Pennant 12
Celithemis eponina
Frosted Whiteface 7
Leucorrhinia frigida
Eastern Pondhawk 13
Erythemis simplicicollis
Hudsonian Whiteface 14
Leucorrhinia hudsonica
Calico Pennant 15
Celithemis elisa
Dot-tailed Whiteface 16
Leucorrhinia intacta
Belted Whiteface 17
Leucorrhinia proxima
Slaty Skimmer 18
Libellula incesta
Widow Skimmer 19
Libellula luctuosa
Common Whitetail 20
Plathemis lydia
Twelve-spotted Skimmer 21
Libellula pulchella
Four-spotted Skimmer 22
Libellula quadrimaculata
Blue Dasher 23
Pachydiplax longipennis
Spot-winged Glider 24
Pantala hymenaea
Wandering Glider 25
Pantala flavescens
Eastern Amberwing 26
Perithemis tenera
Variegated Meadowhawk 27
Sympetrum corruptum
Saffron-winged Meadowhawk 28
Sympetrum costiferum
White-faced Meadowhawk 4
Sympetrum obtrusum
Ruby Meadowhawk 4
Sympetrum rubicundulum
Band-winged Meadowhawk 17
Sympetrum semicinctum
Cherry-faced Meadowhawk 17
Sympetrum internum
Carolina Saddlebags 29
Tramea carolina
Autumn Meadowhawk 29
Sympetrum vicinum
Black Saddlebags 9
Tramea lacerata
Red Saddlebags 26
Tramea onusta

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