Checklist Dragonfly and Damselfly

To report sightings, contact: Natural Resources Coordinator 980-314-1119 www.parkandrec.com DRAGONFLY AND DAMSELFLY CHECKLIST Mecklenburg County, NC: 88 species

Petaltails ☐ Swift River Crusier ☐ Autumn Meadowhawk ☐ Gray Petaltail (Tachopteryx thoreyi)*∆ (Macromia illinoiensis)*∆ (Sympetrum vicinum)*∆ ☐ Royal River Cruiser ☐ Carolina Saddlebags (Tramea carolina)*∆ Darners (Macromia taeniolata)*∆ ☐ Black Saddlebags (Tramea lacerata)*∆ ☐ Shadow Darner (Aeshna umbrosa) ☐ Common Green Darner (Anax junius)*∆ Emeralds Broad-winged Damsels ☐ Comet Darner (Anax longipes)*∆ ☐ Common Baskettail (Epitheca cynosura)*∆ ☐ Sparkling Jewelwing ☐ Springtime Darner (Basiaeschna janata)* ☐ Prince Baskettail (Epitheca princeps)*∆ (Calopteryx dimidiata)* ☐ Fawn Darner (Boyeria vinosa) ☐ Selys’ Sundragon (Helocordulia selysii) ☐ Ebony Jewelwing (Calopteryx maculata)*∆ ☐ Swamp Darner (Epiaeschna heros)*∆ ☐ Mocha Emerald (Somatochlora linearis)*∆ ☐ Smoky Rubyspot (Hetaerina titia) ☐ Taper-tailed Darner ☐ Clamp-tipped Emerald Spreadwings (Gomphaeschna antilope)*∆ (Somatochlora tenebrosa)*∆ ☐ Elegant Spreadwing (Lestes inaequalis)* ☐ Cyrano Darner Skimmers ☐ Southern Spreadwing (Lestes australis) (Nasiaeschna pentacantha)*∆ ☐ Four-spotted Pennant ☐ Amber-winged Spreadwing Clubtails (Brachymesia gravida)*∆ (Lestes eurinus)* ☐ Two-striped Forceptail ☐ Calico Pennant (Celithemis elisa)*∆ ☐ Slender Spreadwing (Lestes rectangularis)* (Aphylla williamsoni)*∆ ☐ Halloween Pennant (Celithemis eponina)*∆ ☐ Swamp Spreadwing (Lestes vigilax) ☐ Black-shouldered Spinyleg ☐ Banded Pennant (Celithemis fasciata)*∆ ☐ Great Spreadwing (Archilestes grandis)* (Dromogomhpus spinosus)*∆ ☐ Swift Setwing (Dythemis velox)*∆ Pond Damsels ☐ Blackwater Clubtail ☐ Eastern Pondhawk ☐ Eastern Red Damsel (Gomphurus dilatatus) (Erythemis simplicicollis)*∆ (Amphiagrion saucium) ☐ Dragonhunter (Hagenius brevistylus)* ☐ Little Blue Dragonlet ☐ Blue-fronted Dancer (Argia apicalis)*∆ ☐ Spine-crowned Clubtail (Erythrodiplax minuscula)*∆ ☐ Variable Dancer (Argia fumipennis)*∆ (Gomphus abbreviatus) ☐ Blue Corporal (Ladona deplanata)*∆ ☐ Powdered Dancer (Argia moesta)* ☐ Appalachian Snaketail ☐ Golden-winged Skimmer ☐ Blue-ringed Dancer (Argia sedula)*∆ (Ophiogomphus incurvatus) (Libellula auripennis)* ☐ Blue-tipped Dancer (Argia tibialis)* ☐ Lancet Clubtail (Phanogomphus exilis)*∆ ☐ Spangled Skimmer (Libellula cyanea)*∆ ☐ Dusky Dancer (Argia translata)* ☐ Ashy Clubtail (Phanogomphus lividus)*∆ ☐ Yellow-sided Skimmer (Libellula flavida)* ☐ Aurora Damsel (Chromagrion conditum) ☐ Common Sanddragon ☐ Slaty Skimmer (Libellula incesta)*∆ ☐ Azure Bluet (Enallagma aspersum)* (Progomphus obscurus)*∆ ☐ Widow Skimmer (Libellula luctuosa)*∆ ☐ Double-striped Bluet ☐ Russet-tipped Clubtail ☐ Twelve-spotted Skimmer (Enallagma basidens)*∆ (Stylurus plagiatus)*∆ (Libellula pulchella)*∆ ☐ Familiar Bluet (Enallagma civile)* ☐ Painted Skimmer (Libellula semifasciata)*∆ Spiketails ☐ Attenuated Bluet (Enallagma daeckii)* ☐ Great Blue Skimmer (Libellula vibrans)*∆ ☐ Turquoise Bluet (Enallagma divagans)* ☐ Brown Spiketail (Cordulegaster bilineata) ☐ Roseate Skimmer (Orthemis ferruginea)* ∆ ☐ Atlantic Bluet (Enallagma doubledayi) ☐ Tiger Spiketail (Cordulegaster erronea)* ☐ Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis)*∆ ☐ Stream Bluet (Enallagma exsulans)* ☐ Twin-spotted Spiketail ☐ Wandering Glider (Pantala flavescens)*∆ ∆ ☐ Skimming Bluet (Enallagma geminatum) (Cordulegaster maculata)* ☐ Spot-winged Glider (Pantala hymenaea)*∆ ☐ Orange Bluet (Enallagma signatum)*∆ ☐ Arrowhead Spiketail ☐ Eastern Amberwing (Perithemis tenera)*∆ ∆ ☐ Slender Bluet (Enallagma traviatum)* (Cordulegaster obliqua)* ☐ Common Whitetail (Plathemis lydia)*∆ ☐ Citrine Forktail (Ischnura hastata)*∆ Cruisers ☐ Blue-faced Meadowhawk ☐ Fragile Forktail (Ischnura posita)*∆ ∆ (Sympetrum ambiguum)*∆ ☐ Stream Cruiser (Didymops transversa)* ☐ Rambur’s Forktail (Ischnura ramburii)* ☐ Allegheny River Cruiser (Macromia alleghaniensis)

*Voucher Photo, ∆Voucher Specimen Taxonomic nomenclature follows: (www.dpr.ncparks.gov/odes/a/accounts.php) The Dragonflies and Damselflies of North Carolina. 2018. Checklist Publication Series: No. 06 © 2018 Mecklenburg County — All Rights Reserved. Photo: Great Blue Skimmer © Leigh Anne Carter.