Aullwood's Dragonflies & Damselflies
Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies)
Suborder Anisoptera (dragonflies)
Superfamily Aeshnoidea
Family Aeshnidae Anax junius - Common green darner Family Gomphidae Gomphus fraternus - Brotherly clubtail Gomphus graslinellus - Common clubtail Gomphus ventricosus - Wide-tailed clubtail Gomphus quadricolor - Four-colored clubtail Superfamily Libelluloidea Family Macromiidae Macromia illinoiensis - Illinois River cruiser Macromia pacifica - Pacific River cruiser Family Corduliidae Epitheca cynosura - Dogtail skimmer Epitheca princeps - Royal skimmer Family Libellulidae Celithemis elisa - Elisa spotted skimmer Celithemis eponina - Brown spotted yellow wing Erythemis simplicicollis - Green jacket skimmer Libellula luctuosa - Widow skimmer Libellula lydia - White-tailed skimmer Libellula pulchella - Ten-spot skimmer Libellula semifasciata - Brown & gold skimmer Pachydiplax longipennis - Blue pirate Pantala flavescens - Common globe skimmer Pantala hymenaea - Brown-spotted globe skimmer Perithemis tenera - Common amber-wing Sympetrum vicinum - Little red skimmer Tramea carolina - Carolina raggedy skimmer Tramea lacerata - Common raggedy skimmer Suborder Zygoptera (damselflies) Family Calopterygidae Calopteryx maculatum - Black-winged damselfly Hetaerina americana - American ruby-spot Lestes rectangularis - Slender spread-wing Family Lestidae Lestes vigilax - Alert spread-wing Family Coenagrionidae Amphiagrion saucium - Bicolored Damsel Argia apicalis - Narrow-lined dancer Argia fumipennis violacea - Violet dancer Argia moesta - Common dancer Enallagma basidens - Tooth-tailed bluet Enallagma exsulans - Stream bluet Enallagma signatum - Brown-bodied bluet Enallagma vesperum - Vesper bluet Ischnura posita - Exclamation fork-tail Ischnura verticalis - Common fork-tail