ODONATES OF BALCONES CANYONLANDS NWR

Revised: September 19, 2008*

* Based on field observations and photos of: Dr. Chuck Sexton (BCNWR Wildlife Biologist), Dr. John Abbott, John Chenoweth, Ted Eubanks Jr., Jason Fidorra, Edmund Hertz, Karen Kilfeather, Greg Lasley, Kathy McCormack, and William Reiner Jr.

Taxonomy based on: The of North America ( Society of the Americas) marked with a dagger (†) have been documented with photographs.

CALOPTERYGIDAE BROAD-WINGED DAMSELS †Hetaerina americana American Rubyspot Hetaerina titia Smoky Rubyspot

LESTIDAE SPREADWINGS †Archilestes grandis Great Spreadwing Lestes disjunctus Common Spreadwing

COENAGRIONIDAE POND DAMSELS † fumipennis violacea †Argia immunda Kiowa Dancer †Argia leonorae Leonora’s Dancer †Argia moesta Powdered Dancer †Argia nahuana †Argia plana †Argia sedula Blue-ringed Dancer †Argia translata Dusky Dancer †Enallagma basidens Double-striped Bluet †Enallagma civile Familiar Bluet Enallagma signatum Orange Bluet †Ischnura hastata Citrine Forktail †Ischnura posita Fragile Forktail Ischnura ramburii Rambur's Forktail †Telebasis salva Desert Firetail

AESHNIDAE DARNERS †Anax junius Common Green Darner Anax longipes Comet Darner

GOMPHIDAE CLUBTAILS [†Dromogomphus spoliatus Flag-tailed Spinyleg - Lk. Travis] † designatus Eastern Ringtail †Gomphus militaris Sulphur-tipped Clubtail †Phyllogomphoides stigmatus Four-striped Leaftail CORDULIIDAE EMERALDS Epitheca princeps Prince Baskettail †Epitheca petechialis Dot-winged Baskettail

LIBELLULIDAE SKIMMERS Brachymesia furcata Red-tailed Pennant †Brachymesia gravida Four-spotted Pennant Brechmorhoga medax Pale-faced Clubskimmer †Celithemis elisa Calico Pennant †Celithemis eponina Halloween Pennant †Celithemis fasciata Banded Pennant † fugax Checkered Setwing Dythemis nigrescens Black Setwing †Dythemis velox Swift Setwing †Erythemis simplicicollis Eastern Pondhawk Erythemis vesiculosa Great Pondhawk †Erythrodiplax umbrata Band-winged Dragonlet [ auripennis Golden-winged Skimmer - hypoth.] †Libellula comanche Comanche Skimmer †Libellula croceipennis Neon Skimmer †Libellula luctuosa Widow Skimmer Libellula pulchella Twelve-spotted Skimmer †Libellula saturata Flame Skimmer †Libellula vibrans Great Blue Skimmer † hagenii Thornbush Dasher † ferruginea Roseate Skimmer †Pachydiplax longipennis Blue Dasher Pantala flavescens Wandering Glider Pantala hymenaea Spot-winged Glider †Perithemis tenera Eastern Amberwing †Plathemis lydia Common Whitetail †Sympetrum corruptum Variegated Meadowhawk †Sympetrum vicinum Yellow-legged Meadowhawk Tramea carolina Carolina Saddlebags †Tramea lacerata Black Saddlebags †Tramea onusta Red Saddlebags