Species List – Dragonflies | Little Wild Streak

Species List – Dragonflies

For my identifications, I used the excellent book Dragonflies of Texas: A Field Guide, by John C. Abbott. I may not have identified everything correctly, but I would never have been able to figure them out at all, without this book!

All pictures were taken by me, here on the farm. Unless otherwise noted, these are seen commonly here. You can click on the thumbnails to see a larger picture.

	Species	Sighting notes	Latin name	Family
1	Common Green Darner		Anax junius	darners
1	Common Green Darner	Green face w/ green eyes, green thorax.
2	Swamp Darner		Epiaeschna heros	darners
2	Swamp Darner	Brown face with blue eyes, brown thorax w/ green stripes.
3	Ashy Clubtail	Possibly Oklahoma clubtail. Seen once.	Gomphus lividus	clubtails
3	Ashy Clubtail.
4	Russet-tipped Clubtail	Seen rarely.	Stylurus plagiatus	clubtails
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5	Mantled Baskettail		Epitheca semiaquea	emeralds
5	Mantled Baskettail.
6	Four-spotted Pennant		Brachymesia gravida	skimmers, tropical pennants
6	Four Spotted Pennant
7	Halloween Pennant		Celithemis eponina	skimmers, small pennants
7	Halloween Pennant
8	Banded Pennant		Celithemis fasciata	skimmers, small pennants
8	Banded Pennant
9	Eastern Pondhawk		Erythemis simplicicollis	skimmers, pondhawks
9		Eastern Pondhawk, juvenile male
10	Blue Corporal		Ladona deplanata	skimmers, corporals
10	Blue Corporal, male	Blue Corporal, juvenile male
11	Golden-winged Skimmer		Libellula auripennis	skimmers, king skimmers
11	Golden-winged Skimmer
12	Slaty Skimmer		Libellula incesta	skimmers, king skimmers
12	Slaty Skimmer, male	Slaty Skimmer, female
13	Widow Skimmer		Libellula luctuosa	skimmers, king skimmers
13	Widow Skimmer male	Widow Skimmer, female
14	Roseate Skimmer		Orthemis ferruginea	skimmers, tropical king skimmers
14	Roseate Skimmer
15	Blue Dasher		Pachydiplax longipennis	skimmers, blue dasher
15	Blue Dasher
16	Eastern Amberwing		Perithemis tenera	skimmers, amberwings
16	Eastern Amberwing, male	Eastern Amberwing, female
17	Common Whitetail		Plathemis lydia	skimmers, whitetails
17	Common Whitetail, male	Common Whitetail, juvenile male	Common Whitetail, female
18	Red Saddlebags		Tramea onusta	skimmers, saddlebags
18	Red Saddlebags	Possibly Carolina Saddlebags.
19	Black Saddlebags		Tramea lacerata	skimmers, saddlebags
	Black Saddlebags, photographed in Port Aransas.	This photo actually taken in Pt. Aransas, because they never seem to perch here at home.
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