Dragonflies (Anisoptera)
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Order: Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata)
Suborder: Dragonflies (Anisoptera)
Family: Darners (Aeshnidae)
Common Green Darner Anax junius
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Family: Skimmers (Libellulidae)
Halloween Pennant Celithemis eponina
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(May, Grayson Co., TX)
Checkered Setwing Dythemis fugax
%201.jpg) male, eating (July, Grayson Co., TX) |
%202.jpg) male (July, Grayson Co., TX) |
Great Blue Skimmer Libellula vibrans
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Eastern Pondhawk Erythemis simplicicollis
%201.jpg) female eating (June, St. Charles Co., MO) |
%202.jpg) female (June, St. Charles Co., MO) |
%203.jpg) female (July, Grayson Co., TX) |
%204.jpg) female (August, Grayson Co., TX) |
%205.jpg) male (August, Grayson Co., TX) |
Blue Dasher Pachydiplax longipennis
%201.jpg) female (June, St. Charles Co., MO) |
%202.jpg) male (July, St. Charles Co., MO) |
%203.jpg) male (August, St. Charles Co., MO) |
%204.jpg) male (August, St. Charles Co., MO) |
%205.jpg) female (June, St. Charles Co., MO) |
%206.jpg) male (June, St. Charles Co., MO) |
Eastern Amberwing Perithemis tenera
%201.jpg) male (August, St. Clair Co., MO) |
%202.jpg) male (August, St. Clair Co., MO) |
Common Whitetail Plathemis lydia
%201.jpg) male (May, Grayson Co., TX) |
%202.jpg) immature male (June, St. Charles Co., MO) |
%203.jpg) immature male (May, St. Charles Co., MO) |
%204.jpg) female (June, St. Charles Co., MO) |
%205.jpg) male (July, St. Clair Co., TX) |
Blue-faced Meadowhawk Sympetrum ambiguum
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(June, St. Charles Co., MO)
Variegated Meadowhawk Sympetrum corruptum
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%202.jpg) (October, St. Charles Co, MO) |