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Order Odonata - Dragonflies and Damselflies

Damselflies · Dragonflies

Suborder Zygoptera - Damselflies
Damselfly Larvae? Elegant Spreadwing - Lestes inaequalis - female Bright Blue Damselfly, Campbell, California - Argia vivida - male Fragile Forktail - Ischnura posita - female Lestes naiad - Lestes Narrow-winged damselfly Paiute Dancer - Argia alberta - male Younger Damselfly - Argia fumipennis

Suborder Anisoptera - Dragonflies
Dragon fly on green headed conflower leaf - Sympetrum Eastern VA Dragonfly - Libellula incesta Dragonfly larva, Darner, Anax sp, early instar - Anax Amazon Darner - Anax amazili Ivory-striped Sylph -- Macrothemis imitans leucozona - Macrothemis imitans Dragonfly - Orthemis ferruginea Canada - Aeshna canadensis - female Dragonfly - Erythemis simplicicollis


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