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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera)

Suborder Anisoptera - Dragonflies

 
 
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Darners · Spiketails · Emeralds · Clubtails · Skimmers

Family Aeshnidae - Darners
Aeshna juncea immature - Aeshna juncea - female top of thorax, female green darner - Anax junius - female TX large dragonfly - Boyeria vinosa Common Green Darner - Anax junius - male - female Zigzag Darner - Aeshna sitchensis - female Variable Darner - Aeshna interrupta - Aeshna interrupta - male Darner Dragonfly - Basiaeschna janata Nags Head woods site 2 Goatman Dragonfly 2022 1 - Gomphaeschna

Family Cordulegastridae - Spiketails
Twin-spotted Spiketail - Zoraena maculata - male Cordulegaster obliqua - Zoraena obliqua - female Dragonfly - Zoraena dorsalis - male Twin-Spotted or Brown Spiketail? - Zoraena bilineata Twin-spotteed spiketail - Zoraena maculata - male Sarracenia Spiketail, Cordulegaster sarracenia - Zoraena sarracenia - male Dragonfly? - Zoraena maculata Cordulegaster diastatops - Zoraena diastatops

Family Corduliidae - Emeralds
Somatochlora tenebrosa exuvia - Somatochlora tenebrosa A Baskettail innit? But none match... - Helocordulia uhleri - male Dragonfly - Somatochlora walshii Ski-tipped Emerald - Ontario - Somatochlora elongata Baskettail - Epitheca Baskettail - Epitheca - female prince baskettail - Epitheca princeps - female

Family Gomphidae - Clubtails
Skillet Clubtail - Gomphurus ventricosus - male Dragonfly ID? - Arigomphus villosipes Riffle Snaketail - Ophiogomphus carolus - female dragonfly/damsel - Aphylla angustifolia - female Dragonfly Dusky Clubtail - Phanogomphus spicatus - male Clubtail 3 - Phanogomphus lividus - male Teneral Southern Pygmy Clubtail, cf Lanthus vernalis - Lanthus vernalis

Family Libellulidae - Skimmers
Dragonfly - Leucorrhinia intacta Dragonfly - Sympetrum pallipes Band-winged Dragonlet brown form female or juvenile? - Erythrodiplax umbrata - female Spotted Glider?? - Macrodiplax balteata - female White-Faced Meadowhawk (Sympetrum obtrusum) ? - Sympetrum Meadowhawk - Sympetrum vicinum - male dragonfly - Libellula Celithemis elisa

 
 
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