Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
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Ebony Jewelwing (Calopteryx maculata)
American Rubyspot (Hetaerina americana)Return to list of families
Spotted Spreadwing (Lestes congener)
Common Spreadwing (Lestes disjunctus)
Emerald Spreadwing (Lestes dryas)
Amber-winged Spreadwing (Lestes eurinus)
Sweetflag Spreadwing (Lestes forcipatus)
Elegant Spreadwing (Lestes inaequalis)
Slender Spreadwing (Lestes rectangularis)
Lyre-tipped Spreadwing (Lestes unguiculatus)
Swamp Spreadwing (Lestes vigilax)Return to list of families
Eastern Red Damsel (Amphiagrion saucium)
Blue-fronted Dancer (Argia apicalis)
Variable Dancer (Argia fumipennis)
Powdered Dancer (Argia moesta)
Aurora Damsel (Chromagrion conditum)
Taiga Bluet (Coenagrion resolutum)
Azure Bluet (Enallagma aspersum)
Boreal Bluet (Enallagma boreale)
Tule Bluet (Enallagma carunculatum)
Familiar Bluet (Enallagma civile)
Northern Bluet (Enallagma cyathigerum)
Attenuated Bluet (Enallagma daeckii)
Turquoise Bluet (Enallagma divagans)
Atlantic Bluet (Enallagma doubledayi)
Big Bluet (Enallagma durum)
Marsh Bluet (Enallagma ebrium)
Stream Bluet (Enallagma exsulans)
Skimming Bluet (Enallagma geminatum)
Hagen's Bluet (Enallagma hageni)
New England Bluet (Enallagma laterale)
Little Bluet (Enallagma minusculum)
Scarlet Bluet (Enallagma pictum)
Pine Barrens Bluet (Enallagma recurvatum)
Orange Bluet (Enallagma signatum)
Slender Bluet (Enallagma traviatum)
Vesper Bluet (Enallagma vesperum)
Citrine Forktail (Ischnura hastata)
Lilypad Forktail (Ischnura kellicotti)
Fragile Forktail (Ischnura posita)
Furtive Forktail (Ischnura prognata)
Rambur's Forktail (Ischnura ramburii)
Eastern Forktail (Ischnura verticalis)
Sedge Sprite (Nehalennia irene)Return to list of families
Canada Darner (Aeshna canadensis)
Mottled Darner (Aeshna clepsydra)
Lance-tipped Darner (Aeshna constricta)
Spatterdock Darner (Aeshna mutata)
Black-tipped Darner (Aeshna tuberculifera)
Shadow Darner (Aeshna umbrosa)
Green-striped Darner (Aeshna verticalis)
Common Green Darner (Anax junius)
Comet Darner (Anax longipes)
Springtime Darner (Basiaeschna janata)
Fawn Darner (Boyeria vinosa)
Swamp Darner (Epiaeschna heros)
Taper-tailed Darner (Gomphaeschna antilope)
Harlequin Darner (Gomphaeschna furcillata)
Cyrano Darner (Nasiaeschna pentacantha)Return to list of families
Lilypad Clubtail (Arigomphus furcifer)
Unicorn Clubtail (Arigomphus villosipes)
Black-shouldered Spinyleg (Dromogomphus spinosus)
Skillet Clubtail (Gomphus ventricosus)
Spine-crowned Clubtail (Gomphus abbreviatus)
Lancet Clubtail (Gomphus exilis)
Dusky Clubtail (Gomphus spicatus)
Rusty Snaketail (Ophiogomphus rupinsulensis)
Common Sanddragon (Progomphus obscurus)
Zebra Clubtail (Stylurus scudderi)Return to list of families
Delta-spotted Spiketail (Cordulegaster diastatops)
Twin-spotted Spiketail (Cordulegaster maculata)Return to list of families
Stream Cruiser (Didymops transversa)
Illinois River Cruiser (Macromia illinoiensis)
Petite Emerald (Dorocordulia lepida)
Racket-tailed Emerald (Dorocordulia libera)
Prince Baskettail (Epitheca princeps)
Common Baskettail (Epitheca cynosura)
Spiny Baskettail (Epitheca spinigera)
Coppery Emerald (Somatochlora georgiana)
Clamp-tipped Emerald (Somatochlora tenebrosa)
Brush-tipped Emerald (Somatochlora walshii)
Williamson's Emerald (Somatochlora williamsoni)
Ebony Boghaunter (Williamsonia fletcheri)Return to list of families
Calico Pennant (Celithemis elisa)
Halloween Pennant (Celithemis eponina)
Banded Pennant (Celithemis fasciata)
Martha's Pennant (Celithemis martha)
Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis)
Seaside Dragonlet (Erythrodiplax berenice)
Frosted Whiteface (Leucorrhinia frigida)
Crimson-ringed Whiteface (Leucorrhinia glacialis)
Hudsonian Whiteface (Leucorrhinia hudsonica)
Dot-tailed Whiteface (Leucorrhinia intacta)
Red-waisted Whiteface (Leucorrhinia proxima)
Golden-winged Skimmer (Libellula auripennis)
Bar-winged Skimmer (Libellula axilena)
Spangled Skimmer (Libellula cyanea)
Blue Corporal (Libellula deplanata)
White Corporal (Libellula exusta)
Slaty Skimmer (Libellula incesta)
Chalk-fronted Corporal (Libellula julia)
Widow Skimmer (Libellula luctuosa)
Common Whitetail (Libellula lydia)
Needham's Skimmer (Libellula needhami)
Twelve-spotted Skimmer (Libellula pulchella)
Four-spotted Skimmer (Libellula quadrimaculata)
Painted Skimmer (Libellula semifasciata)
Great Blue Skimmer (Libellula vibrans)
Elfin Skimmer (Nannothemis bella)
Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis)
Wandering Glider (Pantala flavescens)
Spot-winged Glider (Pantala hymenaea)
Eastern Amberwing (Perithemis tenera)
Variegated Meadowhawk (Sympetrum corruptum)
Saffron-winged Meadowhawk (Sympetrum costiferum)
Cherry-faced Meadowhawk (Sympetrum internum)
Jane's Meadowhawk (Sympetrum janeae)
White-faced Meadowhawk (Sympetrum obtrusum)
Ruby Meadowhawk (Sympetrum rubicundulum)
Band-winged Meadowhawk (Sympetrum semicinctum)
Yellow-legged Meadowhawk (Sympetrum vicinum)
Striped Saddlebags (Tramea calverti)
Carolina Saddlebags (Tramea carolina)
Black Saddlebags (Tramea lacerata)Return to list of families