Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
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River Jewelwing (Calopteryx aequabilis)
Superb Jewelwing (Calopteryx amata)
Sparkling Jewelwing (Calopteryx dimidiata)
Ebony Jewelwing (Calopteryx maculata)
American Rubyspot (Hetaerina americana)Return to list of families
Great Spreadwing (Archilestes grandis)
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)
Seepage Dancer (Argia bipunctulata)
Variable Dancer (Argia fumipennis)
Powdered Dancer (Argia moesta)
Blue-ringed Dancer (Argia sedula)
Blue-tipped Dancer (Argia tibialis)
Dusky Dancer (Argia translata)
Aurora Damsel (Chromagrion conditum)
Azure Bluet (Enallagma aspersum)
Double-striped Bluet (Enallagma basidens)
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)
Scarlet Bluet (Enallagma pictum)
Pine Barrens Bluet (Enallagma recurvatum)
Orange Bluet (Enallagma signatum)
Slender Bluet (Enallagma traviatum)
Vesper Bluet (Enallagma vesperum)
Blackwater Bluet (Enallagma weewa)
Citrine Forktail (Ischnura hastata)
Lilypad Forktail (Ischnura kellicotti)
Fragile Forktail (Ischnura posita)
Rambur's Forktail (Ischnura ramburii)
Eastern Forktail (Ischnura verticalis)
Sphagnum Sprite (Nehalennia gracilis)
Southern Sprite (Nehalennia integricollis)
Sedge Sprite (Nehalennia irene)Return to list of families
Gray Petaltail (Tachopteryx thoreyi)Return to list of families
Canada Darner (Aeshna canadensis)
Mottled Darner (Aeshna clepsydra)
Lance-tipped Darner (Aeshna constricta)
Variable Darner (Aeshna interrupta)
Spatterdock Darner (Aeshna mutata)
Subarctic Darner (Aeshna subarctica)
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)
Ocellated Darner (Boyeria grafiana)
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)
Midland Clubtail (Gomphus fraternus)
Cobra Clubtail (Gomphus vastus)
Skillet Clubtail (Gomphus ventricosus)
Spine-crowned Clubtail (Gomphus abbreviatus)
Mustached Clubtail (Gomphus adelphus)
Banner Clubtail (Gomphus apomyius)
Beaverpond Clubtail (Gomphus borealis)
Harpoon Clubtail (Gomphus descriptus)
Lancet Clubtail (Gomphus exilis)
Ashy Clubtail (Gomphus lividus)
Rapids Clubtail (Gomphus quadricolor)
Sable Clubtail (Gomphus rogersi)
Dusky Clubtail (Gomphus spicatus)
Green-faced Clubtail (Gomphus viridifrons)
Dragonhunter (Hagenius brevistylus)
Southern Pygmy Clubtail (Lanthus vernalis)
Extra-striped Snaketail (Ophiogomphus anomalus)
Brook Snaketail (Ophiogomphus aspersus)
Riffle Snaketail (Ophiogomphus carolus)
Maine Snaketail (Ophiogomphus mainensis)
Rusty Snaketail (Ophiogomphus rupinsulensis)
Common Sanddragon (Progomphus obscurus)
Least Clubtail (Stylogomphus albistylus)
Russet-tipped Clubtail (Stylurus plagiatus)
Zebra Clubtail (Stylurus scudderi)
Arrow Clubtail (Stylurus spiniceps)Return to list of families
Delta-spotted Spiketail (Cordulegaster diastatops)
Tiger Spiketail (Cordulegaster erronea)
Twin-spotted Spiketail (Cordulegaster maculata)
Arrowhead Spiketail (Cordulegaster obliqua)Return to list of families
Stream Cruiser (Didymops transversa)
Allegheny River Cruiser (Macromia alleghaniensis)
Illinois River Cruiser (Macromia illinoiensis)
American Emerald (Cordulia shurtleffii)
Petite Emerald (Dorocordulia lepida)
Racket-tailed Emerald (Dorocordulia libera)
Prince Baskettail (Epitheca princeps)
Beaverpond Baskettail (Epitheca canis)
Stripe-winged Baskettail (Epitheca costalis)
Common Baskettail (Epitheca cynosura)
Mantled Baskettail (Epitheca semiaquea)
Spiny Baskettail (Epitheca spinigera)
Robust Baskettail (Epitheca spinosa)
Uhler's Sundragon (Helocordulia uhleri)
Umber Shadowdragon (Neurocordulia obsoleta)
Stygian Shadowdragon (Neurocordulia yamaskanensis)
Ski-tailed Emerald (Somatochlora elongata)
Fine-lined Emerald (Somatochlora filosa)
Forcipate Emerald (Somatochlora forcipata)
Coppery Emerald (Somatochlora georgiana)
Kennedy's Emerald (Somatochlora kennedyi)
Mocha Emerald (Somatochlora linearis)
Treetop Emerald (Somatochlora provocans)
Clamp-tipped Emerald (Somatochlora tenebrosa)
Brush-tipped Emerald (Somatochlora walshii)
Williamson's Emerald (Somatochlora williamsoni)
Ringed Boghaunter (Williamsonia lintneri)Return to list of families
Four-spotted Pennant (Brachymesia gravida)
Calico Pennant (Celithemis elisa)
Halloween Pennant (Celithemis eponina)
Banded Pennant (Celithemis fasciata)
Martha's Pennant (Celithemis martha)
Faded Pennant (Celithemis ornata)
Double-ringed Pennant (Celithemis verna)
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)
Yellow-sided Skimmer (Libellula flavida)
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)
Blue-faced Meadowhawk (Sympetrum ambiguum)
Variegated Meadowhawk (Sympetrum corruptum)
Saffron-winged Meadowhawk (Sympetrum costiferum)
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)
Red-mantled Saddlebags (Tramea onusta)Return to list of families