Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
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Ebony Jewelwing (Calopteryx maculata)
American Rubyspot (Hetaerina americana)
Smoky Rubyspot (Hetaerina titia)Return to list of families
Great Spreadwing (Archilestes grandis)
Plateau Spreadwing (Lestes alacer)
Common Spreadwing (Lestes disjunctus)
Emerald Spreadwing (Lestes dryas)
Elegant Spreadwing (Lestes inaequalis)
Slender Spreadwing (Lestes rectangularis)
Chalky Spreadwing (Lestes sigma)
Lyre-tipped Spreadwing (Lestes unguiculatus)
Swamp Spreadwing (Lestes vigilax)Return to list of families
Western Red Damsel (Amphiagrion abbreviatum)
California Dancer (Argia agrioides)
Paiute Dancer (Argia alberta)
Blue-fronted Dancer (Argia apicalis)
Seepage Dancer (Argia bipunctulata)
Variable Dancer (Argia fumipennis)
Kiowa Dancer (Argia immunda)
Sooty Dancer (Argia lugens)
Powdered Dancer (Argia moesta)
Springwater Dancer (Argia plana)
Blue-ringed Dancer (Argia sedula)
Blue-tipped Dancer (Argia tibialis)
Dusky Dancer (Argia translata)
Vivid Dancer (Argia vivida)
Rainbow Bluet (Enallagma antennatum)
Azure Bluet (Enallagma aspersum)
Double-striped Bluet (Enallagma basidens)
Tule Bluet (Enallagma carunculatum)
Familiar Bluet (Enallagma civile)
Attenuated Bluet (Enallagma daeckii)
Turquoise Bluet (Enallagma divagans)
Burgundy Bluet (Enallagma dubium)
Stream Bluet (Enallagma exsulans)
Skimming Bluet (Enallagma geminatum)
Arroyo Bluet (Enallagma praevarum)
Orange Bluet (Enallagma signatum)
Slender Bluet (Enallagma traviatum)
Vesper Bluet (Enallagma vesperum)
Desert Forktail (Ischnura barberi)
Mexican Forktail (Ischnura demorsa)
Black-fronted Forktail (Ischnura denticollis)
Citrine Forktail (Ischnura hastata)
Lilypad Forktail (Ischnura kellicotti)
Fragile Forktail (Ischnura posita)
Rambur's Forktail (Ischnura ramburii)
Eastern Forktail (Ischnura verticalis)
Southern Sprite (Nehalennia integricollis)
Desert Firetail (Telebasis salva)Return to list of families
Gray Petaltail (Tachopteryx thoreyi)Return to list of families
Variable Darner (Aeshna interrupta)
Blue-eyed Darner (Aeshna multicolor)
Shadow Darner (Aeshna umbrosa)
Common Green Darner (Anax junius)
Comet Darner (Anax longipes)
Springtime Darner (Basiaeschna janata)
Fawn Darner (Boyeria vinosa)
Swamp Darner (Epiaeschna heros)
Cyrano Darner (Nasiaeschna pentacantha)Return to list of families
Stillwater Clubtail (Arigomphus lentulus)
Jade Clubtail (Arigomphus submedianus)
Black-shouldered Spinyleg (Dromogomphus spinosus)
Flag-tailed Spinyleg (Dromogomphus spoliatus)
Eastern Ringtail (Erpetogomphus designatus)
Plains Clubtail (Gomphus externus)
Pronghorn Clubtail (Gomphus graslinellus)
Sulphur-tipped Clubtail (Gomphus militaris)
Oklahoma Clubtail (Gomphus oklahomensis)
Dragonhunter (Hagenius brevistylus)
Four-striped Leaftail (Phyllogomphoides stigmatus)
Common Sanddragon (Progomphus obscurus)
Russet-tipped Clubtail (Stylurus plagiatus)Return to list of families
Arrowhead Spiketail (Cordulegaster obliqua)Return to list of families
Stream Cruiser (Didymops transversa)
Illinois River Cruiser (Macromia illinoiensis)
Gilded River Cruiser (Macromia pacifica)
Prince Baskettail (Epitheca princeps)
Common Baskettail (Epitheca cynosura)
Dot-winged Baskettail (Epitheca petechialis)
Mantled Baskettail (Epitheca semiaquea)
Robust Baskettail (Epitheca spinosa)
Uhler's Sundragon (Helocordulia uhleri)
Smoky Shadowdragon (Neurocordulia molesta)
Umber Shadowdragon (Neurocordulia obsoleta)
Cinnamon Shadowdragon (Neurocordulia virginiensis)
Orange Shadowdragon (Neurocordulia xanthosoma)
Mocha Emerald (Somatochlora linearis)
Ozark Emerald (Somatochlora ozarkensis)
Clamp-tipped Emerald (Somatochlora tenebrosa)Return to list of families
Four-spotted Pennant (Brachymesia gravida)
Pale-faced Clubskimmer (Brechmorhoga mendax)
Calico Pennant (Celithemis elisa)
Halloween Pennant (Celithemis eponina)
Banded Pennant (Celithemis fasciata)
Double-ringed Pennant (Celithemis verna)
Checkered Setwing (Dythemis fugax)
Swift Setwing (Dythemis velox)
Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis)
Great Pondhawk (Erythemis vesiculosa)
Plateau Dragonlet (Erythrodiplax connata)
Band-winged Dragonlet (Erythrodiplax umbrata)
Golden-winged Skimmer (Libellula auripennis)
Comanche Skimmer (Libellula comanche)
Neon Skimmer (Libellula croceipennis)
Spangled Skimmer (Libellula cyanea)
Blue Corporal (Libellula deplanata)
Yellow-sided Skimmer (Libellula flavida)
Slaty Skimmer (Libellula incesta)
Widow Skimmer (Libellula luctuosa)
Common Whitetail (Libellula lydia)
Twelve-spotted Skimmer (Libellula pulchella)
Flame Skimmer (Libellula saturata)
Painted Skimmer (Libellula semifasciata)
Desert Whitetail (Libellula subornata)
Great Blue Skimmer (Libellula vibrans)
Roseate Skimmer (Orthemis ferruginea)
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)
Cherry-faced Meadowhawk (Sympetrum internum)
Western Meadowhawk (Sympetrum occidentale)
Yellow-legged Meadowhawk (Sympetrum vicinum)
Carolina Saddlebags (Tramea carolina)
Black Saddlebags (Tramea lacerata)
Red-mantled Saddlebags (Tramea onusta)Return to list of families