Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
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Superb Jewelwing (Calopteryx amata)
Appalachian Jewelwing (Calopteryx angustipennis)
Sparkling Jewelwing (Calopteryx dimidiata)
Ebony Jewelwing (Calopteryx maculata)
American Rubyspot (Hetaerina americana)
Smoky Rubyspot (Hetaerina titia)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)
Carolina Spreadwing (Lestes vidua)
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)
Familiar Bluet (Enallagma civile)
Northern Bluet (Enallagma cyathigerum)
Attenuated Bluet (Enallagma daeckii)
Turquoise Bluet (Enallagma divagans)
Atlantic Bluet (Enallagma doubledayi)
Burgundy Bluet (Enallagma dubium)
Big Bluet (Enallagma durum)
Marsh Bluet (Enallagma ebrium)
Stream Bluet (Enallagma exsulans)
Skimming Bluet (Enallagma geminatum)
Hagen's Bluet (Enallagma hageni)
Pale Bluet (Enallagma pallidum)
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)
Furtive Forktail (Ischnura prognata)
Rambur's Forktail (Ischnura ramburii)
Eastern Forktail (Ischnura verticalis)
Sphagnum Sprite (Nehalennia gracilis)
Southern Sprite (Nehalennia integricollis)
Sedge Sprite (Nehalennia irene)
Duckweek Firetail (Telebasis byersi)
Desert Firetail (Telebasis salva)Return to list of families
Gray Petaltail (Tachopteryx thoreyi)Return to list of families
Canada Darner (Aeshna canadensis)
Lance-tipped Darner (Aeshna constricta)
Spatterdock Darner (Aeshna mutata)
Black-tipped Darner (Aeshna tuberculifera)
Shadow Darner (Aeshna umbrosa)
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
Unicorn Clubtail (Arigomphus villosipes)
Black-shouldered Spinyleg (Dromogomphus spinosus)
Eastern Ringtail (Erpetogomphus designatus)
Splendid Clubtail (Gomphus lineatifrons)
Cobra Clubtail (Gomphus vastus)
Spine-crowned Clubtail (Gomphus abbreviatus)
Cherokee Clubtail (Gomphus consanguis)
Lancet Clubtail (Gomphus exilis)
Ashy Clubtail (Gomphus lividus)
Piedmont Clubtail (Gomphus parvidens)
Rapids Clubtail (Gomphus quadricolor)
Sable Clubtail (Gomphus rogersi)
Green-faced Clubtail (Gomphus viridifrons)
Dragonhunter (Hagenius brevistylus)
Northern Pygmy Clubtail (Lanthus parvulus)
Southern Pygmy Clubtail (Lanthus vernalis)
Pygmy Snaketail (Ophiogomphus howei)
Appalachian Snaketail (Ophiogomphus incurvatus)
Common Sanddragon (Progomphus obscurus)
Least Clubtail (Stylogomphus albistylus)
Zebra Clubtail (Stylurus scudderi)
Arrow Clubtail (Stylurus spiniceps)Return to list of families
Brown Spiketail (Cordulegaster bilineata)
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)
Royal River Cruiser (Macromia taeniolata)
American Emerald (Cordulia shurtleffii)
Prince Baskettail (Epitheca princeps)
Beaverpond Baskettail (Epitheca canis)
Stripe-winged Baskettail (Epitheca costalis)
Common Baskettail (Epitheca cynosura)
Dot-winged Baskettail (Epitheca petechialis)
Robust Baskettail (Epitheca spinosa)
Selys' Sundragon (Helocordulia selysii)
Uhler's Sundragon (Helocordulia uhleri)
Umber Shadowdragon (Neurocordulia obsoleta)
Ski-tailed Emerald (Somatochlora elongata)
Fine-lined Emerald (Somatochlora filosa)
Mocha Emerald (Somatochlora linearis)
Treetop Emerald (Somatochlora provocans)
Clamp-tipped Emerald (Somatochlora tenebrosa)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)
Double-ringed Pennant (Celithemis verna)
Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis)
Seaside Dragonlet (Erythrodiplax berenice)
Little Blue Dragonlet (Erythrodiplax minuscula)
Hudsonian Whiteface (Leucorrhinia hudsonica)
Dot-tailed Whiteface (Leucorrhinia intacta)
Golden-winged Skimmer (Libellula auripennis)
Bar-winged Skimmer (Libellula axilena)
Spangled Skimmer (Libellula cyanea)
Blue Corporal (Libellula deplanata)
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)
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)
Jane's Meadowhawk (Sympetrum janeae)
Ruby Meadowhawk (Sympetrum rubicundulum)
Band-winged Meadowhawk (Sympetrum semicinctum)
Yellow-legged Meadowhawk (Sympetrum vicinum)
Carolina Saddlebags (Tramea carolina)
Black Saddlebags (Tramea lacerata)
Red-mantled Saddlebags (Tramea onusta)Return to list of families