Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
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Superb Jewelwing (Calopteryx amata)
Ebony Jewelwing (Calopteryx maculata)
American Rubyspot (Hetaerina americana)
Smoky Rubyspot (Hetaerina titia)Return to list of families
Common Spreadwing (Lestes disjunctus)
Emerald Spreadwing (Lestes dryas)
Amber-winged Spreadwing (Lestes eurinus)
Elegant Spreadwing (Lestes inaequalis)
Slender Spreadwing (Lestes rectangularis)
Lyre-tipped Spreadwing (Lestes unguiculatus)Return to list of families
Eastern Red Damsel (Amphiagrion saucium)
Blue-fronted Dancer (Argia apicalis)
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)
Rainbow Bluet (Enallagma antennatum)
Azure Bluet (Enallagma aspersum)
Double-striped Bluet (Enallagma basidens)
Boreal Bluet (Enallagma boreale)
Familiar Bluet (Enallagma civile)
Turquoise Bluet (Enallagma divagans)
Stream Bluet (Enallagma exsulans)
Hagen's Bluet (Enallagma hageni)
Orange Bluet (Enallagma signatum)
Slender Bluet (Enallagma traviatum)
Citrine Forktail (Ischnura hastata)
Fragile Forktail (Ischnura posita)
Furtive Forktail (Ischnura prognata)
Eastern Forktail (Ischnura verticalis)
Sedge Sprite (Nehalennia irene)Return to list of families
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)
Swamp Darner (Epiaeschna heros)
Cyrano Darner (Nasiaeschna pentacantha)Return to list of families
Black-shouldered Spinyleg (Dromogomphus spinosus)
Midland Clubtail (Gomphus fraternus)
Splendid Clubtail (Gomphus lineatifrons)
Cobra Clubtail (Gomphus vastus)
Mustached Clubtail (Gomphus adelphus)
Lancet Clubtail (Gomphus exilis)
Ashy Clubtail (Gomphus lividus)
Rapids Clubtail (Gomphus quadricolor)
Dragonhunter (Hagenius brevistylus)
Northern Pygmy Clubtail (Lanthus parvulus)
Appalachian Snaketail (Ophiogomphus incurvatus)
Rusty Snaketail (Ophiogomphus rupinsulensis)
Least Clubtail (Stylogomphus albistylus)Return to list of families
Delta-spotted Spiketail (Cordulegaster diastatops)
Twin-spotted Spiketail (Cordulegaster maculata)Return to list of families
Allegheny River Cruiser (Macromia alleghaniensis)
Gilded River Cruiser (Macromia pacifica)
American Emerald (Cordulia shurtleffii)
Prince Baskettail (Epitheca princeps)
Beaverpond Baskettail (Epitheca canis)
Common Baskettail (Epitheca cynosura)
Mocha Emerald (Somatochlora linearis)Return to list of families
Calico Pennant (Celithemis elisa)
Halloween Pennant (Celithemis eponina)
Banded Pennant (Celithemis fasciata)
Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis)
Crimson-ringed Whiteface (Leucorrhinia glacialis)
Hudsonian Whiteface (Leucorrhinia hudsonica)
Dot-tailed Whiteface (Leucorrhinia intacta)
Spangled Skimmer (Libellula cyanea)
Yellow-sided Skimmer (Libellula flavida)
Chalk-fronted Corporal (Libellula julia)
Widow Skimmer (Libellula luctuosa)
Common Whitetail (Libellula lydia)
Twelve-spotted Skimmer (Libellula pulchella)
Painted Skimmer (Libellula semifasciata)
Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis)
Wandering Glider (Pantala flavescens)
Spot-winged Glider (Pantala hymenaea)
Eastern Amberwing (Perithemis tenera)
Jane's Meadowhawk (Sympetrum janeae)
White-faced Meadowhawk (Sympetrum obtrusum)
Ruby Meadowhawk (Sympetrum rubicundulum)
Yellow-legged Meadowhawk (Sympetrum vicinum)
Black Saddlebags (Tramea lacerata)Return to list of families