Coenagrionidae - Pond Damselflies |
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There are over 1,100 species in this family. They are found around the world. Pond damsels are 1-2 inches in length.
Pond damsels can be red, green, blue, purple, orange, or yellow. Males are usually more brightly colored than females. Pond damsels have narrow, transparent wings that they hold vertically over their body when they are at rest.
The nymphs in this family are found on submerged vegetation and rocks. They have three leaf-like gills on the end of their abdomens and are usually found in environments with still water.
Pond damsels are also known as narrow-winged damselflies.
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Afroalpine Sprite - Pseudagrion bicoerulans
The Afroalpine sprite is found in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Alkali Bluet - Enallagma clausum
The alkali bluet is found from Quebec to British Columbia south to New Mexico and Texas
Source: Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School
Amethyst Dancer - Argia pallens
The amethyst dancer is found in Arizona, New Mexico and Texas, and from Mexico to Guatemala
Source: Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School
Apache Dancer - Argia munda
The Apache dancer is found in Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and Mexico.
Source: Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School
Arroyo Bluet - Enallagma praevarum
The arroyo bluet is found from North Dakota south to Texas and west to California and south through Mexico to Guatemala and Belize.
Source: Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School
Atlantic Bluet - Enallagma doubledayi
The Atlantic bluet is found in the eastern U.S. from Massachusetts south to Florida and west to Texas. It is also found in Cuba and Jamaica.
Source: Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School
Attenuated Bluet - Enallagma daeckii
The attenuated bluet is found from Pennsylvania south to Florida and west to Oklahoma and Texas.
Source: Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School
Aurora Damsel - Chromagrion conditum
The aurora damsel is found in the eastern U.S. and Canada.
Source: Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School
Aztec Dancer - Argia nahuana
The Aztec dancer is found from Oregon south to California and east to Texas and Oklahoma.
Source: Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School
Azure Bluet - Enallagma aspersum
The azure bluet is found in the eastern U.S. and extreme southern Canada.
Source: Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School
Azure Bluet - Enallagma aspersum
The azure bluet is found near ponds bordered by bogs or boggy swamps with no fish.
Source: Wisconsin Odonata Survey Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Badplaas Sprite - Pseudagrion inopinatum
The Badplaas sprite is found in South Africa.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Baja Bluet - Enallagma eiseni
The Bja bluet is found in extreme southern California and in southwestern Arizona.
Source: Arizona Odonata Survey Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Big Bluet - Enallagma durum
The big bluet is found from Maine to Texas and south into Mexico. It is found in New Hampshire south of the White Mountains.
Source: Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School
Big Bluet - Enallagma durum
The big bluet is found along the shores of rivers and lakes, especially ones with brackish water..
Source: BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Black-fronted Forktail - Ischnura denticollis
The black-fronted forktail is found in the western U.S. east to Oklahoma and Texas. It is also found from Mexico to Guatemala
Source: Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School
Black-fronted Forktail - Ischnura denticollis
The black-fronted forktail is found near streams and ponds.
Source: BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Blackline Hawaiian Damselfly - Megalagrion nigrohamatum
A subspecies of the blackline Hawaiian damselfly, Megalagrion nigrohamatum nigrolineatum, is listed as an endangered species in the U.S. It is only found on the island of Oahu.
Source: The Xerces Society Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School Blackwater Bluet - Enallagma weewa
The blackwater bluet is found along the coastal plain from Rhode Island south to Florida and west to Louisiana.
Source: BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Blue-fronted Dancer - Argia apicalis
The blue-fronted dancer is found east of the Rocky Mountains from Ontario to Florida and Texas..
Source: Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School
Blue-fronted Dancer - Argia apicalis
The blue-fronted dancer male has a blue thorax.
Source: BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Blue-ringed Dancer - Argia sedula
The blue-ringed dancer is found from Pennsylvania to Florida and west to California. It is also found in Mexico.
Source: Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School
Blue-ringed Dancer - Argia sedula
The male blue-ringed dancer has a black abdomen with blue rings.
Source: BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Blue-tipped Dancer - Argia tibialis
The blue-tipped dancer is found in the eastern U.S. from Pennsylvania south to Florida and west to Minnesota and Texas.
Source: Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School
Blue-tipped Dancer - Argia tibialis
The blue-tipped dancer can be found perching on the ground near streams, rivers, and sloughs.
Source: BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Boreal Bluet - Enallagma boreale
The boreal bluet is found coast to coast in northern North America. In the U.S. it is found from California to New England and south to Virginia, Arixona and New Mexico. It is found in New Hampshire.
Source: Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School
Boreal Bluet - Enallagma boreale
The boreal bluet is found near ponds, lakes, and slow moving streams.
Source: BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Boreal Bluet - Enallagma boreale
It can take up to two years for the boreal bluet to go from an egg to an adult. Adults only live around four days.
Source: BioKids Critter Catalogue Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Elementary School
Boreal Bluet - Enallagma boreale
Boreal bluets are blue and black.
Source: Animal Diversity Web Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Burgundy Bluet - Enallagma dubium
The burgundy bluet is found from Maryland south to Florida and west to Texas.
Source: Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School
California Dancer - Argia agrioides
The California dancer is found from Oregon south to California and Arizona. It is also found in Mexico.
Source: BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Caribbean Yellowface - Neoerythromma cultellatum
The Caribbean yellowface is found from southern Florida and Texas south through Mexico to Venezuela. It is also found in Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica and Puerto Rico.
Source: Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School
Cerulean Dancer - Argia anceps
The cerulean dancer is found from southern Arizona south to Costa Rica. It is also known as the Mexican blue dancer.
Source: Arizona Dragonflies Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Cherry Bluet - Enallagma concisum
The cherry bluet is found in the southern U.S. from North Carolina to Florida and west to Louisiana.
Source: Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School
Cherry Bluet - Enallagma concisum
The cherry bluet is found near sand-bottomed lakes and ponds.
Source: BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Citrine Forktail - Ischnura hastata
The citrine forktail is found from southern Ontario south to Florida and west to Colorado and California.In New Hampshire, it is found south of the White Mountains, but it is rare. It is also found in Mexico and Central and South America.
Source: Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School
Citrine Forktail - Ischnura hastata
At a little less than an inch in length, the citrine forktail is probably the smallest species of damselfly found in the U.S.
Source: BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Claw-tipped Bluet - Enallagma semicirculare
The claw-tipped bluet dancer is found in Arizona and New Mexico south through Mexico to Guatemala.
Source: Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School
Comanche Dancer - Argia barretti
The Comanche dancer is found in Texas and Mexico.
Source: Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School
Common waxtail - Ceriagrion glabrum
The common waxtail is found across much of Africa. It is also known as the common pond damsel, the common orange, and the orange waxtail.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Coppery Dancer - Argia cuprea
The coppery dancer is found from Texas south to Mexico, Venezuela and Bolivia.
Source: Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School
Cream-tipped Swampdamsel - Leptobasis melinogaster
The cream-tipped swampdamsel is found in Texas and Mexico.
Source: Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School
Cretan Bluet - Coenagrion intermedium
The Cretan bluet is found in Crete in Greece.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Crimson Hawaiian Damselfly - Megalagrion leptodemas
The crimson Hawaiian damselfly is found on the island of Oahu in the Hawaii.
Source: The Xerces Society Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Desert Firetail - Telebasis salva
The desert firetail is found in the southwest U.S.
Source: Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School
Desert Forktail - Ischnura barberi
The desert forktail is found in the western U.S. from Nebraska to California south to Texas
Source: Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School
Double-striped Bluet - Enallagma basidens
The double-striped bluet is found from Ontario south to Florida and west to Texas, Colorado, and California. it is also found in Mexico.
Source: Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School
Double-striped Bluet - Enallagma basidens
The double-striped bluet is found near ponds, lakes, reservoirs, and slow portions of streams and rivers.
Source: BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Duckweed Firetail - Telebasis byersi
The duckweed firetail is found in the southeastern U.S. from Florida to Texas.
Source: Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School
Duckweed Firetail - Telebasis byersi
The duckweed firetail gets its name from the fact that it likes to perch on duckweed.
Source: BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Dusky Dancer - Argia translata
The dusky dancer is found from Ontario south to Georgia and west to Oklahoma and Texas and south through Central America to Argentina. It is found in southeast New Hampshire, but it is rare
Source: Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School
Dusky Dancer - Argia translata
The dusky dancer is found near large rivers and highland lakes.
Source: BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Eastern Forktail - Ischnura verticalis
The eastern forktail is found from Newfoundland south through Georgia and west to Montana and new Mexico.
Source: Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School
Eastern Forktail - Ischnura verticalis
The eastern forktail is most frequently found near small well-vegetated ponds.
Source: BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Eastern Red Damsel - Amphiagrion saucium
The eastern red damsel is found in eastern Canada and the eastern United States.
Source: Wisconsin Odonata Survey Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Eastern Red Damsel - Amphiagrion saucium
The eastern red damsel is found at the edges of ponds, bogs, and streams.
Source: BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Elegant Sprite - Pseudagrion decorum
The elegant sprite is found in Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Oman, and Pakistan.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Emma’s Dancer - Argia emma
Emma's dancer is found from eastern British Columbia and Alberta in Canada south to Nebraska, Nevada, and California.
Source: Nebraska Dragonflies and Damselflies Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Emma’s Dancer - Argia emma
Emma's dancer males are a bright violet color. Females vary in color and can be cream, brown, olive, or grayish blue.
Source: Digital Atlas of Idaho Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Everglades Sprite - Nehalennia pallidula
The Everglades sprite is found in the Florida Everglades.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Everglades Sprite - Nehalennia pallidula
Historic specimens indicate that the Everglades sprite may have once been found in Texas.
Source: Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School
Exclamation Damsel - Zoniagrion exclamationis
The exclamation damsel is found in the Bay area of California.
Source: BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Familiar Bluet - Enallagma civile
The familiar bluet is found from Saskatchewan east to Newfoundland and south to Venezuela and Florida.
Source: BioKids Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Elementary School
Familiar Bluet - Enallagma civile
The familiar bluet is found near permanent ponds and lakes.
Source: Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School
Fiery-eyed Dancer - Argia oenea
The fiery-eyed dancer is found in Arizona, Texas, and Mexico.
Source: BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Florida Bluet - Enallagma pollutum
The Florida bluet is found in Georgia, Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi.
Source: BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Flying Earwig Hawaiian Damselfly - Megalagrion nesiotes
The flying earwig Hawaiian damselfly was once found on the islands of Hawaii and Maui, but it is now only found in east Maui.
Source: The Xerces Society Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Four-spot Midget - Mortonagrion hirosei
The four-spot midget is found in China, Hong Kong, Japan, and Taiwan.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Fragile Forktail - Ischnura posita
The fragile forktail is found from Newfoundland south to Florida and Texas and west to North Dakota. It is also found from Mexico to Guatemala and it has been introduced to Hawaii. It is found across New Hampshire.
Source: Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School
Fragile Forktail - Ischnura posita
The fragile forktail is found near ponds and temporary pools.
Source: BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Furtive Forktail - Ischnura prognata
The furtive forktail is found in the eastern U.S. from New York to Florida and west into Texas.
Source: Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School
Golden-winged Dancer - Argia rhoadsi
The golden-winged dancer is found from Texas south into Mexico.
Source: Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School
Golden Bluet - Enallagma sulcatum
The golden bluet is found in Florida and Alabama.
Source: BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Greek Red Damsel - Pyrrhosoma elisabethae
The Greek red damsel is found in Albania and Greece .
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Hagen's Bluet - Enallagma hageni
Hagen's bluet is found in the northern United States and southern Canada. It is found in New Hampshire.
Source: BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Hagen’s Bluet - Enallagma hageni
Hagen's Bluet is usually found in ponds, marshes, open bogs, lakeshores, and slow streams.
Source: Wisconsin Odonata Survey Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Harkness’ Dancer - Argia harknessi
Harkness' dancer is found in Arizona and Mexico.
Source: Arizaon Dragonflies Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Harlequin Sprite - Pseudagrion newtoni
The harlequin sprite is found in South Africa.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Kiowa Dancer - Argia immunda
The Kiowa dancer is found from California eastward to South Dakota and Texas south through Mexico to Belize.
Source: Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School
Lavender Dancer - Argia hinei
The lavender dancer is found in the southwestern U.S. from Texas to California and south into Mexico.
Source: Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School
Leonora's Dancer - Argia leonorae
Leonora's dancer is found in Texas and Mexico.
Source: Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School
Lilypad Forktail - Ischnura kellicotti
The lilypad forktail is found in the eastern U.S. from Maine to Florida and west to Michigan and Texas. In New Hampshire, it is found south of the White Mountains.
Source: Odonata Central-Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School
Lilypad Forktail - Ischnura kellicotti
The lilypad forktail is found on lilypads in ponds.
Source: Wisconsin Odonata Survey Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Lilypad Forktail - Ischnura kellicotti
The male lilypad forktail is blue and black, the female can be a variety of colors.
Source: BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Little Bluet - Enallagma minusculum
The little bluet is found in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia in Canada and in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, and Rhode Island in the U.S.
Source: BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Little Bluet - Enallagma minusculum
The little bluet is found in coastal plain ponds with emergent vegetation along the shoreline.
Source: New York Natural Heritage Program Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Marsh Bluet - Enallagma ebrium
The marsh bluet is found throughout the northern United States and southern Canada. It is found in New Hampshire.
Source: Wisconsin Odonata Survey Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Marsh Bluet - Enallagma ebrium
The marsh bluet is in flight from June to August.
Source: BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Marsh Firetail - Telebasis digiticollis
The marsh firetail is found in is found in Mexico, Central America, and South America.
Source: BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Mauve Bluet - Proischnura polychromatica
The mauve bluet is found in South Africa.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Mexican Forktail - Ischnura demorsa
The Mexican forktail is found in Utah and Kansas south to Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona, southward into Mexico
Source: Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School
Mexican Wedgetail - Acanthagrion quadratum
The Mexican wedgetail is found from Texas and Mexico south to Nicaragua.
Source: Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School
Neotropical Bluet - Enallagma novaehispaniae
The neotropical bluet is found from Texas south through Mexico to Peru and Argentina.
Source: Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School
New England Bluet - Enallagma laterale
The New England bluet is found in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island. In New Hampshire, it is found south of the White Mountains in the Spring.
Source: BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
New England Bluet - Enallagma laterale
The New England bluet is found near ponds and small lakes with emergent vegetation or boggy edges
Source: New York Natural Heritage Program Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Northern Bluet - Enallagma annexum
The northern bluet is found throughout Canada and northern United States, including the mountains in the west. It is found across New Hampshire.
Source: Wisconsin Odonata Survey Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Northern Bluet - Enallagma annexum
The northern bluet is found near ponds, marshes, and slow streams.
Source: BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Nubian Sprite - Pseudagrion nubicum
The Nubian sprite is found across much of Africa.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Orangeblack Hawaiian Damselfly - Megalagrion xanthomelas
The orangeblack Hawaiian damselfy is found in Hawaii on the islands of the islands of Oahu, Lanai, Molokai, Maui, and Hawaii.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Orangeblack Hawaiian Damselfly - Megalagrion xanthomelas
The orangeblack Hawaiian damselflyis a lowland species that breeds in a wide range of slow or standing water habitats.
Source: The Xerces Society Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School Orange Bluet - Enallagma signatum
The orange bluet is found from the eastern to central United States and in southeast Canada. It is found in New Hampshire.
Source: Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School
Orange Bluet - Enallagma signatum
The orange bluet is found near ponds and lakes.
Source: BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Pacific Forktail - Ischnura cervula
The Pacific forktail is found from Alberta Canada and the Pacific Northwest south to New Mexico and Baja California.
Source: Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School
Pacific Hawaiian Damselfly - Megalagrion pacificum
The Pacific Hawaiian damselfly is found in Hawaii on the islands Molokai, Maui, and Hawaii
Source: The Xerces Society Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Painted Damsel - Hesperagrion heterodoxum
The painted damsel is found in the Southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
Source: Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School
Paiute Dancer - Argia alberta
The Paiute dancer is found in the western U.S. east to Texas and Oklahoma.
Source: Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School Pallid Bluet - Enallagma pallidum
The pallid bluet is found in the southeastern U.S.
Source: BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Pine Barrens Bluet - Enallagma recurvatum
The pine barrens bluet is found in New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and southern Maine. In New Hampshire, it is found in the southeast, but it is rare.
Source: BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Plains Forktail - Ischnura damula
The plains forktail is found on the eastern slope of Rockies and Great Plains from Texas to North Dakota and Wyoming south to Arizona.
Source: Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School
Powdered Dancer - Argia moesta
The powdered dancer is found throughout southern Canada and much of the United States, except for the Pacific Northwest. It is also found in Mexico.
Source: Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School
Powdered Dancer - Argia moesta
The powdered dancer likes rocky rivers and lakes with rocky shores.
Source: BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Prairie Bluet - Coenagrion angulatum
The prairie bluet is found in British Columbia to Ontario in Canada south to Montana, Minnesota, ad Iowa in the U.S.
Source: BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Pseudagrion kaffinum
Pseudagrion kaffinum is found in Ethiopia.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Pseudagrion guichardi
Pseudagrion guichardi is found in Ethiopia.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Purple Bluet - Enallagma cardenium
The purple bluet is found in Florida, Alabama, Georgia, and Cuba.
Source: BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School Pygmy Damselfly - Nehalennia specios
The pygmy damselfly, also known as the dwarf damselfly, is found in Austria, Belarus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, and Ukraine..
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Rainbow Bluet - Enallagma antennatum
The rainbow bluet is found from New York, Ontario and Quebec Canada west to Montana and south to Oklahoma. It is found in New Hampshire, but it is restricted to large rivers.
Source: Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School
Rainbow Bluet - Enallagma antennatum
The rainbow bluet is found near ponds, slow streams, and lakes with stream inlets or outlets.
Source: Wisconsin Odonata Survey Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Rainbow Bluet - Enallagma antennatum
The rainbow bluet is has an orange face and eyes, a green thorax with yellow and black stripes on its shoulders, and a black and green abdomen, except for segment nine, which is blue.
Source: BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Rambur's Forktail - Ischnura ramburii
Rambur's forktail is found from Maine south to Florida and west to Illinois and Texas. It is also found in Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean. It is found along the coast in New Hampshire.
Source: Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School
Rambur's Forktail - Ischnura ramburii
The Rambur's forktail is found in a variety of wetland habitats.
Source: BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Red-tipped Swampdamsel - Leptobasis vacillans
The red-tipped swampdamsel is found in
Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America, and South America.
Source: Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School
River Bluet - Enallagma anna
The river bluet is found in southern Canada and western U.S. west of the Rocky Mountains
Source: Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School
River Bluet - Enallagma anna
The river bluet is found near slow creeks, streams, and rivers.
Source: Wisconsin Odonata Survey Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Sabino Dancer - Argia sabino
The sabino dancer is found in the Santa Catalina Mountains in Arizona. It is also found in Mexico.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
San Francisco Forktail - Ischnura gemina
The San Francisco forktail is found in the San Francisco Bay area in California.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Sandhill Bluet - Enallagma davisi
The Sandhill bluet is found in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.
Source: BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Sedge Sprite - Nehalennia irene
The sedge sprite is found across much of the northern U.S. and southern Canada. It is found across New Hampshire.
Source: Wisconsin Odonata Survey Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Sedge Sprite - Nehalennia irene
The sedge sprite is found near non-moving water habitats, including marshes, ponds, and fens.
Source: BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Seepage Dancer - Argia bipunctulata
The seepage dancer is found in the eastern U.S. from New Jersey to Florida and west to Kansas and Texas.
Source: Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School
Seepage Dancer - Argia bipunctulata
The seepage dancer is found near sunny sphagnum seepages, small lakes, ponds and streams
Source: BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Senegal Bluetail - Ischnura senegalensis
The Senegal bluetail is found in much of Africa and Asia.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Seychelles Fineliner - Teinobasis alluaudi
The Seychelles fineliner is found in Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Seychelles, and Tanzania.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Scarlet Bluet - Enallagma pictum
The scarlet bluet is found in New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and southern Maine. In New Hampshire, it is found south of the White Mountains.
Source: New York Natural Heritage Program Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Sierra Madre Dancer - Argia lacrimans
The Sierra Madre dancer is found in southeast Arizona south into Mexico.
Source: BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Skimming Bluet - Enallagma geminatum
The skimming bluet is found in the eastern U.S. and southern Canada from Quebec to Florida and west to Minnesota, Oklahoma, and Texas.
Source: Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School
Skimming Bluet - Enallagma geminatum
The skimming bluet is found near slow-moving streams and well-vegetated ponds and lakes.
Source: BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Skimming Bluet - Enallagma geminatum
The skimming bluet is in flight in the summer.
Source: Wisconsin Odonata Survey Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Slender Bluet - Enallagma traviatum
The slender bluet is found in the eastern United States. It is found in New Hampshire south of the White Mountains.
Source: BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Slender Bluet - Enallagma traviatum
The slender bluet is found in near permanent ponds and lakes with lots of emergent and aquatic vegetation.
Source: Wisconsin Odonata Survey Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Sooty Dancer - Argia lugens
The sooty dancer is found in the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
Source: Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School
Southern Damselfly - Coenagrion mercuriale
The southern damselfly is found in western Europe and northern Africa.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Southern Sprite - Nehalennia integricollis
The southern sprite is found in the eastern U.S. form New York to Texas.
Source: Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School
Sphagnum Sprite - Nehalennia gracilis
The sphagnum sprite is found in the eastern U.S. and in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island in Canada. It is found across New Hampshire.
Source: Wisconsin Odonata Survey Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Sphagnum Sprite - Nehalennia gracilis
The sphagnum sprite is found in sphagnum bogs and fens.
Source: BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Spine-tipped Dancer - Argia extranea
The spine-tipped dancer is found in southern Arizona, Mexico, and Central America.
Source: BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Springwater Dancer - Argia plana
The springwater dancer is found in the central U.S. from Arkansas north to Wisconsin and west to Arizona. It is also found south through Mexico to Guatemala.
Source: Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School
Stream Bluet - Enallagma exsulans
The stream bluet is found in the eastern U.S. from Maine to Georgia and west to Michigan and Texas. It is also found in southern Canada and northern Mexico.
Source: Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School
Stream Bluet - Enallagma exsulans
The stream bluet is found near medium to large streams, rivers with moderate flow, and lakeshores.
Source: Wisconsin Odonata Survey Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Stream Bluet - Enallagma exsulans
The stream bluet is in flight from May to September.
Source: BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Subarctic Bluet - Coenagrion interrogatum
The subarctic bluet is found in the northern U.S. and Canada. It is found in northern New Hampshire, but it is restricted to large rivers.
Source: BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Swift Forktail - Ischnura erratica
The swift forktail is found in the Pacific Northwest from British Columbia to northern California.
Source: BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Taiga Bluet - Coenagrion resolutum
The taiga bluet is found across Canada and northern United States. It is found in northern New Hampshire.
Source: BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Tarascan Dancer - Argia tarascana
The Taracan dancer is found in Arizona and Mexico.
Source: Arizona Odonata Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Tezpi Dancer - Argia tezpi
The Tezpi dancer is found in Arizona and New Mexico south through Mexico to Costa Rica.
Source: Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School
Tonto Dancer - Argia tonto
The Tonto dancer is found in southwestern New Mexico and Arizona south to Mexico
Source: Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School
Tule Bluet - Enallagma carunculatum
The tule bluet is found from southern Canada to Mexico. It is found in New Hampshire, but it is restricted to large rivers.
Source: Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School
Tule Bluet - Enallagma carunculatum
The tule bluet is found near rivers, lakes, streams, and ponds.
Source: Wisconsin Odonata Survey Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Tule Bluet - Enallagma carunculatum
The adult tule bluet is active from May to September.
Source: BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Turquoise Bluet - Enallagma divagans
The turquoise bluet is found from Maine to Florida west to Oklahoma and Texas. It is found in New Hampshire.
Source: Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School
Turquoise Bluet - Enallagma divagans
The turquoise bluet is found near streams, sloughs, well-vegetated ponds, and lakes.
Source: Wisconsin Odonata Survey Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Turquoise Bluet - Enallagma divagans
The turquoise bluet adult is in flight from May to late July.
Source: BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Variable Dancer - Argia fumipennis
The variable dancer is found in the central and eastern regions of the U.S. and in southeastern Canada. It is found across New Hampshire.
Source: BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Vernal Bluet - Enallagma vernale
The vernal bluet is found in the northeastern U.S. and southeast Canada. It is found in New Hampshire in the spring. (Vernal means spring.)
Source: BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Vernal Bluet - Enallagma vernale
The vernal bluet is found near lakes, rivers, and ponds.
Source: Wisconsin Odonata Survey Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Vesper Bluet - Enallagma vesperum
The vesper bluet is found from Maine to Florida west to Wisconsin and Texas. It is found in New Hampshire.
Source: Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School
Vesper Bluet - Enallagma vesperum
The vesper bluet is found near ponds and lakes and slow streams with emergent and aquatic vegetation.
Source: Wisconsin Odonata Survey Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Vesper Bluet - Enallagma vesperum
The vesper bluet is most active in the late afternoon and early evening.
Source: BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Vivid Dancer - Argia vivida
The vivid dancer is found in western Canada and the U.S.
Source: Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School
Western Forktail - Ischnura perparva
The western forktail is found in the northwestern U.S. and British Columbia south to Arizona, New Mexico and Oklahoma
Source: Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School
Western Red Damsel - Amphiagrion abbreviatum
The western red damsel is found in western Canada and the western U.S.
Source: Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School
Yaqui Dancer - Argia carlcooki
The Yaqui dancer is found in southeast Arizona and Mexico.
Source: Arizona Odonata Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School |