This is a new genus for me. I don't know the range of this species other than the western US. I've only seen it once and that was in the Sierras so I don't know if a high elevation is also a characteristic of its habitat
This is a mating pair of Green Darners and in my opinion is a great photo (it's hard to get them to sit still)
Of the two main genera of Spread-wing Damselflies, this is a member of the Archilestes genus.
Family Lestidae (Spread-winged Damselflies)
I like Damselflies, even though I'm bad at ID'ing them. This was ID'd by the people at Bugguide
This is the normal version of Variable Dancer, the atra subspecies is the previous one I posted
This is the "atra" subspecies of Argia fumipennis, the Variable Dancer.
Family Coenagrionidae (Narrow-winged Damselflies)
Not very heavily marked, this damsel is distinctive with its slate-gray coloring.
This is a photo of two Halloween Pennants mating. The leftmost one is the male
This showy little dragonfly allowed me to take photos for about 5 minutes before flying away
My friend managed to find see this one perch and called me over in time to photograph it. As with Cordulegaster obliqua, this is a very large dragonfly. This one seems to be eating something, though I don't know what. Earlier in the day I caught a different one and it actually bit me!
This is reeeeeeeeally rare in Kansas! Its a huge dragonfly too! as big as my hand!
This is a female, which confirms that the Prairie Center has an established population of these very uncommon (in Kansas) dragonflies.
This is a female of the Blue-faced Darner, a surprisingly small southern Aeshnid.
Much much bigger than Corpyphaeschna aednexa, this huge dragonfly was quite common in the sheltered regions on the service road at the Harbour Ridge development in Palm City. Amazingly, the long cerci indicate that this species is a female! This is a lot different than in most insects, where the male has the larce cerci
This is another Gomphid that I was lucky to get a photo of. I thought it was something else I already had so I dismissed it, but after another closer look I found out it was even a different genus
This Bluet is pretty common in Northern Caifornia. It was found in a marshy area in Abbott's Lagoon.
This is my one and only photo of a Dragonfly in the Corduliidae family, the Emeralds
I had misidentified this as Eastern Pondhawk, but found out through Bugguide that it's actually Erythemis collocata, Western Pondhawk.
This mini dragonfly was perched on a twig near swamp at my Grandparents
Family Libellulidae
This is a male Seaside Dragonlet, much larger than the Erythrodiplax miniscula
This beautiful Gomphid was found at Kill Creek Park outside of Oalthe, KS
This is my first Clubtail! And it was a first for bugguide. The widely separated eyes and swollen abdomen tip are a great field marks
Without a dorsal shot of the cerci, this can't be differentiated between G. minutus and G. cavillaris.
This will soon be replaced with a better photo... hopefully a much better photo
This was ID'd as a Citrine Forktail, and it's one of the first Odonates I've seen this year, so I was excited, even better it sat still for me!
This is the female of a strongly sexually dimorphic damselfly.
Family Coenagrionidae (Narrow-winged Damselflies)
This is the less colorful male Rambur's Forktail.
Family Coenagrionidae (Narrow-winged Damselflies)
This I just took a day or so ago and I'm in the process of updating all my lists. It's a good size dragonfly, and can probably catch some pretty large insects.
This is a male. The bright white spots on the wings are really obvious and eye-catching
This big guy was found in a park absolutely swarming with dragonflies, all but this one moving to quickly to photograph.
Family Libellulidae
This male Widow Skimmer was found near a pond near where I live in San Ramon, CA
Family Libellulidae
This is a gigantic skimmer. Pulchella means beautiful in Latin, and I agree
This dragonfly duo was catching some rays in meadow at Yosemite.
Here's the best photo from my Florida Spring Break trip, still awaiting ID confirmation
This is likely Libellula auripennis, but without the male, it can't be distinguished from L. jesseana, the Purple Skimmer
