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MatBio: DRAGONFLIES & Damselflies - Matanzas Biodiversity

Welcome to our series of field guides - part of the MatBio Initiative at the Whitney Laboratory of Marine Bioscience! Our guides document the plant and animal species living in the Matanzas Basin, a coastal ecosystem stretching from St. Augustine to Palm Coast in NE Florida. They are works in ...more ↓

Citrine Forktail 1
Ischnura hastata
Rambur's Forktail 2
Ischnura ramburii
Common Green Darner 3
Anax junius
Comet Darner 4
Anax longipes
Regal Darner 5
Coryphaeschna ingens
Swamp Darner 2
Epiaeschna heros
Taper-tailed Darner 6
Gomphaeschna antilope
Twilight Darner 7
Gynacantha nervosa
Phantom Darner 8
Triacanthagyna trifida
Common Baskettail 9
Epitheca cynosura
Two-striped Forceptail 10
Aphylla williamsoni
Gray-green Clubtail 11
Arigomphus pallidus
Four-spotted Pennant 12
Brachymesia gravida
Halloween Pennant 13
Celithemis eponina
Banded Pennant 14
Celithemis fasciata
Ornate Pennant 15
Celithemis ornata
Double-ringed Pennant 16
Celithemis verna
Eastern Pondhawk 17
Erythemis simplicicollis
Seaside Dragonlet 18
Erythrodiplax berenice
Plateau Dragonlet
Erythrodiplax connata
Little Blue Dragonlet 11
Erythrodiplax minuscula
Golden-winged Skimmer 19
Libellula auripennis
Bar-winged Skimmer 20
Libellula axilena
Needham's Skimmer 21
Libellula needhami
Marl Pennant 22
Macrodiplax balteata
Hyacinth Glider 10
Miathyria marcella
Roseate Skimmer 23
Orthemis ferruginea
Blue Dasher 14
Pachydiplax longipennis
Wandering Glider 24
Pantala flavescens
Spot-winged Glider 25
Pantala hymenaea
Eastern Amberwing 26
Perithemis tenera
Carolina Saddlebags 14
Tramea carolina

Edited by matbio, and Jose Nunez

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