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Dragonflies and Damselflies of Awenda

The Checklist of Dragonflies and Dragonflies is a group effort with identification contributions from Ontario Parks and Friends of Awenda Park staff as well as volunteers. The park would like to acknowledge the contributions to Friend's staff Rebecca Ivanoff, Nead Naturalist Tim Tully, ...more ↓

Damselflies ¹
Zygoptera

Broad-winged Damselflies ²
Calopterygidae

Ebony Jewelwing ³
Calopteryx maculata

American Rubyspot ⁴
Hetaerina americana

Spread-winged Damselflies ⁵
Lestidae

Spotted Spreadwing ⁶
Lestes congener

Northern Spreadwing ⁷
Lestes disjunctus

Emerald Spreadwing ⁶
Lestes dryas

Amber-winged Spreadwing ⁸
Lestes eurinus

Sweetflag Spreadwing ⁹
Lestes forcipatus

Elegant Spreadwing ¹⁰
Lestes inaequalis

Slender Spreadwing ¹¹
Lestes rectangularis

Lyre-tipped Spreadwing ⁹
Lestes unguiculatus

Swamp Spreadwing ¹²
Lestes vigilax

Narrow-winged Damselflies ¹³
Coenagrionidae

Eastern Red Damsel ¹⁴
Amphiagrion saucium

Variable Dancer ¹⁵
Argia fumipennis

Violet Dancer ¹⁶
Argia fumipennis violacea

Aurora Damsel ¹⁷
Chromagrion conditum

Taiga Bluet ¹⁶
Coenagrion resolutum

River Bluet ¹⁶
Enallagma anna

Northern Bluet ⁶
Enallagma annexum

Vernal Bluet ¹⁸
Enallagma vernale

Tule Bluet ⁹
Enallagma carunculatum

Familiar Bluet ¹⁹
Enallagma civile

Marsh Bluet ²⁰
Enallagma ebrium

Skimming Bluet ²¹
Enallagma geminatum

Hagen's Bluet ⁹
Enallagma hageni

Orange Bluet ²²
Enallagma signatum

Vesper Bluet ²³
Enallagma vesperum

Fragile Forktail ²⁴
Ischnura posita

Eastern Forktail ⁹
Ischnura verticalis

Sphagnum Sprite ²⁵
Nehalennia gracilis

Sedge Sprite ⁹
Nehalennia irene

Dragonflies ²⁶
Anisoptera

Darners ²⁷
Aeshnidae

Canada Darner ¹⁶
Aeshna canadensis

Mottled Darner ¹⁸
Aeshna clepsydra

Lance-tipped Darner ⁸
Aeshna constricta

Variable Darner ¹⁶
Aeshna interrupta

Lake Darner ⁴
Aeshna eremita

Black-tipped Darner ²⁸
Aeshna tuberculifera

Shadow Darner ⁹
Aeshna umbrosa

Common Green Darner ²⁹
Anax junius

Springtime Darner ³⁰
Basiaeschna janata

Ocellated Darner ³¹
Boyeria grafiana

Fawn Darner ³²
Boyeria vinosa

Harlequin Darner ¹⁶
Gomphaeschna furcillata

Cyrano Darner ³³
Nasiaeschna pentacantha

Clubtails ³⁴
Gomphidae

Black-shouldered Spinyleg ¹¹
Dromogomphus spinosus

Mustached Clubtail ¹¹
Hylogomphus adelphus

Lancet Clubtail ³⁵
Phanogomphus exilis

Ashy Clubtail ⁴
Phanogomphus lividus

Dusky Clubtail ³⁶
Phanogomphus spicatus

Dragonhunter ³⁷
Hagenius brevistylus

Spiketails ³⁸
Cordulegastridae

Delta-spotted Spiketail ³⁹
Cordulegaster diastatops

Twin-spotted Spiketail ³⁹
Cordulegaster maculata

Cruisers ⁴⁰
Macromiidae

Swift River Cruiser ⁴¹
Macromia illinoiensis

Emerald Dragonflies ⁴²
Corduliidae

American Emerald ¹³
Cordulia shurtleffii

Racket-tailed Emerald ⁴
Dorocordulia libera

Beaverpond Baskettail ¹⁶
Epitheca canis

Common Baskettail ⁴³
Epitheca cynosura

Prince Baskettail ⁴⁴
Epitheca princeps

Spiny Baskettail ⁴⁵
Epitheca spinigera

Uhler's Sundragon ⁴
Helocordulia uhleri

Incurvate Emerald ³⁹
Somatochlora incurvata

Clamp-tipped Emerald ⁴
Somatochlora tenebrosa

Brush-tipped Emerald ⁴⁶
Somatochlora walshii

Ebony Boghaunter
Williamsonia fletcheri

Skimmers ⁴⁷
Libellulidae

Calico Pennant ¹¹
Celithemis elisa

Eastern Pondhawk ⁴⁸
Erythemis simplicicollis

Chalk-fronted Corporal ⁴
Ladona julia

Frosted Whiteface ¹⁶
Leucorrhinia frigida

Hudsonian Whiteface ⁴⁹
Leucorrhinia hudsonica

Dot-tailed Whiteface ⁵⁰
Leucorrhinia intacta

Belted Whiteface ⁴
Leucorrhinia proxima

Slaty Skimmer ⁴
Libellula incesta

Widow Skimmer ⁵¹
Libellula luctuosa

Twelve-spotted Skimmer ⁵²
Libellula pulchella

Four-spotted Chaser ¹⁵
Libellula quadrimaculata

Painted Skimmer ⁵³
Libellula semifasciata

Elfin Skimmer ⁴
Nannothemis bella

Blue Dasher ⁴
Pachydiplax longipennis

Wandering Glider ⁴
Pantala flavescens

Spot-winged Glider ⁴¹
Pantala hymenaea

Common Whitetail ⁵⁴
Plathemis lydia

Variegated Meadowhawk ⁵⁵
Sympetrum corruptum

Saffron-winged Meadowhawk ³⁹
Sympetrum costiferum

Black Darter ¹⁶
Sympetrum danae

Cherry-faced Meadowhawk ⁶
Sympetrum internum

White-faced Meadowhawk ³¹
Sympetrum obtrusum

Ruby Meadowhawk ²
Sympetrum rubicundulum

Band-winged Meadowhawk ⁶
Sympetrum semicinctum

Autumn Meadowhawk ¹⁶
Sympetrum vicinum

Black Saddlebags ⁴
Tramea lacerata

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Dragonflies and Damselflies of Awenda

Damselflies 1 Zygoptera

Broad-winged Damselflies 2 Calopterygidae

Ebony Jewelwing 3 Calopteryx maculata

American Rubyspot 4 Hetaerina americana

Spread-winged Damselflies 5 Lestidae

Spotted Spreadwing 6 Lestes congener

Northern Spreadwing 7 Lestes disjunctus

Emerald Spreadwing 6 Lestes dryas

Amber-winged Spreadwing 8 Lestes eurinus

Sweetflag Spreadwing 9 Lestes forcipatus

Elegant Spreadwing 10 Lestes inaequalis

Slender Spreadwing 11 Lestes rectangularis

Lyre-tipped Spreadwing 9 Lestes unguiculatus

Swamp Spreadwing 12 Lestes vigilax

Narrow-winged Damselflies 13 Coenagrionidae

Eastern Red Damsel 14 Amphiagrion saucium

Variable Dancer 15 Argia fumipennis

Violet Dancer 16 Argia fumipennis violacea

Aurora Damsel 17 Chromagrion conditum

Taiga Bluet 16 Coenagrion resolutum

River Bluet 16 Enallagma anna

Northern Bluet 6 Enallagma annexum

Vernal Bluet 18 Enallagma vernale

Tule Bluet 9 Enallagma carunculatum

Familiar Bluet 19 Enallagma civile

Marsh Bluet 20 Enallagma ebrium

Skimming Bluet 21 Enallagma geminatum

Hagen's Bluet 9 Enallagma hageni

Orange Bluet 22 Enallagma signatum

Vesper Bluet 23 Enallagma vesperum

Fragile Forktail 24 Ischnura posita

Eastern Forktail 9 Ischnura verticalis

Sphagnum Sprite 25 Nehalennia gracilis

Sedge Sprite 9 Nehalennia irene

Dragonflies 26 Anisoptera

Darners 27 Aeshnidae

Canada Darner 16 Aeshna canadensis

Mottled Darner 18 Aeshna clepsydra

Lance-tipped Darner 8 Aeshna constricta

Variable Darner 16 Aeshna interrupta

Lake Darner 4 Aeshna eremita

Black-tipped Darner 28 Aeshna tuberculifera

Shadow Darner 9 Aeshna umbrosa

Common Green Darner 29 Anax junius

Springtime Darner 30 Basiaeschna janata

Ocellated Darner 31 Boyeria grafiana

Fawn Darner 32 Boyeria vinosa

Harlequin Darner 16 Gomphaeschna furcillata

Cyrano Darner 33 Nasiaeschna pentacantha

Clubtails 34 Gomphidae

Black-shouldered Spinyleg 11 Dromogomphus spinosus

Mustached Clubtail 11 Hylogomphus adelphus

Lancet Clubtail 35 Phanogomphus exilis

Ashy Clubtail 4 Phanogomphus lividus

Dusky Clubtail 36 Phanogomphus spicatus

Dragonhunter 37 Hagenius brevistylus

Spiketails 38 Cordulegastridae

Delta-spotted Spiketail 39 Cordulegaster diastatops

Twin-spotted Spiketail 39 Cordulegaster maculata

Cruisers 40 Macromiidae

Swift River Cruiser 41 Macromia illinoiensis

Emerald Dragonflies 42 Corduliidae

American Emerald 13 Cordulia shurtleffii

Racket-tailed Emerald 4 Dorocordulia libera

Beaverpond Baskettail 16 Epitheca canis

Common Baskettail 43 Epitheca cynosura

Prince Baskettail 44 Epitheca princeps

Spiny Baskettail 45 Epitheca spinigera

Uhler's Sundragon 4 Helocordulia uhleri

Incurvate Emerald 39 Somatochlora incurvata

Clamp-tipped Emerald 4 Somatochlora tenebrosa

Brush-tipped Emerald 46 Somatochlora walshii

Ebony Boghaunter Williamsonia fletcheri

Skimmers 47 Libellulidae

Calico Pennant 11 Celithemis elisa

Eastern Pondhawk 48 Erythemis simplicicollis

Chalk-fronted Corporal 4 Ladona julia

Frosted Whiteface 16 Leucorrhinia frigida

Hudsonian Whiteface 49 Leucorrhinia hudsonica