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Lee County, IL Biodiversity (WIP)

Celebrating the surprising biodiversity of a county sometimes relegated to being thought of as just cornfields! Will be adding to this incrementally with confirmed observations of all forms of life in Lee County, using sources such as INHS, several guides, natural area catalogs, and of course ...more ↓

Slaty Skimmer 1
Libellula incesta
Widow Skimmer 2
Libellula luctuosa
Twelve-spotted Skimmer 3
Libellula pulchella
Calico Pennant 4
Celithemis elisa
Halloween Pennant 5
Celithemis eponina
White-faced Meadowhawk 6
Sympetrum obtrusum
Ruby Meadowhawk 7
Sympetrum rubicundulum
Band-winged Meadowhawk 8
Sympetrum semicinctum
Autumn Meadowhawk 9
Sympetrum vicinum
Wandering Glider 1
Pantala flavescens
Carolina Saddlebags 10
Tramea carolina
Black Saddlebags 1
Tramea lacerata
Eastern Pondhawk 11
Erythemis simplicicollis
Blue Dasher 1
Pachydiplax longipennis
Eastern Amberwing 12
Perithemis tenera
Common Whitetail 13
Plathemis lydia
Plains Clubtail 8
Gomphurus externus
Midland Clubtail 14
Gomphurus fraternus
Cobra Clubtail
Gomphurus vastus
Common Green Darner 15
Anax junius
Shadow Darner 16
Aeshna umbrosa
Arrowhead Spiketail 17
Cordulegaster obliqua
Common Baskettail 18
Epitheca cynosura
Prince Baskettail 19
Epitheca princeps
Variable Dancer 20
Argia fumipennis
Springwater Dancer 21
Argia plana
River Bluet 9
Enallagma anna
Azure Bluet 18
Enallagma aspersum
Familiar Bluet 22
Enallagma civile
Stream Bluet 23
Enallagma exsulans
Skimming Bluet 24
Enallagma geminatum
Citrine Forktail 14
Ischnura hastata
Fragile Forktail 25
Ischnura posita
Eastern Forktail 1
Ischnura verticalis
Eastern Red Damsel 26
Amphiagrion saucium
Sedge Sprite 16
Nehalennia irene
American Rubyspot 1
Hetaerina americana
Ebony Jewelwing 27
Calopteryx maculata
Spotted Spreadwing 8
Lestes congener
Northern Spreadwing 23
Lestes disjunctus
Emerald Spreadwing 8
Lestes dryas
Elegant Spreadwing 28
Lestes inaequalis
Slender Spreadwing 4
Lestes rectangularis
Lyre-tipped Spreadwing 16
Lestes unguiculatus

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