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 ↓

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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

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Lee County, IL Biodiversity (WIP)

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