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A guide to the Dragonflies and Damselflies (Order Odonata) of Austin and Travis County, TX; USA

A guide to the Dragonflies and Damselflies (Order Odonata) of Austin and Travis County, TX.

Flame Skimmer 1
Libellula saturata
Widow Skimmer 2
Libellula luctuosa
Halloween Pennant 3
Celithemis eponina
Band-winged Dragonlet 4
Erythrodiplax umbrata
Spot-winged Glider 5
Pantala hymenaea
Black Saddlebags 6
Tramea lacerata
Pin-tailed Pondhawk 6
Erythemis plebeja
Great Pondhawk 6
Erythemis vesiculosa
Blue Dasher 6
Pachydiplax longipennis
Eastern Amberwing 7
Perithemis tenera
Eastern Pondhawk 8
Erythemis simplicicollis
Calico Pennant 9
Celithemis elisa
Variegated Meadowhawk 10
Sympetrum corruptum
Autumn Meadowhawk 11
Sympetrum vicinum
Carolina Saddlebags 12
Tramea carolina
Four-spotted Pennant 6
Brachymesia gravida
Roseate Skimmer 13
Orthemis ferruginea
Needham's Skimmer 14
Libellula needhami
Twelve-spotted Skimmer 15
Libellula pulchella
Common Whitetail 16
Plathemis lydia
Red-tailed Pennant 17
Brachymesia furcata
Pale-faced Clubskimmer 18
Brechmorhoga mendax
Gray-waisted Skimmer 6
Cannaphila insularis
Banded Pennant 12
Celithemis fasciata
Checkered Setwing 19
Dythemis fugax
Black Setwing 20
Dythemis nigrescens
Swift Setwing 19
Dythemis velox
Little Blue Dragonlet 21
Erythrodiplax minuscula
Metallic Pennant 21
Idiataphe cubensis
Blue Corporal 12
Ladona deplanata
Comanche Skimmer 6
Libellula comanche
Neon Skimmer 22
Libellula croceipennis
Slaty Skimmer 6
Libellula incesta
Great Blue Skimmer 23
Libellula vibrans
Marl Pennant 24
Macrodiplax balteata
Straw-colored Sylph 6
Macrothemis inacuta
Jade-striped Sylph
Macrothemis inequiunguis
Hyacinth Glider 25
Miathyria marcella
Thornbush Dasher 26
Micrathyria hagenii
Carmine Skimmer 27
Orthemis discolor
Wandering Glider 6
Pantala flavescens
Slough Amberwing 28
Perithemis domitia
Filigree Skimmer 29
Pseudoleon superbus
Blue-faced Meadowhawk 12
Sympetrum ambiguum
Evening Skimmer 9
Tholymis citrina
Striped Saddlebags 29
Tramea calverti
Red Saddlebags 19
Tramea onusta

Edited by Curtis Eckerman, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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