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 ↓

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Common Baskettail ¹
Epitheca cynosura

Four-spotted Pennant ²
Brachymesia gravida

Halloween Pennant ³
Celithemis eponina

Banded Pennant ⁴
Celithemis fasciata

Ornate Pennant ⁵
Celithemis ornata

Double-ringed Pennant ⁶
Celithemis verna

Eastern Pondhawk ⁷
Erythemis simplicicollis

Seaside Dragonlet ⁸
Erythrodiplax berenice

Plateau Dragonlet
Erythrodiplax connata

Little Blue Dragonlet ⁹
Erythrodiplax minuscula

Golden-winged Skimmer ¹⁰
Libellula auripennis

Bar-winged Skimmer ¹¹
Libellula axilena

Needham's Skimmer ¹²
Libellula needhami

Marl Pennant ¹³
Macrodiplax balteata

Hyacinth Glider ¹⁴
Miathyria marcella

Roseate Skimmer ¹⁵
Orthemis ferruginea

Blue Dasher ⁴
Pachydiplax longipennis

Wandering Glider ¹⁶
Pantala flavescens

Spot-winged Glider ¹⁷
Pantala hymenaea

Eastern Amberwing ¹⁸
Perithemis tenera

Carolina Saddlebags ⁴
Tramea carolina

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MatBio: DRAGONFLIES & Damselflies - Matanzas Biodiversity

Common Baskettail 1 Epitheca cynosura

Four-spotted Pennant 2 Brachymesia gravida

Halloween Pennant 3 Celithemis eponina

Banded Pennant 4 Celithemis fasciata

Ornate Pennant 5 Celithemis ornata

Double-ringed Pennant 6 Celithemis verna

Eastern Pondhawk 7 Erythemis simplicicollis

Seaside Dragonlet 8 Erythrodiplax berenice

Plateau Dragonlet Erythrodiplax connata

Little Blue Dragonlet 9 Erythrodiplax minuscula

Golden-winged Skimmer 10 Libellula auripennis

Bar-winged Skimmer 11 Libellula axilena

Needham's Skimmer 12 Libellula needhami

Marl Pennant 13 Macrodiplax balteata

Hyacinth Glider 14 Miathyria marcella

Roseate Skimmer 15 Orthemis ferruginea

Blue Dasher 4 Pachydiplax longipennis

Wandering Glider 16 Pantala flavescens

Spot-winged Glider 17 Pantala hymenaea

Eastern Amberwing 18 Perithemis tenera

Carolina Saddlebags 4 Tramea carolina