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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Four-spotted Pennant ¹
Brachymesia gravida

Halloween Pennant ²
Celithemis eponina

Banded Pennant ³
Celithemis fasciata

Ornate Pennant ⁴
Celithemis ornata

Double-ringed Pennant ⁵
Celithemis verna

Eastern Pondhawk ⁶
Erythemis simplicicollis

Seaside Dragonlet ⁷
Erythrodiplax berenice

Plateau Dragonlet
Erythrodiplax connata

Little Blue Dragonlet ⁸
Erythrodiplax minuscula

Golden-winged Skimmer ⁹
Libellula auripennis

Bar-winged Skimmer ¹⁰
Libellula axilena

Needham's Skimmer ¹¹
Libellula needhami

Marl Pennant ¹²
Macrodiplax balteata

Hyacinth Glider ¹³
Miathyria marcella

Roseate Skimmer ¹⁴
Orthemis ferruginea

Blue Dasher ³
Pachydiplax longipennis

Wandering Glider ¹⁵
Pantala flavescens

Spot-winged Glider ¹⁶
Pantala hymenaea

Eastern Amberwing ¹⁷
Perithemis tenera

Carolina Saddlebags ³
Tramea carolina

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MatBio: DRAGONFLIES & Damselflies - Matanzas Biodiversity

Four-spotted Pennant 1 Brachymesia gravida

Halloween Pennant 2 Celithemis eponina

Banded Pennant 3 Celithemis fasciata

Ornate Pennant 4 Celithemis ornata

Double-ringed Pennant 5 Celithemis verna

Eastern Pondhawk 6 Erythemis simplicicollis

Seaside Dragonlet 7 Erythrodiplax berenice

Plateau Dragonlet Erythrodiplax connata

Little Blue Dragonlet 8 Erythrodiplax minuscula

Golden-winged Skimmer 9 Libellula auripennis

Bar-winged Skimmer 10 Libellula axilena

Needham's Skimmer 11 Libellula needhami

Marl Pennant 12 Macrodiplax balteata

Hyacinth Glider 13 Miathyria marcella

Roseate Skimmer 14 Orthemis ferruginea

Blue Dasher 3 Pachydiplax longipennis

Wandering Glider 15 Pantala flavescens

Spot-winged Glider 16 Pantala hymenaea

Eastern Amberwing 17 Perithemis tenera

Carolina Saddlebags 3 Tramea carolina