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Odonata of the Anacostia River Watershed

Widow Skimmer 1
Libellula luctuosa
Blue-fronted Dancer 2
Argia apicalis
Halloween Pennant 3
Celithemis eponina
Vesper Bluet 4
Enallagma vesperum
Spot-winged Glider 5
Pantala hymenaea
Black Saddlebags 5
Tramea lacerata
Blue Dasher 6
Pachydiplax longipennis
Eastern Amberwing 7
Perithemis tenera
Eastern Pondhawk 8
Erythemis simplicicollis
Calico Pennant 9
Celithemis elisa
Shadow Darner 10
Aeshna umbrosa
Common Green Darner 11
Anax junius
Autumn Meadowhawk 5
Sympetrum vicinum
Carolina Saddlebags 12
Tramea carolina
Needham's Skimmer 13
Libellula needhami
Rambur's Forktail 14
Ischnura ramburii
Twelve-spotted Skimmer 5
Libellula pulchella
Ebony Jewelwing 15
Calopteryx maculata
Common Whitetail 5
Plathemis lydia
Eastern Forktail 16
Ischnura verticalis
Comet Darner 17
Anax longipes
Great Spreadwing 5
Archilestes grandis
Seepage Dancer 18
Argia bipunctulata
Variable Dancer 19
Argia fumipennis
Powdered Dancer 12
Argia moesta
Blue-tipped Dancer 20
Argia tibialis
Unicorn Clubtail 21
Arigomphus villosipes
Banded Pennant 9
Celithemis fasciata
Stream Cruiser 22
Didymops transversa
Black-shouldered Spinyleg 9
Dromogomphus spinosus
Azure Bluet 23
Enallagma aspersum
Familiar Bluet 24
Enallagma civile
Big Bluet 25
Enallagma durum
Stream Bluet 26
Enallagma exsulans
Skimming Bluet 27
Enallagma geminatum
Orange Bluet 28
Enallagma signatum
Slender Bluet 12
Enallagma traviatum
Swamp Darner 29
Epiaeschna heros
Common Baskettail 23
Epitheca cynosura
Prince Baskettail 30
Epitheca princeps
Dragonhunter 31
Hagenius brevistylus
Citrine Forktail 32
Ischnura hastata
Lilypad Forktail 7
Ischnura kellicotti
Fragile Forktail 5
Ischnura posita
Blue Corporal 12
Ladona deplanata
Elegant Spreadwing 33
Lestes inaequalis
Slender Spreadwing 9
Lestes rectangularis
Golden-winged Skimmer 34
Libellula auripennis
Spangled Skimmer 35
Libellula cyanea
Slaty Skimmer 7
Libellula incesta
Painted Skimmer 36
Libellula semifasciata
Great Blue Skimmer 37
Libellula vibrans
Cyrano Darner 38
Nasiaeschna pentacantha
Wandering Glider 39
Pantala flavescens
Mocha Emerald 40
Somatochlora linearis
Clamp-tipped Emerald 41
Somatochlora tenebrosa
Russet-tipped Clubtail
Stylurus plagiatus
Blue-faced Meadowhawk 12
Sympetrum ambiguum
Lancet Clubtail 18
Phanogomphus exilis

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