Odonata of Colleyville Nature Center - Colleyville, Texas
These are the Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) found at Colleyville Nature Center.*
The following have short, early flight seasons generally starting around March and ending well before June:
-Epitheca cynosura
-E. petechialis
-E. ...more ↓
Blue Dasher
The Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis) is a dragonfly of the skimmer family. It is common and widely distributed in the United States.
Twelve-spotted Skimmer
The Twelve-spotted Skimmer (Libellula pulchella) is a common North American skimmer dragonfly, found in southern Canada and in all 48 of the contiguous U.S. states.
Neon Skimmer
The Neon Skimmer (Libellula croceipennis) is a dragonfly of the skimmer family. It can be found near ponds, lakes and slow moving streams in the southwest United States, Central America, and northern South America.
Great Blue Skimmer
The Great Blue Skimmer (Libellula vibrans) is a dragonfly of the skimmer family. With a total length of 50 to 63 mm, it is one of the largest skimmers. The immature forms of the skimmer are brown in faecal matter and mature forms are blue hued. Look for it near lakes, ponds, and slow streams in the eastern United States and rarely in southern Ontario.
Slaty Skimmer
The Slaty Skimmer (Libellula incesta) is a dragonfly of the skimmer family, native to eastern United States and southern Ontario, Quebec, and New Brunswick. Adults are 5.28 cm (2.08 in) long. Mature males are dark blue with black heads. Females and juveniles have brown abdomens with a darker stripe down their backs. Adults fly from June to August.
Common Green Darner
The Green Darner or Common Green Darner (Anax junius), after its resemblance to a darning-needle, is a species of dragonfly in the family Aeshnidae. One of the most common and abundant species throughout North America and it ranges south to Panama. It is well known for its great migration distance from the northern United States south into Texas and Mexico. It also ...more ↓
Dot-winged Baskettail
The Dot-winged Baskettail (Epitheca petechialis) is a dragonfly of the Corduliidae family. Their flight season extends from January to July, slightly later than the other Baskettails. The easiest specimens to identify are those with the characteristic spots on the hindwing that give the species its name. Individuals without these spots are difficult to distinguish from the other ...more ↓
Common Baskettail
The Common Baskettail (Epitheca cynosura) is a dragonfly of the Corduliidae family. The thorax is brown and hairy. Some specimens have a triangular spot at the base of the hindwing. Individuals are difficult to distinguish from the other species in this genus. The caudal appendages (structures at the tip of the abdomen) differ between the species and can be compared with ...more ↓
Roseate Skimmer
The Roseate Skimmer (Orthemis ferruginea) is a species dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is native to the Americas, where its distribution extends from the United States to Brazil. It is common and widespread. It is an introduced species in Hawaii.
Widow Skimmer
The Widow Skimmer (Libellula luctuosa) is one of the group of dragonflies known as King Skimmers. The species can be found commonly across much of the United States (except in the higher Rocky Mountains areas) and in southern Ontario and Quebec. Adults have a steely blue body area but juveniles are yellow with brown stipes. Wings of both sexes are marked with prominent black ...more ↓
Halloween Pennant
The Halloween Pennant (Celithemis eponina) is a dragonfly found in North America, in the Pennant genus of dragonflies.
Eastern Pondhawk
The Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis), also known as the Common Pondhawk, is a dragonfly of the family Libellulidae, native to the eastern two-thirds of the United States and southern Ontario, Canada. The species is distinguished in that the female is bright green and the adult male has a blue abdomen with a green face and green and blue thorax.
Great Pondhawk
The great pondhawk (Erythemis vesiculosa) is a dragonfly of the family Libellulidae. It is distributed throughout the Americas as far north as the United States.
Spot-winged Glider
The Spot-winged Glider (Pantala hymenaea) is a dragonfly of the family Libellulidae. It looks very much like the Wandering Glider with the addition of a basal spot on the hindwing....
Wandering Glider
Pantala flavescens, the Globe Skimmer or Wandering Glider, is a wide-ranging dragonfly of the family Libellulidae. This species and Pantala hymenaea, the "Spot-winged Glider", are the only members of the genus Pantala from the subfamily Pantalinae. It was first described by Fabricius in 1798. It is considered to be the most widespread dragonfly on the ...more ↓
Black Saddlebags
The Black Saddlebags (Tramea lacerata) is a species of skimmer dragonfly found throughout North America. It has distinctive wings with characteristic black blotches at their proximal ends, which make the dragonfly look as though it is wearing saddlebags.
Red Saddlebags
The Red-mantled Saddlebags or Red Saddlebags (Tramea onusta) is a species of skimmer dragonfly found throughout the eastern United States. It has translucent wings with red veins, and has characteristic dark red blotches at their proximal base, which makes the dragonfly look as if it is carrying saddlebags when flying. The last two bands and the cerci of these dragonflies ...more ↓
Eastern Amberwing
The Eastern Amberwing (Perithemis tenera) is a species of dragonfly in family Libellulidae. It is very small, reaching a total length of no more than 25 mm. The males have orange or amber wings. Both genders have a red pterostigma.
Variegated Meadowhawk
The Variegated Meadowhawk (Sympetrum corruptum) is a dragonfly of the family Libellulidae, native to North America.
Blue-faced Meadowhawk
The blue-faced meadowhawk (Sympetrum ambiguum) is a dragonfly of the family Libellulidae.
Jade Clubtail
The Jade Clubtail (Arigomphus submedianus) is a dragonfly in the Gomphidae family. Its total length is 51 to 55mm.
Autumn Meadowhawk
The Yellow-legged Meadowhawk or Autumn Meadowhawk (Sympetrum vicinum) is a member of the Libellulidae family and grows to 26–35 mm long.
Swift River Cruiser
Macromia illinoiensis, also known as the Swift River Cruiser or the Illinois River Cruiser, is a species of dragonfly in the Macromiidae family. It was described by Walsh in 1862.
Carolina Saddlebags
Tramea carolina, the Carolina saddlebags, is a species of dragonfly native to eastern North America.
Swift River Cruiser
Macromia illinoiensis, also known as the swift river cruiser or the Illinois river cruiser, is a species of dragonfly in the family Macromiidae. It was described by Walsh in 1862.
