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
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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.
Fragile Forktail
The Fragile Forktail (Ischnura posita) is a species of damselfly in the genus Ischnura. It is 21 to 29 mm long. It is native to most all of eastern North America.
Rambur's Forktail
Rambur's Forktail (Ischnura ramburii) is a member of the damselfly family Coenagrionidae. Males are green with blue on abdominal segments 8 and 9. Females are orange-red, olive green, or similar to males in coloration. This is the most widespread New World Ischnura, occurring throughout the Americas from the United States to Chile, as well as Hawaii and the Antilles.
Citrine Forktail
The Citrine Forktail, Ischnura hastata, is a damselfly of the family Coenagrionidae.
Familiar Bluet
The Familiar Bluet (Enallagma civile) is a damselfly of the family Coenagrionidae, native to much of the United States and southern Canada.
Double-striped Bluet
The Double-Striped Bluet (Enallagma basidens) is species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. This species grows to lengths 21–28 mm. Its common name from the peculiar black shoulder stripe, which is divided in two by a thin blue stripe. This is the key identification characteristic; no other damselfly has a shoulder stripe that looks like this one.
Great Spreadwing
Archilestes grandis is a damselfly in the family Lestidae. Its commonly known as the great spreadwing. When great spreadwings are startled they often return to the same perch or a perch nearby.
American Rubyspot
The American Rubyspot (Hetaerina americana) is a damselfly of the family Calopterygidae. Males have a lustrous red head and thorax. The abdomen of both genders is brilliant green. The female may have either green or copper colored marks on the thorax.
Orange Bluet
Enallagma signatum is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae, commonly known as the orange bluet.
Blue-fronted Dancer
The blue-fronted dancer (Argia apicalis) is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae, native to parts of North America. It was first described by the American zoologist Thomas Say in 1840. It is a common species with a wide range and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has assessed its conservation status as being of "least concern".
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.
Powdered Dancer
The Powdered Dancer (Argia moesta) is a damselfly of the family Coenagrionidae. It is native to North America. It may be seen year-round in at least some of its range.
Stream Bluet
The Stream Bluet (Enallagma exsulans) is a species of American bluet damselflies in the family Coenagrionidae. Its length is 29–37 mm. Many bluet species prefer ponds and lakes; the Stream Bluet as its name implies is most at home along moving waters. It can be found along small to medium-sized rivers. It is occasionally found at lakes too. In many species of damselflies the ...more ↓
Ebony Jewelwing
The Ebony Jewelwing (Calopteryx maculata) is a species of broad-winged damselfly. It is one out of the 170 species of the Odonata found in New England, the Mid-Atlantic states, and southeastern Canada.
Dusky Dancer
The Dusky Dancer (Argia translata) is a damselfly of the family Coenagrionidae, native to eastern and southern North America.
Slender Bluet
Enallagma traviatum is a species of small damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. Its commonly known as the slender bluet. The slender is small about 29–32 mm in length.
Aztec Dancer
The Aztec Dancer (Argia nahuana) damselfly is one of the pond damsels. The dark black stripe on the side of the thorax is forked from front to back. Other field marks include blue postocular spots, pale blue legs with a black stripe, and a blue ring on the seventh segment of the abdomen.
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.
