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Cape Breton Highlands National Park of Canada | Parc national du Canada des Hautes-Terres-du-Cap-Breton

A guide to potential species observed in Cape Breton Highlands National Park. For more information about Cape Breton Highlands National Park, please visit: ...more ↓

Canada Darner 1
Aeshna canadensis
Lake Darner 2
Aeshna eremita
Zigzag Darner 3
Aeshna sitchensis
Subarctic Darner 4
Aeshna subarctica
Common Green Darner 5
Anax junius
Delta-spotted Spiketail 6
Cordulegaster diastatops
Twin-spotted Spiketail
Cordulegaster maculata
American Emerald 7
Cordulia shurtleffii
Stream Cruiser 8
Didymops transversa
Petite Emerald 9
Dorocordulia lepida
Racket-tailed Emerald 10
Dorocordulia libera
Lancet Clubtail 11
Gomphus exilis
Chalk-fronted Corporal 12
Ladona julia
Northern Pygmy Clubtail 12
Lanthus parvulus
Frosted Whiteface 7
Leucorrhinia frigida
Crimson-ringed Whiteface 13
Leucorrhinia glacialis
Hudsonian Whiteface 14
Leucorrhinia hudsonica
Canada Whiteface 6
Leucorrhinia patricia
Belted Whiteface 15
Leucorrhinia proxima
Riffle Snaketail 12
Ophiogomphus carolus
Ringed Emerald 16
Somatochlora albicincta
Quebec Emerald
Somatochlora brevicincta
Lake Emerald 17
Somatochlora cingulata
Ski-tipped Emerald 6
Somatochlora elongata
Forcipate Emerald 6
Somatochlora forcipata
Ocellated Emerald 1
Somatochlora minor
Muskeg Emerald
Somatochlora septentrionalis
Saffron-winged Meadowhawk 18
Sympetrum costiferum
Black Meadowhawk 1
Sympetrum danae
Ruby Meadowhawk 19
Sympetrum rubicundulum

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