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Dragonflies and damselflies of GSMNP

This guide is a work in progress and will include all of the Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) known to Great Smoky Mountains National Park, as reported by the All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory (ATBI) being carried out there by Discover Life in America (DLIA).

Bar-winged Skimmer 1
Libellula axilena
Spangled Skimmer 2
Libellula cyanea
Yellow-sided Skimmer 3
Libellula flavida
Slaty Skimmer 4
Libellula incesta
Widow Skimmer 5
Libellula luctuosa
Twelve-spotted Skimmer 6
Libellula pulchella
Painted Skimmer 7
Libellula semifasciata
Great Blue Skimmer 8
Libellula vibrans
Halloween Pennant 9
Celithemis eponina
Banded Pennant 10
Celithemis fasciata
Blue-faced Meadowhawk 10
Sympetrum ambiguum
Ruby Meadowhawk 11
Sympetrum rubicundulum
Band-winged Meadowhawk 12
Sympetrum semicinctum
Autumn Meadowhawk 13
Sympetrum vicinum
Wandering Glider 1
Pantala flavescens
Spot-winged Glider 14
Pantala hymenaea
Carolina Saddlebags 10
Tramea carolina
Black Saddlebags 1
Tramea lacerata
Eastern Pondhawk 15
Erythemis simplicicollis
Blue Corporal 16
Ladona deplanata
Blue Dasher 1
Pachydiplax longipennis
Eastern Amberwing 17
Perithemis tenera
Common Whitetail 18
Plathemis lydia
Swift Setwing 9
Dythemis velox
Slender Baskettail 19
Epitheca costalis
Common Baskettail 20
Epitheca cynosura
Prince Baskettail 21
Epitheca princeps
Uhler's Sundragon 1
Helocordulia uhleri
Stygian Shadowdragon 22
Neurocordulia yamaskanensis
Ski-tipped Emerald 23
Somatochlora elongata
Mocha Emerald 19
Somatochlora linearis
Treetop Emerald 16
Somatochlora provocans
Clamp-tipped Emerald 1
Somatochlora tenebrosa
Williamson's Emerald 23
Somatochlora williamsoni
Allegheny River Cruiser
Macromia alleghaniensis
Swift River Cruiser 1
Macromia illinoiensis
Stream Cruiser 24
Didymops transversa

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