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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).

Blue-fronted Dancer 1
Argia apicalis
Powdered Dancer 2
Argia moesta
Blue-tipped Dancer 3
Argia tibialis
Dusky Dancer 4
Argia translata
Violet Dancer 3
Argia fumipennis violacea
Azure Bluet 5
Enallagma aspersum
Double-striped Bluet 6
Enallagma basidens
Familiar Bluet 7
Enallagma civile
Turquoise Bluet 8
Enallagma divagans
Stream Bluet 1
Enallagma exsulans
Skimming Bluet 9
Enallagma geminatum
Orange Bluet 10
Enallagma signatum
Slender Bluet 2
Enallagma traviatum
Citrine Forktail 11
Ischnura hastata
Fragile Forktail
Ischnura posita
Eastern Forktail 4
Ischnura verticalis
Eastern Red Damsel 8
Amphiagrion saucium
Aurora Damsel 3
Chromagrion conditum

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