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).

All 93

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

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Dragonflies and damselflies of GSMNP

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