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

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

American Rubyspot ⁴
Hetaerina americana

Superb Jewelwing ¹²
Calopteryx amata

Appalachian Jewelwing ¹³
Calopteryx angustipennis

Sparkling Jewelwing ¹³
Calopteryx dimidiata

Ebony Jewelwing ¹⁴
Calopteryx maculata

Great Spreadwing ³
Archilestes grandis

Southern Spreadwing ⁵
Lestes australis

Spotted Spreadwing ¹⁵
Lestes congener

Amber-winged Spreadwing
Lestes eurinus

Sweetflag Spreadwing ¹⁶
Lestes forcipatus

Slender Spreadwing ¹⁷
Lestes rectangularis

Swamp Spreadwing ¹⁸
Lestes vigilax

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Dragonflies and damselflies of GSMNP

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

American Rubyspot 4 Hetaerina americana

Superb Jewelwing 12 Calopteryx amata

Appalachian Jewelwing 13 Calopteryx angustipennis

Sparkling Jewelwing 13 Calopteryx dimidiata

Ebony Jewelwing 14 Calopteryx maculata

Great Spreadwing 3 Archilestes grandis

Southern Spreadwing 5 Lestes australis

Spotted Spreadwing 15 Lestes congener

Amber-winged Spreadwing Lestes eurinus

Sweetflag Spreadwing 16 Lestes forcipatus

Slender Spreadwing 17 Lestes rectangularis

Swamp Spreadwing 18 Lestes vigilax