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Odonata (Dragonflies and Damselflies) of Oregon

All of the Odonata, the dragonflies and damselflies, recorded in Oregon.

Flame Skimmer 1
Libellula saturata
Widow Skimmer 2
Libellula luctuosa
Pacific Clubtail 3
Gomphus kurilis
California Dancer 4
Argia agrioides
Cardinal Meadowhawk 3
Sympetrum illotum
American Rubyspot 5
Hetaerina americana
Spot-winged Glider 6
Pantala hymenaea
Black Saddlebags 7
Tramea lacerata
Canada Darner 1
Aeshna canadensis
Vivid Dancer 8
Argia vivida
Four-spotted Skimmer 9
Libellula quadrimaculata
Chalk-fronted Corporal
Ladona julia
Blue Dasher 10
Pachydiplax longipennis
Pacific Forktail 3
Ischnura cervula
Pacific Spiketail 3
Cordulegaster dorsalis
Black Petaltail 11
Tanypteryx hageni
Variable Darner 12
Aeshna interrupta
Paddle-tailed Darner 13
Aeshna palmata
Shadow Darner 14
Aeshna umbrosa
Walker's Darner 13
Aeshna walkeri
Western River Cruiser 15
Macromia magnifica
Common Green Darner 16
Anax junius
California Darner 17
Rhionaeschna californica
Blue-eyed Darner 18
Rhionaeschna multicolor
Variegated Meadowhawk 19
Sympetrum corruptum
Autumn Meadowhawk 10
Sympetrum vicinum
Grappletail
Octogomphus specularis
Bison Snaketail 3
Ophiogomphus bison
Twelve-spotted Skimmer 20
Libellula pulchella
Eight-spotted Skimmer 4
Libellula forensis
Common Whitetail 21
Plathemis lydia
Western Pondhawk
Erythemis collocata
Lance-tipped Darner 22
Aeshna constricta
Sedge Darner 23
Aeshna juncea
Zigzag Darner 24
Aeshna sitchensis
Subarctic Darner
Aeshna subarctica
Black-tipped Darner 25
Aeshna tuberculifera
Western Red Damsel 18
Amphiagrion abbreviatum
California Spreadwing 26
Archilestes californicus
Paiute Dancer 27
Argia alberta
Emma's Dancer 28
Argia emma
Sooty Dancer 28
Argia lugens
Aztec Dancer 18
Argia nahuana
River Jewelwing 29
Calopteryx aequabilis
Taiga Bluet 18
Coenagrion resolutum
American Emerald 27
Cordulia shurtleffii
River Bluet 18
Enallagma anna
Northern Bluet 18
Enallagma annexum
Boreal Bluet 14
Enallagma boreale
Tule Bluet 30
Enallagma carunculatum
Familiar Bluet
Enallagma civile
Alkali Bluet
Enallagma clausum
Beaverpond Baskettail 3
Epitheca canis
Spiny Baskettail 31
Epitheca spinigera
White-belted Ringtail 18
Erpetogomphus compositus
Columbia Clubtail 32
Gomphus lynnae
Desert Forktail 27
Ischnura barberi
Black-fronted Forktail 18
Ischnura denticollis
Swift Forktail 3
Ischnura erratica
Western Forktail 31
Ischnura perparva
Spotted Spreadwing 18
Lestes congener
Northern Spreadwing 16
Lestes disjunctus
Emerald Spreadwing 18
Lestes dryas
Sweetflag Spreadwing 14
Lestes forcipatus
Black Spreadwing 3
Lestes stultus
Lyre-tipped Spreadwing 14
Lestes unguiculatus
Crimson-ringed Whiteface 33
Leucorrhinia glacialis
Hudsonian Whiteface 34
Leucorrhinia hudsonica
Dot-tailed Whiteface 35
Leucorrhinia intacta
Belted Whiteface 18
Leucorrhinia proxima
Comanche Skimmer 18
Libellula comanche
Bleached Skimmer 27
Libellula composita
Hoary Skimmer 27
Libellula nodisticta
Sedge Sprite 14
Nehalennia irene
Great Basin Snaketail
Ophiogomphus morrisoni
Sinuous Snaketail 13
Ophiogomphus occidentis
Pale Snaketail 18
Ophiogomphus severus
Red Rock Skimmer 27
Paltothemis lineatipes
Wandering Glider 23
Pantala flavescens
Desert Whitetail 27
Plathemis subornata
Ringed Emerald 36
Somatochlora albicincta
Ocellated Emerald
Somatochlora minor
Mountain Emerald 37
Somatochlora semicircularis
Brush-tipped Emerald
Somatochlora walshii
Olive Clubtail 38
Stylurus olivaceus
Saffron-winged Meadowhawk 39
Sympetrum costiferum
Black Meadowhawk 40
Sympetrum danae
Cherry-faced Meadowhawk 18
Sympetrum internum
Red-veined Meadowhawk 3
Sympetrum madidum
White-faced Meadowhawk 14
Sympetrum obtrusum
Striped Meadowhawk 18
Sympetrum pallipes
Band-winged Meadowhawk 18
Sympetrum semicinctum
Red Saddlebags 41
Tramea onusta

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