Dragonflies and Damselflies of San Mateo County

Eight-spotted Skimmer 1
Libellula forensis
Widow Skimmer 1
Libellula luctuosa
Flame Skimmer 1
Libellula saturata
Variegated Meadowhawk 1
Sympetrum corruptum
Cardinal Meadowhawk 1
Sympetrum illotum
Red-veined Meadowhawk 2
Sympetrum madidum
Striped Meadowhawk 3
Sympetrum pallipes
Wandering Glider 1
Pantala flavescens
Spot-winged Glider 1
Pantala hymenaea
Black Saddlebags 1
Tramea lacerata
Red Saddlebags 1
Tramea onusta
Western Pondhawk 1
Erythemis collocata
Blue Dasher 4
Pachydiplax longipennis
Common Whitetail 1
Plathemis lydia
Red Rock Skimmer 1
Paltothemis lineatipes
Grappletail 4
Octogomphus specularis
Bison Snaketail 1
Ophiogomphus bison
Common Green Darner 1
Anax junius
Paddle-tailed Darner 5
Aeshna palmata
Walker's Darner 1
Aeshna walkeri
California Darner 1
Rhionaeschna californica
Blue-eyed Darner 1
Rhionaeschna multicolor
Pacific Spiketail 1
Cordulegaster dorsalis
California Dancer 1
Argia agrioides
Vivid Dancer 1
Argia vivida
Northern Bluet 1
Enallagma annexum
Tule Bluet 1
Enallagma carunculatum
Familiar Bluet 1
Enallagma civile
Arroyo Bluet 1
Enallagma praevarum
Pacific Forktail 1
Ischnura cervula
Western Forktail 1
Ischnura perparva
Desert Firetail 1
Telebasis salva
Exclamation Damsel 1
Zoniagrion exclamationis
California Spreadwing 1
Archilestes californicus
Spotted Spreadwing 1
Lestes congener
Northern Spreadwing 1
Lestes disjunctus
Black Spreadwing 1
Lestes stultus

Edited by Leslie Flint, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

Photo Credits

  • 1. (c) Leslie Flint, all rights reserved, uploaded by Leslie Flint
  • 2. (c) Tom Benson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
  • 3. (c) Andrew Reding, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
  • 4. (c) Greg Lasley, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Greg Lasley
  • 5. (c) Jim Johnson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by Jim Johnson