Delaware State Odonata

Odonata species found in the state of Delaware based on research grade submissions and documented range in iNaturalist. Additionally, species known through other means (OC) to have been observed in the state of Delaware have been included.

Blue-fronted Dancer 1
Argia apicalis
Seepage Dancer 2
Argia bipunctulata
Variable Dancer
Argia fumipennis
Violet Dancer 3
Argia fumipennis violacea
Powdered Dancer 4
Argia moesta
Blue-tipped Dancer 3
Argia tibialis
Dusky Dancer 5
Argia translata
Azure Bluet 6
Enallagma aspersum
Double-striped Bluet 7
Enallagma basidens
Familiar Bluet 8
Enallagma civile
Attenuated Bluet
Enallagma daeckii
Turquoise Bluet 9
Enallagma divagans
Burgundy Bluet 3
Enallagma dubium
Big Bluet 10
Enallagma durum
Stream Bluet 1
Enallagma exsulans
Skimming Bluet 11
Enallagma geminatum
Pale Bluet 12
Enallagma pallidum
Orange Bluet 13
Enallagma signatum
Slender Bluet 4
Enallagma traviatum
Vesper Bluet 14
Enallagma vesperum
Blackwater Bluet 5
Enallagma weewa
Citrine Forktail 15
Ischnura hastata
Lilypad Forktail 5
Ischnura kellicotti
Fragile Forktail 16
Ischnura posita
Rambur's Forktail 17
Ischnura ramburii
Eastern Forktail 18
Ischnura verticalis
Eastern Red Damsel 9
Amphiagrion saucium
Aurora Damsel 19
Chromagrion conditum
Sphagnum Sprite 20
Nehalennia gracilis
Southern Sprite 20
Nehalennia integricollis
Duckweed Firetail 21
Telebasis byersi

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