Damselflies & Dragonflies common to the Martin Griffin Preserve of Audubon Canyon Ranch

ACR’s Martin Griffin Preserve encompasses 1,000 acres in West Marin, protected in perpetuity since 1962 as a wildlife sanctuary.

Martin Griffin Preserve of ACR consists of mixed evergreen forests blanket slopes overlooking the Bolinas Lagoon. Open hillsides support grasslands and ...more ↓

All 20

Vivid Dancer ¹
Argia vivida

Black Spreadwing ²
Lestes stultus

Tule Bluet ³
Enallagma carunculatum

Northern Bluets ⁴
Coenagrion

Pacific Forktail ⁵
Ischnura cervula

Familiar Bluet ⁶
Enallagma civile

Cardinal Meadowhawk ⁷
Sympetrum illotum

North American Spotted Spreadwing ⁸
Lestes congener

Western Pondhawk ⁹
Erythemis collocata

Variegated Meadowhawk ¹⁰
Sympetrum corruptum

Blue Dasher ⁹
Pachydiplax longipennis

Western Forktail ¹¹
Ischnura perparva

Twelve-spotted Skimmer ¹²
Libellula pulchella

Eight-spotted Skimmer ¹³
Libellula forensis

Flame Skimmer ¹⁴
Libellula saturata

Blue-eyed Darner ⁹
Rhionaeschna multicolor

Black Saddlebags ⁹
Tramea lacerata

Pacific Spiketail ²
Cordulegaster dorsalis

California Darner ¹⁵
Rhionaeschna californica

Common Green Darner ¹⁶
Anax junius

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

Photo Credits

1. (c) Kakalotli, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Kakalotli
2. (c) David Hofmann, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
3. (c) Dan Mullen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
4. (c) Roger Sanderson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
5. (c) BJ Stacey, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by BJ Stacey
6. (c) Gordon Johnston, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Gordon Johnston
7. (c) Justin Cook, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Justin Cook
8. (c) J. N. Stuart, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
9. (c) Greg Lasley, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Greg Lasley
10. (c) Steve Berardi, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
11. (c) Bob Danley, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
12. (c) Vicki DeLoach, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
13. (c) Eugene Zelenko, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
14. (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY)
15. (c) Robert, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
16. (c) Mike troll Dame, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by Mike troll Dame

Damselflies & Dragonflies common to the Martin Griffin Preserve of Audubon Canyon Ranch

Vivid Dancer 1 Argia vivida

Black Spreadwing 2 Lestes stultus

Tule Bluet 3 Enallagma carunculatum

Northern Bluets 4 Coenagrion

Pacific Forktail 5 Ischnura cervula

Familiar Bluet 6 Enallagma civile

Cardinal Meadowhawk 7 Sympetrum illotum

North American Spotted Spreadwing 8 Lestes congener

Western Pondhawk 9 Erythemis collocata

Variegated Meadowhawk 10 Sympetrum corruptum

Blue Dasher 9 Pachydiplax longipennis

Western Forktail 11 Ischnura perparva

Twelve-spotted Skimmer 12 Libellula pulchella

Eight-spotted Skimmer 13 Libellula forensis

Flame Skimmer 14 Libellula saturata

Blue-eyed Darner 9 Rhionaeschna multicolor

Black Saddlebags 9 Tramea lacerata

Pacific Spiketail 2 Cordulegaster dorsalis

California Darner 15 Rhionaeschna californica

Common Green Darner 16 Anax junius