MEXICO: Yucatan - click here.
MEXICO: Northeast - click here.
MEXICO: Northwest - click here.
PUERTO RICO - click here.
PANAMA: Central - click here.
COLOMBIA: West-central - click here.
COLOMBIA: East Andes and Santa Marta region - click here.
ECUADOR: Southeast - click here.
ECUADOR: North - click here.
PERU: North - click here.
SURINAME: North-central - click here.
BRAZIL: Matto Grosso and southernmost Para - click here.
ENGLAND: South - click here.
The U.S.A. and Canada: below:-
NOTE: All the odonates below were photographed in Texas unless stated otherwise:
A medley of special
Odes from one day in Hidalgo county, Texas - click here.
Zygoptera (Damsels):
Calopterygidae Broad-winged Damsels:
Calopteryx dimidiata Sparkling
Jewelwing: males and females from Mississippi
and Texas.
Calopteryx maculata Ebony
Jewelwing: male and female.
Hetaerina titia Smoky
Rubyspot: a male.
Hetaerina vulnerata Canyon
Rubyspot: males from Arizona.
Hetaerina calverti
Cryptic Rubyspot: males and a
female of this newly described taxon (2020) from Del
Rio, Texas -
added March 10, 2021.
Rubyspots:
AMERICAN and SMOKY from Texas -
added July 20, 2018.
Lestidae Spreadwing Damsels:
Archilestes grandis Great
Spreadwing: a male:.
Archilestes californicus California
Spreadwing: a male: found by Susan
May, the first record for Texas.
Lestes alacer Plateau
Spreadwing: male and female.
Lestes disjunctus australis Southern
Spreadwing: a male.
Lestes disjunctus disjunctus
Northern Spreadwing: a male from Alaska
- updated June 30, 2019.
Lestes forficula Rainpool
Spreadwing: male and female.
Lestes
rectangularis Slender Spreadwing:
male and female from Hemphill county; third/fourth record for Texas
- added June 02, 2019.
Lestes inaequalis Elegant
Spreadwing: a male from San Jacinto county; a southwards
range extenson.
Lestes sigma Chalky
Spreadwing: male and female.
Lestes tenuatus Blue-striped
Spreadwing: males and females from south Texas the second record for
Texas and third location for the United States.
Lestes vigilax Swamp
Spreadwing: male and female.
Platystictidae Shadowdamsels:
Palaemnema domina Desert Shadowdamsel:
- a pair from eastern Arizona.
Protoneuridae Threadtails:
Neonura aaroni Coral-fronted
Threadtail: male and female.
Neonura amelia Amelia's
Threadtail: male and female.
Protonura cara Orange-striped
Threadtail: male and female.
All three of the above
Threadtail taxa: including a
photo of them all together!.
Coenagrionidae Narrow-winged (or Pond) Damsels:
Acanthagrion quadratum Mexican Wedgetail
: male and female; pairs egg-laying.
Apanisagrion lais Black-and-white Damsel:
- adult and teneral males and females from SE Arizona.
Argia agrioides California
Dancer: males from SE Arizona.
Argia alberta Paiute
Dancer: male and female.
Argia barretti Comanche
Dancer: male and female.
Argia bipunctulata Seepage
Dancer; a mail.
Argia cuprea Coppery
Dancer: a male and a pair.
Argia extranea Spine-tipped
Dancer: a male from SE Arizona.
Argia hinei Lavender
Dancer: male and female.
Argia lacrimans Sierra
Madre Dancer: male and female from Arizona.
Argia leonorae Leonora's
Dancer: many males and a female - including a "dusky"
example.
Argia moesta Powdered Dancer:
males of the "Southeastern Form", with some possible
structural difference in S10.
Argia munda Apache
Dancer: male and female.
Argia sp, Dancer: -
male from west Texas; closest to nahuana Aztec,
but with a few anomolies.
Argia sp, Dancer: -
male from north-central Texas; it has numerous anomolies that
suggest it could be a hybrid.
Argia sp, Dancer: -
another male from north-central Texas; it has some likeness to
A. carlcooki - Yaqui Dancer - ?.
Argia sp, Dancer: - yet
another male from the same north-central Texas creek; is this
another hybrid?.
Argia sp, Dancer: -
probably male nahuana Aztec, but the
appendages look a bit different.
Argia oenea Fiery-eyed
Dancer: males from Presidio county, TX.
Argia pallens Amethyst
Dancer: two males; one the found
by Sheridan Coffey, the third record for Texas.
Argia plana Springwater
Dancer: aberrant males and a female that
have some extranea-like features, from
west Texas.
Argia plana Springwater
Dancer: males with forked
humeral stripes, from western Texas and
western New Mexico.
Argia plana Springwater
Dancer: 2 males and a female of the purple
form, from SE Arizona.
Argia rhoadsi Golden-winged
Dancer: male and female - photos from all three known
locations in the united States.
Argia sabino Sabino
Dancer: male, female, and pair from SE Arizona.
Argia sedula Blue-ringed
Dancer; variations in the male.
Argia tarascana Tarascan
Dancer: male, female, and pair from SE Arizona.
Argia tibialis
Blue-tipped Dancer; a compromized
female!.
Argia tezpi Tezpi
Dancer: a male from Jeff Davis county,
TX - a long-awaited lifer! - added May 20,
2019.
Argia Tonto Tonto
Dancer: males and female from SE Arizona.
Argia vivida Vivid
Dancer: male from California.
Dancers;
BLUE-FRONTED, KIOWA, DUSKY, AZTEC, SOOTY, and VARIABLE from
Texas - added July 20, 2018.
Coenagrion
interrogatum Subarctic
Bluet: male from
Alaska - added June 30,
2019.
Coenagrion resolutum Taiga Bluet:
male and female from Alaska
- updated June 30, 2019.
Enallagma aspersum Azure
Bluet: many males and a female from eastern Texas.
Enallagma aspersum Azure
Bluet: males from Arkansas.
Enallagma boreale Boreal Bluet:
male and female from Alaska.
Enallagma carunculatum Tule
Bluet: males from the NW Panhandle; second
record for Texas.
Enallagma civile Familiar
Bluet: a female that has some suggestion of doubledayi.
Enallagma civile Familiar
Bluet: three males that have very unusual abdominal
patterns.
Enallagma cyathigerum Northern Bluet:
a male; I think this is the correct ID... from Alaska.
Enallagma daeckii Attenuated
Bluets: mature and teneral males and females.
Enallagma divagans Turquoise
Bluet: male and female.
Enallagma doubledayi Atlantic Bluet:
males and females from northeast Texas; fourth
sighting for Texas.
Enallagma dubium Burgundy
Bluet: male and female.
Enallagma
durum Big
Bluet: a male.
Enallagma exulans Stream Bluet:
tandem pair in flight, plus some odd-looking males.
Enallagma geminatum Skimming
Bluet: male and female.
Enallagma novaehispaniae Neotropical
Bluet: male and female - incuding two
identical variant males, five years apart.
Enallagma praevarum Arroyo
Bluet: male and female.
Enallagma semicirculare Claw-tipped
Bluet; second/third record for Texas.
Enallagma traviatum Slender Bluet:
males and female.
Enallagma vesperum Vesper
Bluet: male.
Enallagma vesperum Vesper Bluet:
teneral male and female.
Enallagma weewa Blackwater Bluet:
males from Mississippi.
Bluets
DOUBLE-STRIPED :and ORANGE from Texas
- added July 20, 2018.
Hesperagrion heterodoxum Painted
Damsel: male and female.
Ischnura barberi Desert
Forktail: male and female.
Ischnura damula Plains Forktail:
male and female.
Ischnura demorsa
Mexican Forktail: male and female.
Ischnura denticollis Black-fronted
Forktail: males.
Ischnura kellicotti Lillypad
Forktail: males and females.
Ischnura prognata Furtive
Forktail: a male from Tyler county, Texas; second Texas record, the
first being a specimen taken more than forty years
previously - updated April 5,
2021.
Ischnura ramburi Rambur's
Forktail: a pair - maybe this is why they're so
successful....
Ischnura verticalis Eastern
Forktail: a male from the TX Panhandle.
Forktails:
CITRINE and FRAGILE from Texas - added July 20,
2018.
Leptobasis
melinogaster Cream-tipped
Swampdamsel: males from Hidalgo county, TX; second U.S. and Texas
record, and only the fourth documented encounter ever for
this species; plus a 2nd location from Hidalgo county
and a new location in Cameron county.
Leptobasis vacillans Red-tipped Swampdamsel
: a young male from Hidalgo county, TX; first U.S. record, found by John Abbott.
Leptobasis vacillans Red-tipped Swampdamsel
: mature males and females from Hidalgo county, TX.
Nehalennia integricollis
Southern Sprite : male and female.
Nehalennia gracilis Sphagnum
Sprite : males and females the first record for Texas and first
population found west of Alabama, found by Greg Lasley.
Neoerythromma
cultellatum Caribbean
Yellowface: males.
Amphiagron
abbreviatum Western Red Damsel:
males and females the
second record for Texas - the first having been found at
this location ten days earlier by Mike Dillon.
- added June 02, 2019.
Telebasis byersi Duckweed Firetail:
male and female from Harris county; second
known location for Texas.
Telebasis byersi Duckweed Firetail:
male from Harris county; third
known location for Texas.
Telebasis digiticollis
Marsh Firetail : males and females from
Cameron county; this colony
- found by Terry Fuller -
constitutes the first record of this species for the
U.S..
Telebasis salva Desert
Firetail: male -
added July 20, 2018.
Anisoptera (Dragons):
Petaluridae Petaltails:
Tachopteryx thoreyi Gray
Petaltail: male and female from east Texas in May.
Aeshnidae Darners:
Aeshna Mosaic Darners:
Aeshna canadensis Canada
Darner: male from Michigan -
added September 26, 2018.
Aeshna eremita Lake Darner: male
and female from Alaska.
Aeshna interrupta Variable Darner:
male and female from Alaska; including an
undescribed form?.
Aeshna interrupta Variable Darner:
tantalizing pic of a young male from far northwest Texas if confirmed, a first
record for Texas .
Aeshna juncea Sedge/Rush Darner:
male and female from Alaska.
Aeshna palmata Paddle-tailed Darner:
from Alaska and Washington -
updated August 15, 2018.
Aeshna persephone Persephone's
Darner: from Arizona -
added September 26, 2018.
Aeshna septentrionalis Azure Darner:
male and female from Alaska.
Aeshna sitchensis Zigzag Darner:
male and female from Alaska.
Aeshna subarctica Subarctic Darner:
male from Alaska.
Aeshna umbrosa Shadow
Darner: from Washington state -
added August 15, 2018.
Anax Green
Darners:
Anax
amazili Amazon Darner: at last!
a perched male from south Texas.
Anax concolor Blue-spotted Comet
Darner: males and female from Hidalgo county TX the fourth documented - and
first female - record for the United States.
Anax junius Common Green Darner:
male in flight, plus a most bizarre tandem pair!.
Anax
longipes Comet Darner: male and
female in flight from Travis, Hidalgo, Uvalde and Aransas
counties, TX..
Anax
walsinghami Giant Darner: flying
males from west and central Texas; male and female in flight
from New Mexico.
Anax
walsinghami Giant Darner: at
last! - a naturally-perched male from Arizona.
Basiaeschna janata Springtime Darner: male in flight, and an
ovipositing female .
Boyeria Spotted
Darners:
Boyeria vinosa
Fawn
Darner: male and female from east Texas - including
one in flight.
Coryphaeschna Pilot
Darners:
Coryphaeschna
adnexa Blue-faced Darner: males
perched and in flight and a perched femalse from Hidalgo and
Cameron counties, TX - updated September
27, 2018.
Coryphaeschna
ingens Regal Darner:
a male near Fort Worth - a significant range extension. Others
added, including almost in Mexico, and ovipositing females...
Coryphaeschna
apeora Icarus
Darner: a female from Hidalgo county, TX in April
2008; now confirmed as
the first record for the United States.... -
updated July 20, 2018.
Coryphaeschna apeora Icarus Darner:
two females from Hidalgo county, TX in July 2018; the fourth and fifth records for the United
States.... - added July 26, 2018.
Coryphaeschna viriditas Mangrove Darner:
a female from Puerto Rico in February 2012 -
added August 15, 2018.
Epiaeschna heros Swamp Darner:
male and female including observation of ovipositing.
Gomphaeschna Pygmy Darners:
Gompaeschna furcillata Harlequin Darner:
two males from Jasper county, east Texas - updated
April 5, 2021.
Gompaeschna
antilope Taper-tailed Darner: a
male and female from Newton county, east Texas -
added April 5, 2021.
Gynacantha Two-spined
Darners:
Gynacantha mexicana Bar-sided
Darner/Mexican Darner: two males and a
female from Hidalgo county, TX.
Nasiaeschna pentacantha Cyrano Darner: males in flight.
Oplonaeschna armata Riffle Darner: close flight shots of a male
from New Mexico; naturally-perched male and
female from Arizona. - updated
September 26, 2018.
Oplonaeschna magna Broad-striped
Riffle Darner: flight shots of a male
from Nuevo Leon, Mexico - a significant northwards range extension -
added August 11, 2018.
Remartina Malachite
Darners:
Remartina luteipennis Malachite Darner: close flight shots of a male and
a face-on ovipositing female from SE Arizona.
Rhionaeschna Tropical
Darners:
Rhionaeschna dugesi Arroyo
Darner: a male plus blue and green females from Jeff Davis
and Culberson counties.
Rhionaeschna multicolor Blue-eyed
Darner: males in flight from Hidalgo and Dallam
counties, TX, and California.
Rhionaeschna psilus Turquoise-tipped
Darner: male and female from Hidalgo county, TX.
Rhionaeschna sp. Darner
sp. : a male that looks wrong for psilus...
from Hidalgo county, TX .
Triacanthagyna Three-spined
Darners:
Triacanthagyna
caribbea Caribbean
Darner: males and female from Hidalgo county, TX; the 4th - 7th records for
Texas and the United States.
Triacanthagyna
caribbea Caribbean
Darner: five males from sites in Hidalgo and Cameron
counties.
Triacanthagyna
septima Pale
Green Darner: males and females from Hidalgo and
Cameron counties, TX; the
first record for Texas and second for the United States.
Gomphidae Clubtails:
Eight species of
Clubtail in one day from Hidalgo county, south
Texas.
Aphylla Forceptails:
Aphylla
angustifolia Broad-striped
Forceptail: male and female from Bexar county, plus an odd
female from the LRGV.
Aphylla protracta Narrow-striped
Forceptail: male and female.
Aphylla williamsoni Two-striped
Forceptail: male.
Arigomphus Pond
Clubtails:
Arigomphus lentulus Stillwater Clubtail:
male and female from Harris county.
Arigomphus maxwelli Bayou Clubtail:
male and female from Harris county.
Arigomphus submedianus Jade Clubtail: a
pair from Tarrant county; a female from Harris county, plus Bayou
and Stillwater for comparison.
Dromogomphus Spinylegs:
Dromogomphus spinosus Black-shouldered
Spineyleg: Spineylegs from the Pineywoods....
Erpetogomphus Ringtails:
Erpetogomphus compositus White-belted Ringtail
: males and female from west Texas - updated September
27, 2018.
Erpetogomphus compositus White-belted Ringtail
: male and female from Arizona.
Erpetogomphus crotalinus Yellow-legged
Ringtail : five males from southeastern New Mexico.
Erpetogomphus designatus (ssp?) "southwestern" Eastern
Ringtail : five examples from Presidio and Brewster
counties, TX of this distinctive form.
Erpetogomphus
elaps
Straight-tipped Ringtail : male from Arizona
-
added September 27, 2018.
Erpetogomphus
eutainia Blue-faced Ringtail: my
favorite gomphid; male and female from Gonzales and Webb
counties, TX.
Erpetogomphus heterodon Dashed Ringtail:
four males from southwestern New Mexico.
Erpetogomphus lampropeltis natrix Serpent Ringtail:
males and females from Texas and Arizona.
Gomphus Common
Clubtails:
Gomphus apomyius Banner Clubtail :
male and female from Jasper county, TX.
Gomphus gonzalezi Tamaulipan Clubtail
: males and females from Hidalgo county, TX.
Gomphus graslinellus Pronghorn Clubtail
: male and female from Kerr county, TX.
Gomphus hybridus Cocoa Clubtail:
male and female from Hardin county.
Gomphus lividus Ashy Clubtail:
male and female from San Jacinto county.
An unusual Gomphus militaris Sulphur-tipped
Clubtail : an unusual male and female from western TX; now
with a typical example for comparison.
A female Gomphus modestus Gulf Coast Clubtail:
a female from San Jacinto county, TX.
Gomphus
oklahomensis Oklahoma Clubtail :
male and female from Harris county, TX.
Gomphus vastus Cobra Clubtail :
male and female from Travis county, TX.
Hagenius
brevistylus Dragonhunter:
my second-favorite gomphid, male and female from Bexar and Medina
counties, TX.
Ophiogomphus Snaketails:
Ophiogomphus severus Pale Snaketail: a
male from northern New Mexico.
Ophiogomphus arizonicus Arizona Snaketail:
a male from southeastern New Mexico.
Ophiogomphus arizonicus Arizona Snaketail:
two males from eastern Arizona.
Ophiogomphus
rupinsulensis Rusty
Snaketail: two males from central Michigan
- added July 12, 2018.
Ophiogomphus
colubrinus Boreal Snaketail:
a male from central Michigan -
added July 12, 2018.
Phyllocycla Tropical
Forceptails:
Phyllocycla
breviphylla Ringed Forceptail:
two males from the LRGV; found by Sheridan Coffey, the third record and first
males for the United States.
Phyllocycla
breviphylla Ringed Forceptail:
males and females from Hidalgo county, TX. the
fifth record for the United States;.
Phyllogomphoides Leaftails:
Phyllogomphoides albrighti Five-striped Leaftail:
male in flight.
Progomphus Sanddragons:
Progomphus
borealis Gray Sanddragon : males
from Presidio and Reeves counties, TX.
Stylogomphus Least
Clubtails:
Stylogomphus sigmastylus Interior Least
Clubtail: males from Arkansas.
Stylurus Hanging
Clubtails:
Stylurus intricatus Brimstone
Clubtail: males, females, and a pair in copula from El
Paso county, TX-
updated September 26, 2018.
Stylurus laurae Laura's Clubtail
: poor but IDable pics of THREE
males from San Jacinto county;
the second - fourth adults - and first males - documented
for Texas.
Stylurus laurae Laura's
Clubtail : IDable pics of two
very teneral males from San Jacinto county.
Stylurus
plagiatus Russet-tipped Clubtail:
including Western-types
from Presidio county, TX.
Clubtails:
PLAINS and SULPHUR-TIPPED CLUBTAILS, FOUR-STRIPED and
FIVE-STRIPED LEAFTAILS, COMMON SANDRAGON, FLAG-TAILED SPINYLEGS,
from Texas - added July 20, 2018.
Cordulegastridae Spiketails:
Cordulegaster diadema Apache Spiketail:
a flying and perched male from SE Arizona.
Cordulegaster dorsalis Pacific
Spiketail: "intermediate" males from northern New
Mexico.
Cordulegaster maculata Twin-spotted
Spiketail: two perched studies plus "average" flight shots
from San Jacinto and Jasper counties - all males.
Cordulegaster obliqua Arrowhead Spiketail:
cooperative female and male from Jasper county.
Cordulegaster sarracenia Sarracenia Spiketail:
males and females of the taxon
that was a SPECIES NEW TO SCIENCE in 2010 from east Texas.
Macromiidae Cruisers:
Macromia River
Cruisers:
Macromia
annulata vs illinoisensis georgina Bronzed vs
Swift River Cruiser. an in-hand comparison of
females, from south Texas.
Macromia
annulata Bronzed River Cruiser.
Macromia
illinoisensis georgina Swift River
Cruiser.
Macromia
pacifica Gilded River Cruiser.
Macromia
taeniolata Royal River Cruiser.
Corduliidae Emeralds:
Tetragoneuria/Epitheca
Baskettails:
Tetragoneuria/Epitheca
Basketails: A selection of slimmer Basketails.
Tetragoneuria/Epitheca
Basketails: A selection of fatter Basketails.
Tetragoneuria/Epitheca
Basketails: A pair of fatter Basketails;
are they the same species.
Tetragoneuria/Epitheca
Basketails: some slimmer Basketails.
Tetragoneuria/Epitheca
Basketails: in flight.
Tetragoneuria/Epitheca
spinosa Robust Basketail: males
in flight from Texas - the tell-tale cerci spines visible...; now updated with
a tentative ID feature.
Stream Cruiser plus
Basketails: STREAM CRUISER, PRINCE, DOT-WINGED,
COMMON, MANTLED and SLENDER BASKETAILS, from Texas
- added July 20, 2018.
Helocordulia Sundragons:
Helocordulia selysii Selys'
Sundragon: male and female from Texas.
Neurocordulia Shadowdragons:
Neurocordulia xanthosoma Orange Shadowdragon:
male from Texas.
Neurocordulia molesta Smoky Shadowdragon:
male and female from Texas.
Cordulia Common
Emeralds:
Cordulia
shurtleffii American Emeralds:
from Alaska.
Somatachlora Striped
Emeralds:
Somatochlora
albicincta Ringed Emeralds:
from Alaska.
Somatochlora
kennedyi Kennedy's Emerald:
from Alaska; a
new State record.
Somatochlora williamsoni
Williamson's Emerald: a female from central
Michigan - added
July 20, 2018.
Somatochlora
linearis Mocha Emerald: from
Tarrant, San Jacinto and Angelina counties - updated
July 20, 2018.
Somatochlora
margarita Texas Emerald: a naturally-perched
male from Angelina county.
Somatochlora
margarita Texas Emerald:
best-so-far flight shots of male and females from Angelina county.
Somatochlora
margarita Texas Emerald: better
flight shots of males and females from San Jacinto county.
Somatochlora
margarita Texas Emerald: two
flight shot encounters from San Jacinto county.
Somatochlora
sp. Emerald sp. : flight shots
of a male from San Jacinto county; probably margarita
Somatochlora filosa Fine-lined
Emerald: two males and a female from Hardin county; the third record for Texas
-
added July 20, 2018.
Somatochlora georgina Coppery
Emerald: flight shots of male and female from Marion county;
the third record for Texas
-
added July 25, 2019.
Somatochlora
ozarkensis Ozark Emerald: two
females from Arkansas.
Somatochlora tenebrosa Clamp-tipped
Emerald: flight shots of male and female from Marion county;
the third record for Texas
-
added July 25, 2019.
Somatochlora
tenebrosa Clamp-tipped Emerald:
a male from Arkansas.
Libellulidae Skimmers:
King Skimmers:
NEON, FLAME, COMANCHE, GREAT BLUE, SLATY, WIDOW and TWELVE-SPOTTED
SKIMMERS, COMMON WHITETAIL, from Texas -
added July 20, 2018.
other Skimmers:
CHECKERED SETWING, HALOWEEN PENNANT, EASTERN and PIN-TAILED
PONDHAWKS, BLUE DASHER, BLUE CORPORAL, MARL PENNANT, SLOUGH
AMBERWING,VARIEGATED MEADOWHAWK, SPOT-WINGED and WANDERING
GLIDERS, BLACK and RED SADDLEBAGS, from Texas, and Florida
- added July 20, 2018.
Brachymesia Tropical
Pennants:
Brachymesia
herbida Tawny Pennant:
males from the LRGV, Texas, and Florida.
Brachymesia: - all
3 taxa in one photo, from south Texas.
Brechmorhoga Clubskimmers:
Brechmorhoga
mendax Pale-faced
Clubskimmer: a section illustrating variation
in this taxon.
Brechmorhoga
mendax Pale-faced
Clubskimmer: male and female.
Brechmorhoga
pertinax Masked
Clubskimmer: male and female; the
first record for Texas, and the first in the U.S. (away from
the Grand Canyon) since 2007.
Cannaphila Narrow-winged
Skimmers:
Cannaphila insularis Gray-waisted/Narrow-winged
Skimmer: male and female.
Celithemis Small
Pennants:
Celithemis
amanda Amanda's Pennant: male
and female.
Celithemis
elisa Calico Pennant: male.
Celithemis
eponina Halloween Pennant:
male.
Celithemis
fasciata Banded Pennant: male.
Celithemis
ornata Ornate Pennant: males.
Celithemis verna Double-ringed Pennant:
male; the fourth record and
location for Texas.
All six Celithemis
pennants found in Texas, from the same day.
Dythemis Setwings:
Dythemis
maya Mayan Setwing: male and
female from west Texas.
Dythemis nigrescens Black
Setwing: two subadult males from the LRGVwith unusual thorax
patterns.
Dythemis
velox Swift Setwing: A mature
male Swift Setwing D. Velox with metallic violet
forehead (a la D. nigrescens).
Erythemis Pondhawks:
Erythemis
attala Black Pondhawk: Two
males and two females; from the LRGV and Corpus
Christi; the
fourth or fifth record for the United States.
Erythemis
mithroides/"taxon novum" Claret
Pondhawk: two males from the LRGV; a new taxon for the United States.
Erythemis
mithroides/"taxon novum" Claret
Pondhawk: a female from the LRGV; third record for the United States.
Erythemis
mithroides/"taxon novum" Claret
Pondhawk: a second female from the LRGV; fourth record for the United States.
Erythemis
mithroides/"taxon novum" Claret
Pondhawk: three males from the LRGV; fifth record for the United States.
Erythemis
mithroides/"taxon novum" Claret
Pondhawk: more males from the LRGV in 2010.
Erythemis simplicicollis/collocata "Central"
Pondhawk: a female from Jeff Davis county, TX.
Erythemis
simplicicollis collocata Western
Pondhawk: a male from Reeves county, TX.
Erythemis
vesiculosa Great Pondhawk: that
looks rather unusual, from Hidalgo county, TX.
Erythrodiplax Dragonlets:
Erythrodiplax
basifusca Plateau Dragonlet: male
and female from west Texas.
Erythrodiplax
berenice Seaside Dragonlet: male
and female, an Odd Couple, and a spot-winged female
....
Erythrodiplax
funerea Black-winged Dragonlet:
male and female from Mexico.
Erythrodiplax
fusca Red-faced Dragonlet: two
males from the Texas Hill Country (not far from the minuscula
below)... it looks like this taxon is hanging on in the U.S..
Erythrodiplax
minuscula Little Blue Dragonlet:
I visited a west Hill Country location known for Red-faced
Dragonlet, and found this Little Blue Dragonlet - ?
Erythrodiplax umbrata presumed Band-winged Dragonlets:
three from the LRGV with wing veination more like Black-winged...
and one more like the smaller taxa...? .
Erythrodiplax umbrata Band-winged Dragonlets:
two males in flight in the same photo.
Erythrodiplax sp. presumed Dragonlet sp.:
an oddball female from the LRGV.
Idiataphe Metallic
Pennants:
Idiataphe cubensis Metallic Pennant
male and female from south Texas; also a tandem pair ovipositing;
first records for Texas.
Leucorrhinia Whitefaces:
Leucorrhinia borealis Boreal Whiteface :
males from Alaska - updated June 30,
2019.
Leucorrhinia hudsonicus Hudsonian Whiteface :
males from Alaska - updated June 30,
2019.
Leucorrhinia patricia
Canada
Whiteface : males from Alaska
- added June 30, 2019.
Leucorrhinia proxima Belted/Red-waisted
Whiteface : male and female from Alaska
- updated June 30, 2019.
Libellula King
Skimmers:
Libellula
auripennis Golden-winged Skimmer:
male and female - from San Jacinto county.
Libellula axilena Bar-winged Skimmer:
males and females from Jasper county.
Libellula
composita Bleached Skimmer: males
from Reeves county, T.
Libellula
cyanea Spangled Skimmer: males
and females.
Libellula
deplanata Blue Corporal: male and
female.
Libellula
forensis Eight-spotted Skimmer:
male and females from eastern Arizona.
Libellula
flavida Yellow-sided Skimmer: -
males and female from San Jacinto and Jasper counties.
Libellula gaigei Red-mantled Skimmer:
a male from south Texas; a rare species in its Mexican range and a new taxon for the United States.
Libellula
sp. (incesta?) Skimmer sp. : -
a female presumed Great Blue from Harris county
that has really impressive "bars".
Libellula
needhami Needham's Skimmer: male
and female4.
Libellula semifasciata Painted Skimmer:
males from Harris and Newton counties.
Libellula subornata Desert
Whitetail: male and female from the Panhandle and
Davis Mtns.
Macrothemis Sylphs:
Macrothemis
imitans Ivory-striped Sylph: male
and female from Uvalde and Bexar counties, TX.
Macrothemis pseudimitans White-tailed Sylph :
a male of this taxon from Hidalgo county; now confirmed as the first record for
Texas and the 2nd for the United States.... -
updated August 15, 2018. -
added August 15, 2018.
Macrothemis pseudimitans White-tailed Sylph :
two males of this taxon from Val Verde county; the second record for Texas and the 3rd for
the United States.... - updated August 15,
2018. - added
August 15, 2018.
Macrothemis
inacuta Straw-colored Sylph: male
and female.
Macrothemis
inequiunguis Jade-striped Sylph: males
and females from Comal and Edwards counties, TX.
Miathyria Hyacinth
Gliders:
Miathyria
marcella Hyacinth Glider: male
and female.
Micrathyria Tropical
Dashers:
Micrathyria
aequalis Spot-tailed Dasher :
male, female and a striking young male.
Micrathyria
aequalis Spot-tailed
Dasher : three males with two pairs of spots, from
Cameron and Hidalgo counties (and one is even more unusual).
Micrathyria
didyma Three-striped Dasher : males
from Hidalgo county; second record for Texas; and now from
Cameron county; and now from Nueces County! (and a female from
Mexico).
Micrathyria dissocians Caribbean
Dasher : a male from Hidalgo county, Texas second record for Texas and
the United States.
Micrathyria hageni Thornbush Dasher: a
male from the LRGV with somewhat dissocians-like
features in the thorax.
Micrathyria hageni Thornbush Dasher: a
presumed male of this taxon from the LRGV with somewhat dissocians-like
features in the abdomen and wing.
all four species of
U.S. Micrathyria from one small marsh in south
Texas.
Orthemis Tropical
King Skimmers:
Orthemis
discolor Carmine Skimmer: males
and females from south TX.
Orthemis
discolor/ferruginea Carmine/Roseate
Skimmers: some males from south Texas that explore the
variation in this genus.
Orthemis discolor/ferruginea Carmine/Roseate
Skimmers: in-hand comparison of five live male specimens
from south Texas.
Orthemis with red frons: a
series of males from south Texas plus two from NE South America.
Paltothemis lineatipes: Red Rock Skimmer: male and
female.
Perithemis Amberwings:
Perithemis
domitia Slough Amberwing: male
and female.
Perithemis
domitia Slough Amberwing: a male
that looks rather unusual ... from Hidalgo county, TX.
Perithemis
intensa Mexican Amberwing: male
and female from Arizona.
Perithemis
tenera/mooma Eastern/Mooma
Amberwing: a female that has wings more like the latter (but
not the abdomen...) from the LRGV.
Perithemis
tenera Eastern Amberwing: a male
that has a mooma-like abdomen... from Hidalgo county,
TX.
Planiplax Scarlet-tails:
Planiplax sanguiniventris Mexican Scarlet-tail
from south Texas - now with a female; a new taxon for the United
States, found by Jan and David Dauphin.
Pseudoleon
superbus Filigree Skimmer:
male and female.
Sympetrum Meadowhawks:
Sympetrum
ambiguum Blue-faced Meadowhawk:
male and female.
Sympetrum
danae Black Meadowhawk: male and
female from Alaska.
Sympetrum
illotum Cardinal Meadowhawk: a
male from Jeff Davis county, TX.
Sympetrum
pallipes Striped Meadowhawk: male
and female from eastern Arizona.
Sympetrum
semicinctum Band-winged Meadowhawk:
immature male and female from Lipscomb county, Texas.
Sympetrum
signiferum Spot-winged Meadowhawk:
immature male and female from SE Arizona .
Sympetrum
vicinium Autumn Meadowhawk: male
and female.
Sympetrum
vicinium Autumn Meadowhawk: an
odd-looking male from west Texas.
Tauriphila Pasture
Gliders:
Tauriphila argo Arch-tipped Glider
: males in flight from Hidalgo County, Texas; ; a new taxon for the United States, found
by Fabrice de Lacour and Ed Lam
.
Tauriphila argo Arch-tipped Glider : females perched, in flight,
and in-the-hand from Hidlago County, Texas.
Tholymis Evening
Skimmers:
Tholymis
citrina Evening Skimmer: male and
female from Zapata county TX, and from Hidalgo and Cameron
counties; fourth record for U.S. (third for Texas).
Tramea Saddlebags
Gliders:
Tramea
abdominalis Vermilion Saddlebags:
a male in flight; the first record for Texas from
Santa Ana, Hidalgo county.
Tramea
abdominalis Vermilion Saddlebags:
a perched male; the second record for Texas from Santa
Ana, Hidalgo county; with another there soon after.
Tramea
calverti Striped Saddlebags: male
and female.
Tramea
carolina Carolina Saddlebags:
male and female .
Tramea
insularis Antillean
Saddlebags: male and female from Frio county, TX.
Tramea
onusta Red Saddlebags: a pair
in tandem - in flight, from Hidalgo county, TX.