The only time I had previously seen a Canada Darner was a little over 5 years ago on a little…
So, I’ll just be upfront and admit that this is a revision of a profile I did when I first…
Because these small skimmers (family Libellulidae) often fly together, and look similar, I am posting linked, back to back profiles…
I finally found a Flame Skimmer! I must admit that when I first started looking for them ten years ago…
On my way back from Mt. St. Helens a couple weeks ago I stopped at Seaquest SP in Cowlitz County,…
Striped Meadowhawks are very common, small (32-36mm) members of the skimmer family (Libellulidae). In shallow, weedy, stagnant ponds with low…
Black Saddlebags are very interesting dragonflies for several reasons. Foremost are the saddlebags themselves, patches of velvety black at the…
Shadow Darners are fairly large (TL 64-73mm) dragonflies which can be found region wide in a variety of habitats. As…
This is another genus of Gomphidae (clubtails) that used to be a subgenus of Gomphus until the revisions in 2017.…
This species was discovered by Mary Lynne Paulson at Horn Rapids on the Yakima River in 1971, and described by…