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Category: Anisoptera (Dragonflies)

Sympetrum pallipes (Striped Meadowhawk)

October 13, 2020 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

Striped Meadowhawks are very common, small (32-36mm) members of the skimmer family (Libellulidae). In shallow, weedy, stagnant ponds with low…

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Posted in: Animals, Anisoptera (Dragonflies), Arthropoda, Insecta, Libellulidae (Skimmers and their kin), Odonata (Dragonflies and Damselflies), Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Striped Meadowhawk, Sympetrum pallipes

Tramea lacerata (Black Saddlebags)

October 5, 2020 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

Black Saddlebags are very interesting dragonflies for several reasons. Foremost are the saddlebags themselves, patches of velvety black at the…

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Posted in: Animals, Anisoptera (Dragonflies), Arthropoda, Insecta, Libellulidae (Skimmers and their kin), Odonata (Dragonflies and Damselflies), Plants, Species Profiles, Tramea Filed under: Black Saddlebags, Tramea lacerata

Aeshna umbrosa (Shadow Darner)

September 28, 2020 Dan Nelson 6 Comments

Shadow Darners are fairly large (TL 64-73mm) dragonflies which can be found region wide in a variety of habitats. As…

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Posted in: Aeshna, Aeshnidae, Animals, Anisoptera (Dragonflies), Arthropoda, Insecta, Odonata (Dragonflies and Damselflies), Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Aeshna umbrosa, Shadow Darner

Phanogomphus kurilis (Pacific Clubtail)

September 18, 2020 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

This is another genus of Gomphidae (clubtails) that used to be a subgenus of Gomphus until the revisions in 2017.…

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Posted in: Animals, Anisoptera (Dragonflies), Arthropoda, Gomphidae, Insecta, Odonata (Dragonflies and Damselflies), Phanogomphus, Species Profiles Filed under: Pacific Clubtail, Phanogomphus kurilis

Gomphurus lynnae (Columbia Clubtail)

September 17, 2020 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

This species was discovered by Mary Lynne Paulson at Horn Rapids on the Yakima River in 1971, and described by…

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Posted in: Animals, Anisoptera (Dragonflies), Arthropoda, Gomphidae, Gomphurus, Insecta, Odonata (Dragonflies and Damselflies), Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Columbia Clubtail, Gomphurus lynnae

Stylurus olivaceus (Olive Clubtail)

September 15, 2020 Dan Nelson 1 Comment

These dragonflies are members of the family Gomphidae (clubtails), so called because the end of the abdomen widens into a…

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Posted in: Animals, Anisoptera (Dragonflies), Arthropoda, Gomphidae, Insecta, Odonata (Dragonflies and Damselflies), Plants, Species Profiles, Stylurus Filed under: Olive Clubtail, Stylurus olivaceus

Libellula forensis (Eight-spotted Skimmer)

August 12, 2020 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

Eight-spotted Skimmers are one of our most common species of dragonfly, found almost everywhere there is still or slow moving…

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Posted in: Animals, Anisoptera (Dragonflies), Arthropoda, Insecta, Libellula, Libellulidae (Skimmers and their kin), Odonata (Dragonflies and Damselflies) Filed under: Eight-spotted Skimmer, Libellula forensis

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