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 small (TL 25-35mm) member of the family Coenagrionidae (pond damsels) is a creature of slow or still water areas,…
This is the largest (total length 45-50mm) spreadwing damselfly in our region, and is identifiable on that basis alone. It…
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…
These dragonflies are members of the family Gomphidae (clubtails), so called because the end of the abdomen widens into a…
This is a very common medium sized (length 36-42mm) spreadwing damselfly which is found near slow moving or still waters…
Eight-spotted Skimmers are one of our most common species of dragonfly, found almost everywhere there is still or slow moving…