Massachusetts Odonate County List

Pond Damsels (Coenagrionidae)



This page was updated on 16 January 2006.

This list was originally compiled by Chris Leahy, revised by Richard Forster, and has been updated by Blair Nikula, Jackie Sones, Jeremiah Trimble and others.

Most records are based upon specimens or, in a few cases, capture and release. Sight records have been accepted only for a few easily identified species.

"H" indicates a species known only historically (pre-1950). Counties are arranged in a generally west to east, then north to south order.

County:

Berkshire

Franklin

Hampshire

Hampden

Worcester

Middlesex

Essex

Suffolk

Norfolk

Bristol

Plymouth

Barnstable

Dukes

Nantucket
Eastern Red Damsel
(Amphiagrion saucium)

X

X

H

 -

X

X

X

 -

X

 -

X

X

 - -
Blue-fronted Dancer
(Argia apicalis)		 -

X

X

 X

X

X

X

 X

X

 X -   - - -
Variable Dancer
(Argia fumipennis)

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

 X

X

X

X

X

 - -
Powdered Dancer
(Argia moesta)

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

 -

X

 -

X

X

 - -
Dusky Dancer
(Argia translata)		 X - X

X

X

X

 - - - - - - - -
Aurora Damsel
(Chromagrion conditum)

X

X

 X X

X

X

X

 -

X

X

X

X

 - -
Taiga Bluet
(Coenagrion resolutum)		 -

X

 - - - X

X

 - - - -

X

 - -

County:

Berkshire

Franklin

Hampshire

Hampden

Worcester

Middlesex

Essex

Suffolk

Norfolk

Bristol

Plymouth

Barnstable

Dukes

Nantucket
Azure Bluet
(Enallagma aspersum)

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

 -

X

X

X

X

X

X
Boreal Bluet
(Enallagma boreale)		 X

X

 - -

X

X

X

 -

X

 - -

X

 - -
Tule Bluet
(Enallagma carunculatum)

X

X

 -

X

 - - - - - - -

X?

 - -
Familiar Bluet
(Enallagma civile)		 - X

X

X

X

X

X

 -

X

X

X

X

X

X
Northern Bluet
(Enallagma cyathigerum)		 X

X

X

 -

X

 - - - -

X

X

X

 -

X
Attenuated Bluet
(Enallagma daeckii)		 - - - - - - - -

X

X

X

 X - -
Turquoise Bluet
(Enallagma divagans)		 -

X

X

 -

X

X

X

 -

X

 X

X

X

 - -
Atlantic Bluet
(Enallagma doubledayi)		 - - - - -

X

 - -

X

X

X

X

 - -
Big Bluet
(Enallagma durum)		 -

X

X

 X - -

X

 - -

X

X

X

X

X
Marsh Bluet
(Enallagma ebrium)

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

 -

X

 -

H

 - - -
Stream Bluet
(Enallagma exsulans)

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

 -

X

X

X

X

 - -
Skimming Bluet
(Enallagma geminatum)

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

 -

X

X

X

X

 - -
Hagen’s Bluet
(Enallagma hageni)

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

 -

X

 - -

H

 - -
New England Bluet
(Enallagma laterale)		 -

X

X

 -

X

X

X

 -

X

X

X

X

 - -
Little Bluet
(Enallagma minusculum)		 - - -

X

X

 -

X

 -

X

X

X

X

 - -
Scarlet Bluet
(Enallagma pictum)		 - - - X

X

H

X

 -

X

X

X

X

 - -
Pine Barrens Bluet
(Enallagma recurvatum)		 - - - -

X

 - - - -

X

X

X

 - -
Orange Bluet
(Enallagma signatum)

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

 -

X

X

X

X

 - -
Slender Bluet
(Enallagma traviatum)

X

X

X

 - -

X

X

 -

X

 X

X

X

 - -
Vesper Bluet
(Enallagma vesperum)

X

X

 -

X

 X

H

X

 -

X

X

X

X

 - -

County:

Berkshire

Franklin

Hampshire

Hampden

Worcester

Middlesex

Essex

Suffolk

Norfolk

Bristol

Plymouth

Barnstable

Dukes

Nantucket
Citrine Forktail
(Ischnura hastata)		 - X - -

X

 -

X

 - -

X

X

X

 - -
Lilypad Forktail
(Ischnura kellicotti)		 X

X

 - - X

X

X

 -

X

X

X

X

 - -
Fragile Forktail
(Ischnura posita)

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

 X

X

X

X

X

 -

X
Furtive Forktail
(Ischnura prognata)		 - - - - - - - - - - -

X

 - -
Rambur’s Forktail
(Ischnura ramburii)		 - - - - - - - - - - -

X

X

 -
Eastern Forktail
(Ischnura verticalis)

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

 X

X

X

X

X

X

X
Sphagnum Sprite
(Nehalennia gracilis)

X

X

X

 X

X

X

X

 -

X

X

X

X

 - -
Sedge Sprite
(Nehalennia irene)

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

 -

X

 X

X

X

 -

X

 

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