Images of Odonates - United States and Canada
Family Libellulidae (Skimmers)



Links in the table below may be interpreted as follows: Location (Photographer) Notes.

Locations and photographers are listed at the bottom of this document. For example, MA (BN) = a photograph taken in Massachusetts by Blair Nikula; WA (DP) scan = a scanned image from Washington by Dennis Paulson.

If you have questions about the photographs, please contact the photographers by clicking on their names at the bottom of this document and sending them an e-mail.

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LIBELLULIDAE

Skimmers

Males Females Pairs
Brachymesia furcata

Red-tailed Pennant

TX (BN)
TX (RAB)
TX (RAB)
CA (KB) scan
TX (BN)
B. gravida

Four-spotted Pennant

GA (GB)
GA (GB)
GA (GB) imm.
TX (FM) scan
TX (RAB)
GA (GB)
TX (FM) scan

B. herbida

Tawny Pennant

TX (JR)

Brechmorhoga mendax

Pale-faced Clubskimmer

CA (RM)
CA (RM)
CA (DP)
TX (GL)
TX (FM) scan
KS (RB) scan
TX (GL)
B. pertinax

Masked Clubskimmer




Cannaphila insularis

Narrow-winged Skimmer

TX (RAB)
TX (RAB)
CR (MM)


Celithemis amanda

Amanda's Pennant

FL (BN)
GA (GB)
TX (RAB)
TX (RAB)
FL (BN)
GA (GB)
TX (RAB)
GA (GB)
C. bertha

Red-veined Pennant

FL (BN)
GA (GB)
GA (GB)
GA (GB)
GA (GB)
GA (GB) (race leonora)

C. elisa

Calico Pennant

MA (BN)
WI? (DW)
GA (GB)
GA (GB)
GA (GB) imm.
GA (GB) imm.
TX (FM) scan
MA (BN)
WI? (DW)

C. eponina

Halloween Pennant

TX (RAB)
GA (GB)
GA (GB)
GA (GB)
MA (BN)
WI? (DW)
NJ (RDB)
GA (GB) imm.
TX (FM) scan
WI? (DW)
GA (GB)
GA (GB)
TX (FM) scan
WI? (DW)
C. fasciata

Banded Pennant

TX (RAB)
MA (BN)
GA (GB)
NJ (RDB)
MA (BN) imm.
GA (GB) imm.
TX (FM) scan
GA (GB)
C. martha

Martha's Pennant

MA (BN)
NJ (RAB)
MA (BN)
MA (BN)
NJ (RAB)

C. ornata

Faded Pennant

GA (GB)
GA (GB)
GA (GB)
GA (GB)
GA (GB) imm.
GA (GB) imm.
TX (RAB)
C. verna

Double-ringed Pennant

TX (RAB)
TX (RAB)
GA (GB)
GA (GB)
GA (GB)
GA (GB)

Crocothemis servilia

Scarlet Skimmer

JP (DP)
TL (DP) immature
FL (JR)
Dythemis fugax

Checkered Setwing

TX (RAB)
KS (RB)
TX (FM) scan
TX (JR)
TX (RAB)
TX (BN)
TX (FM) scan

D. maya

Mayan Setwing

TX (RAB)
TX (RAB)


D. nigrescens

Black Setwing

TX (BN)
TX (JR)
TX (BN)
D. velox

Swift Setwing

GA (GB)
TX (RAB)
TX (FM) scan
GA (GB)
GA (GB)

Erythemis attala

Black Pondhawk




E. collocata

Western Pondhawk

CA (RM)
WA (DP) scan

CA (RAB)
CA (RM)
CA (RM)
CA (SM)
WA (DP) scan

E. peruviana

 

MX (RAB)    
E. plebeja

Pin-tailed Pondhawk

TX (RAB)
TX (RAB)
MX (BN)
E. simplicicollis

Eastern Pondhawk

MA (BN)
NJ (PS) various shots
GA (GB)
TX (FM) scan
TX (JL)
GA (GB) imm.
TX (JL) (teneral)
MA (BN)
WI? (DW)
GA (GB)
GA (GB)
GA (GB)
TX (FM) scan

E. vesiculosa

Great Pondhawk

MX (BN)
TX (RAB)
CR (SF)


Erythrodiplax berenice

Seaside Dragonlet

MA (BN)
GA (GB)
MA (BN)
NJ (PS)
TX (RAB)
GA (GB)
GA (GB)
GA (GB)

E. connata

Plateau Dragonlet

TX (RAB)
TX (RAB)
TX (RAB)
GA (GB)
GA (GB) imm.
TX (RAB)
GA (GB)
GA (GB)
GA (GB)

E. connata basifusca

 

TX (RAB)
TX (RAB)
   
E. funerea

Black-winged Dragonlet




E. fusca

Red-faced Dragonlet

CR (SF)
TX (RAB) imm.
MX (BN)


E. minuscula

Little Blue Dragonlet

AL (SK)
TX (RAB)
TX (RAB)
AL (SK)
TX (RAB)

E. umbrata

Band-winged Dragonlet

TX (RAB)
CR (SF)
FL (GB)
TX (RAB)
TX (BN)
CR (MM)
FL (GB)

Idiataphe cubensis

Metallic Pennant


FL (BN)
Leucorrhinia borealis

Boreal Whiteface

AK (DP)

L. frigida

Frosted Whiteface

MA (BN) ME (JT)
L. glacialis

Crimson-ringed Whiteface

MA (BN)
CA (KB)

CA (DE)

L. hudsonica

Hudsonian Whiteface

MA (BN)
NJ (PS)  teneral
WA (DP) scan
MA (BN)
WA (DP) scan
CA (KB) scan
OR (SV)
L. intacta

Dot-tailed Whiteface

MA (BN)
CA (RM)
WA (DP) scan
MA (BN)
WA (DP) scan

L. patricia

Canada Whiteface


 
L. proxima

Red-waisted Whiteface

WA (DP) scan
MA (BN)


Libellula auripennis

Golden-winged Skimmer

MA (BN)
NJ (RDB)
TX (RAB)
GA (GB)
GA (GB)
GA (GB) immature
MA (BN)
TX (RAB)
GA (GB)
GA (GB)
GA (GB)

L. axilena

Bar-winged Skimmer

GA (GB)
GA (GB)
GA (GB)
TX (RAB)
TX (RAB)
NJ (PS)
GA (GB)
GA (GB) GA (GB)
L. comanche

Comanche Skimmer

TX (FM) scan
TX (JL)
TX (JL)
TX (JR)
CA (KB)
CA (DP) scan
TX (RAB)
TX (RAB)
CA (KW)
TX (FM) scan
CA (DP) scan

L. composita

Bleached Skimmer

CA (KB)
? (RAB)
CA (KB) scan


L. croceipennis

Neon Skimmer

TX (RAB)
TX (RAB)
CA (KW)
TX (FM) scan
TX (JL)
TX (FM) scan
L. cyanea

Spangled Skimmer

MA (BN)
TX (RAB)
GA (GB)
GA (GB)
MA (BN)
TX (RAB)
GA (GB)
GA (GB)

L. deplanata

Blue Corporal

MA (BN)
NJ (PS)
GA (GB)
MA (BN)
NJ (PS)
GA (GB)
GA (GB)

L. exusta

White Corporal

MA (BN)
NJ (RAB)
MA (BN)
NJ (RAB, PS)

L. flavida

Yellow-sided Skimmer

TX (RAB)
TX (RAB)
NJ (RAB)
GA (GB)
TX (RAB)
TX (RAB)
TX (RAB)
TX (RAB)
GA (GB)
GA (GB)
GA (GB)
NJ (PS)   teneral

L. forensis

Eight-spotted Skimmer

CA (RM)
CA (BCh)
CA (KB) scan
WA (DP) scan
CA (KB)
CA (KB)
WA (DP) scan

L. incesta

Slaty Skimmer

MA (BN)
GA (GB)
GA (GB) immature
TX (RAB)
TX (FM) scan
MA (BN)
GA (GB)
TX (RAB)
TX (FM) scan

L. jesseana

Purple Skimmer

? (RAB)

L. julia

Chalk-fronted Corporal

MA (BN)
WA (DP) scan
MA (BN)
WA (DP) scan

L. luctuosa

Widow Skimmer

MA (BN)
CA (RM)
GA (GB)
GA (GB)
WA (DP) scan
TX (FM) scan
MA (BN)
CA (BA)
CA (DE)
GA (GB)
TX (FM) scan

L. lydia

Common Whitetail

MA (BN)
GA (GB)
WA (DP) scan
TX (JL) teneral
TX (FM) scan
TX (JL)
CA (RM) imm.
MA (JS)
CA (RM)
CA (BC)
GA (GB)
GA (GB)
TX (FM) scan

L. needhami

Needham's Skimmer

MA (BN)
GA (GB)
MA (BN)
TX (RAB)
GA (GB)
GA (GB)

L. nodisticta

Hoary Skimmer

CA (RM)
CA(RAB)
CA (DP) scan
CA (DE)
CA (DP) scan

L. pulchella

Twelve-spotted Skimmer

MA (BN)
GA (GB)
GA (GB)
WA (DP) scan
TX (FM) scan
TX (JL)
MA (BN)
CA (RM)
GA (GB)
GA (GB)
WA (DP) scan
TX (FM)
scan

L. quadrimaculata

Four-spotted Skimmer

MA (BN)
WA (DP) scan
CA (DE)
WA (DP) scan

L. saturata

Flame Skimmer

OR (SV)
OR(SV)
CA (RM)
CA (BC)
TX (RAB)
TX (FM) scan
CA (RM)
L. semifasciata

Painted Skimmer

MA (BN)
GA (GB)
GA (GB)
TX (RAB)
MA (BN)
GA (GB)

L. subornata

Desert Whitetail

TX (RAB)
CA (DP) scan
? (RAB)
CA (DP) scan

L. vibrans

Great Blue Skimmer

TX (RAB)
MA (BN)
GA (GB)
GA (GB)
GA (GB) imm.
TX (RAB) imm.
NJ (PS)
TX (FM) scan
TX (RAB)
TX (FM) scan

Macrodiplax balteata

Marl Pennant

TX (RAB)
TX (JR)
CA (KB)
CA (KB) scan
? (RAB)
CA (KB) scan

Macrothemis imitans

Ivory-striped Sylph

TX (GL)

M. inacuta

Straw-colored Sylph

MX (BN)
TX (JR)
MX (BN)
TX (RAB)
TX (RAB)  

M. inequiunguis

Jade-striped Sylph




Miathyria marcella

Hyacinth Glider

TX (RAB)
MX (BN)
GA (GB)
GA (GB)
GA (GB)
TX (RAB)
Micrathyria aequalis

Spot-tailed Dasher

TX (RAB)
TX (RAB)
MX (BN)
MX (BN)
M. didyma

Three-striped Dasher


MX (BN)
M. hagenii

Thornbush Dasher

TX (RAB)
TX (RAB)
MX (BN)
TX (JL)
TX (JR)
TX (RAB)
Nannothemis bella

Elfin Skimmer

MA (BN)
NJ (RAB)
GA (GB)
MA (BN)
NJ (RAB)
GA (GB)
GA (GB)
GA (GB)
Orthemis discolor

Orange-bellied Skimmer

TX (RAB)
CR (SF)
   
O. ferruginea

Roseate Skimmer

TX (RAB)
TX (JL)
GA (GB)
GA (GB)
GA (GB) imm.
TX (FM) scan
CR (DP) scan
GA (GB)
GA (GB)
MX (BN)
TX (FM) scan
CR (DP) scan

Pachydiplax longipennis

Blue Dasher

MA (BN)
GA (GB)
GA (GB)
GA (GB)
GA (GB)
GA (GB)
WI? (DW)
WA (DP) scan
TX (FM) scan
MA (BN)
GA (GB)
GA (GB)
WI? (DW)
WA (DP) scan
TX (FM) scan

Paltothemis lineatipes

Red Rock Skimmer

MX (BN)
TX (RAB)
TX (RAB)
MX (BN)
Pantala flavescens

Wandering Glider

MA (BN)
TX (RAB)
TX (FM) scan
TX (FM) scan
MA (BN)
GA (GB)
GA (GB)

P. hymenaea

Spot-winged Glider

MA (BN)
CA (RM)
MA (BN)
GA (GB)
GA (GB)
TX (FM) scan

Perithemis domitia

Slough Amberwing

TX (RAB)
MX (BN)
TX (RAB)
P. intensa

Mexican Amberwing

CA (RM)
CA (TM)
CA (RAB)
P. mooma
  MX (RAB)  
P. tenera

Eastern Amberwing

MA (BN)
TX (RAB)
NJ (PS)
GA (GB)
GA (GB)
TX (FM) scan
MA (BN)
TX (RAB)
GA (GB)
GA (GB)
GA (GB)
WI? (DW)
TX (FM) scan
GA (GB)
Pseudoleon superbus

Filigree Skimmer

TX (RAB)
MX (BN)
 
Sympetrum ambiguum

Blue-faced Meadowhawk

NJ (PS)
GA (GB)
GA (GB)
NC (JR)
TX (JL)
TX (FM) scan
GA (GB)
GA (GB)
NJ (PS)
S. corruptum

Variegated Meadowhawk

CA (RM)
CO (BN)
WI? (DW)
WA (DP) scan
TX (FM) scan
TX (JL)
TX (BN)
TX (FM) scan
CA (KB) scan

S. costiferum

Saffron-winged Meadowhawk

MA (BN)
CA (BC) imm
WA (DP) scan
MA (BN)
WA (DP) scan

S. danae

Black Meadowhawk

AK (JMM)
 CA (BC)
WA (DP) scan
WA (DP) imm.
AK (JMM)
WA (DP) scan

S. illotum

Cardinal Meadowhawk

CA (RM)

CA (RM)
CA (PH)
WA (DP) scan
CA (SM)
CA (RAB)
CA (RAB)

CA (RM)
WA (DP) scan
CA (KB)
S. internum

Cherry-faced Meadowhawk

AK (JMM)
WA (DP) scan
WA (DP) immature
WA (DP) scan NY (ND)
S. janeae

Jane's Meadowhawk


NJ (PS) (species?)
S. madidum

Red-veined Meadowhawk

CA (KB)
WA (DP) scan
CA (KB) scan
WA (DP) immature

S. obtrusum

White-faced Meadowhawk

ME (BN)
PA (RAB)
PA (RAB)
WA (DP) scan
  
ME (BN)
WA (DP) scan
CA (KB)
scan

S. occidentale

Western Meadowhawk

CA (BC)
CA (DE)
CA (DE)
WA (DP) scan
CA (DE)
CA (BC)
WA (DP) scan

S. pallipes

Striped Meadowhawk

CA (RM)
CA (CH)
CA (KB)
WA (DP) scan
CA (KB)
WA (DP) scan

S. rubicundulum

Ruby Meadowhawk

MA (BN) NE (BN) western form
MA (BN)

S. semicinctum

Band-winged Meadowhawk

MA (BN)
WI? (DW)
GA (GB)
GA (GB)
MA (BN)
S. signiferum

Spot-winged Meadowhawk




S. vicinum

Yellow-legged Meadowhawk

MA (BN)
GA (GB)
WA (DP) scan
WA (DP) immature
TX (FM) scan
MA (BN)
WA (DP) scan
TX (FM) scan
WI? (DW)
WI? (DW)
Tauriphila australis

Garnet Glider

MX (BN)

T. azteca

Aztec Glider


MX (BN)
Tholymis citrina

Evening Skimmer


FL (RDB)

Tramea abdominalis

Vermilion Saddlebags

VI (JT)

T. binotata

Sooty Saddlebags




T. calverti

Striped Saddlebags

TX (BN) TX (JR)
T. carolina

Carolina Saddlebags

MA (BN)
GA (GB)
GA (GB)
TX (FM) scan
GA (GB)
T. insularis

Antillean Saddlebags


MX (BN)
T. lacerata

Black Saddlebags

MA (BN)
WI? (DW)
GA (GB)
CA (RM)
WA (DP) scan
TX (FM) scan
NJ (PS)
CA (RM)
TX (FM) scan

T. onusta

Red Saddlebags

TX (RAB)
TX (FM) scan
TX (BN)
CA (RG)
FL (GB)
FL (GB)
FL (GB)
CA (KB) scan
NJ (RDB)
TX (FM) scan

Photographers:

JA= John Abbott; BA = Bob Abela; JAc - John Acorn; WB = William Bailey; GB = Giff Beaton; RB = Roy Beckemeyer; RAB = Robert Behrstock; RDB = Robert Barber; BB = Billie Bessey; KB = Kathy Biggs; BEC = E.D. Cashatt; BCh = Bobbi Chamberlain; BC = Bob Claypole; GD = George Doerksen; ND = Nick Donnelly; DE = Doug Ellis;   SF = Steffen Förster;  RG - Rosser Garrison; PH = Pete Haggard; CH = Chris Heailivin; RH = Rich Hoyer; SK = Steve Krotzer; GL = Greg Lasley; JL = James Lasswell; RL = Ron Lyons; SM = Steve M.; TM = Tim Manolis; MM = Maurice Mashaal; NM = Nathan McConal; RM = Rod Miller; FM = Forrest Mitchell; FMo = Fred Morrison; JMM = Jochen Muller; BN = Blair Nikula; MO = Mark O'Brien; DP = Dennis Paulson; DPo = Dan Polhemus; SP = Steve Potter; MR = Michael Reese; LR = Larry Rosche; JR = Joshua Rose; DS = Dexter Sear; JS = Jackie Sones; RS = Ruth Sullivan; PS = Pat Sutton; ST = Stu Tingley; JT = Jeremiah Trimble; SV = Steve Valley; SW = Steve Walter; DW = Dave Westover; CW = Curtis Williams;  KW = Ken Wilson; ? = unknown

Locations:

AB = Alberta, AL = Alabama, AK = Alaska, AZ = Arizona; BC = British Columbia; CA = California; CO = Colorado; CR = Costa Rica, FL = Florida; HI = Hawaii; IL = Illinois; MA = Massachusetts; ME = Maine; MI = Michigan; MX = Mexico; NB = New Brunswick; NE = Nebraska, NY = New York; OH = Ohio; OK = Oklahoma; TX = Texas; VI = Virgin Islands; VT = Vermont, WA = Washington, WI = Wisconsin


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