DRAGON & DAMSELFLIES

Mary Evelynn Sorrell

DRAGONFLIES IN AUSTIN COUNTYOn Franke Road in August & September 2009

ODONATADRAGONFLIES - Anisoptera

DAMSELFLIES – ZygopteraBlue Dasher

DRAGONFLIES (BIG)

Petaltails

Darners

Clubtails

Spiketails

Cruisers & Emeralds

Skimmers

DAMSELFLIES (SMALL)

Broad-winged

Spreadwing

Threadtail

Pond

Red

Saddlebags

CAROLINA RED SADDLEBAGS

WIDOW SKIMMER (MALE)

(young &

female)

EASTERN

POND-

HAWK

TOPO VIEW OF BODY

DAMSELFLYFAMILIAR BLUET

FAMILIAR

BLUET

Eastern Amberwing-

Male

or

Painted Skimmer-

Male

Halloween Pennant

ROSEATE

SKIMMER

&

FRIEND

ROSEATE

SKIMMER

ROSEATE SKIMMER (face)

Old

(male)

Roseate

Skimmer

(Male) WIDOW SKIMMER

(Female) WIDOW SKIMMER

SWIFT SETWING(female)

The

TEST

is

This

?

Female

Common

Whitetail

or

Banded

Pennant

?

BLUE DASHER

What is this?

Where is

the

damsel-

fly?

Who is this?

Blue Dasher or Swift Setwing?

Checkered Setwing?

Blue Dasher-Female

Mexican Amberwing?

Banded Pennant or Female Common Whitetail?

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Dragonflies and Damselflies of Texas and

the South-Central United States

by John C. Abbott

(professor, University of Texas)

Valerie Bugh – email correspondance; help identify Swift Setwing