FLORIDA DRAGONFLIES

I saw so many new species of dragonflies and damselflies for my life experience, even when birding was slow dragonflies filled the gap... Thanks to Chris Hill and Dennis Paulson for their help in ID'ing all of the mysteries to me.

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Below the photos is the list of all dragonflies identified during my forays around the state.

 

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Needham's Skimmer

Libellula needhami

St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge

23 Aug 06

Regal Darner

Coryphaeschna ingens

Payne's Prairie State Park

19 Aug 06

Halloween Pennant
Celithemis eponina

St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge

23 Aug 06

row 2

Needham's Skimmer

Libellula needhami

St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge

23 Aug 06

Marl Pennant - male

Macrodiplax balteata

St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge

23 Aug 06

Four-spotted Pennant

Brachymesia gravida

St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge

23 Aug 06

row 3

Seaside Dragonlet - male
Erythrodiplax berenice

St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge

23 Aug 06

Marl Pennant - male

Macrodiplax balteata

St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge

23 Aug 06

Blue Dasher - female

Pachydiplax longipennis

Payne's Prairie State Park

19 Aug 06

row 4

Little Blue Dragonlet - female

Erythrodiplax minuscula

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings SHP
19 Aug 06

Roseate Skimmer - male
Orthemis ferruginea

Chapman Pond Kanapaha Park

17 Aug 06

Seaside Dragonlet - female
Erythrodiplax berenice

St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge

23 Aug 06

row 5

Roseate Skimmer - female
Orthemis ferruginea

Chapman Pond Kanapaha Park

17 Aug 06

Great Blue Skimmer - male

Libellula vibrans

Chapman Pond Kanapaha Park

17 Aug 06

Golden-winged Skimmer - female
Libellula auripennis
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings SHP
19 Aug 06

row 6

Great Blue Skimmer - female

Libellula vibrans

Payne's Prairie State Park

19 Aug 06

Eastern Pondhawk - male

Erythemis simplicicollis

Chapman Pond Kanapaha Park

17 Aug 06

Four-spotted Pennant - male

Brachymesia gravida

St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge

23 Aug 06

row 7

Eastern Amberwing
Perithemis tenera

Kathryn Abbey Hanna Park

30 Aug 06

Eastern Pondhawk - male

Erythemis simplicicollis

Chapman Pond Kanapaha Park

17 Aug 06

 

Damselfly

Ichetucknee State Park

26 Aug 06

row 8

Slaty Skimmer - male

Libellula incesta

Apalachicola National Forest

22 Aug 06

Blue-tipped Dancer - male

Argia tibialis

Apalachicola National Forest

22 Aug 06

Eastern Pondhawk - female

Erythemis simplicicollis

Chapman Pond Kanapaha Park

17 Aug 06

       
       

DRAGONFLIES

Needham's Skimmer
Regal Darner
Halloween Pennant
Marl Pennant
Four-spotted Pennant
Seaside Dragonlet
Blue Dasher
Little Blue Dragonlet
Roseate Skimmer
Great Blue Skimmer
Golden-winged Skimmer
Eastern Pondhawk
Eastern Amberwing
Slaty Skimmer
Blue-tipped Dancer

  

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