Broad-winged Damsels (Calopterygidae)

• Canyon Rubyspot
  Hetaerina vulnerata
• American Rubyspot
  Hetaerina americana

Spreadwings (Lestidae)

• Great Spreadwing
  Archilestes grandis
• California Spreadwing
  Archilestes californicus
• Plateau Spreadwing
  Lestes alacer
• Spotted Spreadwing
  Lestes congener
• Northern Spreadwing
  Lestes disjunctus
• Emerald Spreadwing
  Lestes dryas

Pond Damsels: Eurasian Bluets

• Taiga Bluet
  Coenagrion resolutum

Pond Damsels: American Bluets

• Arroyo Bluet
  Enallagma praevarum
• Claw-tipped Bluet
  Enallagma semicirculare
• Familiar Bluet
  Enallagma civile
• Tule Bluet
  Enallagma carunculatum
• Boreal Bluet
  Enallagma boreale
• Northern Bluet
  Enallagma annexum
• Neotropical Bluet
  Enallagma novaehispaniae
• Double-striped Bluet
  Enallagma basidens

Pond Damsels: Forktails

• Rambur's Forktail
  Ischnura ramburii
• Desert Forktail
  Ischnura barberi
• Pacific Forktail
  Ischnura cervula
• Plains Forktail
  Ischnura damula
• Mexican Forktail
  Ischnura demorsa
• Western Forktail
  Ischnura perparva
• Black-fronted Forktail
  Ischnura denticollis
• Citrine Forktail
  Ischnura hastata

Pond Damsel: Black-and-White Damsel

• Black-and-White Damsel
  Apanisagrion lais

Pond Damsel: Painted Damsel

• Painted Damsel
  Hesperagrion heterodoxum

Pond Damsels: Red Damsels

• Western Red Damsel
  Amphiagrion abbreviatum

Pond Damsels: Firetails

• Desert Firetail
  Telebasis salva

Pond Damsels: Dancers

• Blue-fronted Dancer
  Argia apicalis
• Powdered Dancer
  Argia moesta
• Blue-ringed Dancer
  Argia sedula
• Paiute Dancer
  Argia alberta
• Cerulean Dancer
  Argia anceps
• Variable Dancer
  Argia fumipennis
• Lavender Dancer
  Argia hinei
• Amethyst Dancer
  Argia pallens
• Spine-tipped Dancer
  Argia extranea
• Aztec Dancer
  Argia nahuana
• California Dancer
  Argia agrioides
• Yaqui Dancer
  Argia carlcooki
• Kiowa Dancer
  Argia immunda
• Harkness' Dancer
  Argia harknessi
• Tarascan Dancer
  Argia tarascana
• Sierra Madre Dancer
  Argia lacrimans
• Pima Dancer
  Argia pima
• Sabino Dancer
  Argia sabino
• Springwater Dancer
  Argia plana
• Vivid Dancer
  Argia vivida
• Apache Dancer
  Argia munda
• Tonto Dancer
  Argia tonto
• Sooty Dancer
  Argia lugens
• Dusky Dancer
  Argia translata
• Tezpi Dancer
  Argia tezpi
• Fiery-eyed Dancer
  Argia oenea

Shadowdamsels (Platystictidae)

• Desert Shadowdamsel
  Palaemnema domina

Darners (Aeschnidae)

• Riffle Darner
  Oplonaeschna armata
• Malachite Darner
  Remartinia luteipennis
• Variable Darner
  Aeshna interrupta
• Paddle-tailed Darner
  Aeshna palmata
• Persephone's Darner
  Aeshna persephone
• Turquoise-tipped Darner
  Rhionaeschna psilus
• Arroyo Darner
  Rhionaeschna dugesi
• Blue-eyed Darner
  Rhionaeschna multicolor
• Giant Darner
  Anax walsinghami
• Common Green Darner
  Anax junius

Clubtails (Gomphidae)

• Gray Sanddragon
  Progomphus borealis
• Narrow-striped Forceptail
  Aphylla protracta
• Russet-tipped Clubtail
  Stylurus plagiatus
• Serpent Ringtail
  Erpetogomphus lampropeltis natrix
• White-belted Ringtail
  Erpetogomphus compositus
• Arizona Snaketail
  Ophiogomphus arizonicus
• Pale Snaketail
  Ophiogomphus severus

Spiketails (Cordulegastridae)

• Pacific Spiketail
  Cordulegaster dorsalis
• Apache Spiketail
  Cordulegaster diadema

Skimmers (Libellulidae)

• Desert Whitetail
  Plathemis subornata
• Common Whitetail
  Plathemis lydia
• Four-spotted Skimmer
  Libellula quadrimaculata
• Neon Skimmer
  Libellula croceipennis
• Flame Skimmer
  Libellula saturata
• Bleached Skimmer
  Libellula composita
• Hoary Skimmer
  Libellula nodisticta
• Eight-spotted Skimmer
  Libellula forensis
• Twelve-spotted Skimmer
  Libellula pulchella
• Widow Skimmer
  Libellula luctuosa
• Comanche Skimmer
  Libellula comanche
• Carmine Skimmer
  Orthemis discolor
• Roseate Skimmer
  Orthemis ferruginea
• Slough Amberwing
  Perithemis domitia
• Mexican Amberwing
  Perithemis intensa
• Eastern Amberwing
  Perithemis tenera
• Red-tailed Pennant
  Brachymesia furcata
• Four-spotted Pennant
  Brachymesia gravida
• Halloween Pennant
  Celithemis eponina
• Pin-tailed Pondhawk
  Erythemis plebeja
• Great Pondhawk
  Erythemis vesiculosa
• Western/Eastern Pondhawk Intermediates
  Erythemis collocata/simplicollis
• Eastern Pondhawk
  Erythemis simplicollis
• Western Pondhawk
  Erythemis collocata
• Plateau Dragonlet
  Erythrodiplax basifusca
• Black-winged Dragonlet
  Erythrodiplax funerea
• Filigree Skimmer
  Pseudoleon superbus
• Variegated Meadowhawk
  Sympetrum corruptum
• Cardinal Meadowhawk
  Sympetrum illotum
• Striped Meadowhawk
  Sympetrum pallipes
• Band-winged Meadowhawk
  Sympetrum semicinctum
• Black Meadowhawk
  Sympetrum danae
• Spot-winged Meadowhawk
  Sympetrum signiferum
• Spot-tailed Dasher
  Micrathyria aequalis
• Thornbush Dasher
  Micrathyria hagenii
• Blue Dasher
  Pachydiplax longipennis
• Checkered Setwing
  Dythemis fugax
• Black Setwing
  Dythemis nigrescens
• Swift Setwing
  Dythemis velox
• Mayan Setwing
  Dythemis maya
• Red Rock Skimmer
  Paltothemis lineatipes
• White-tailed Sylph
  Macrothemis pseudimitans
• Straw-colored Sylph
  Macrothemis inacuta
• Pale-faced Clubskimmer
  Brechmorhoga mendax
• Sooty Saddlebags
  Tramea binotata
• Antillean Saddlebags
  Tramea insularis
• Striped Saddlebags
  Tramea calverti
• Red Saddlebags
  Tramea onusta
• Black Saddlebags
  Tramea lacerata
• Wandering Glider
  Pantala flavescens
• Spot-winged Glider
  Pantala hymenaea
• Marl Pennant
  Macrodiplax balteata

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