Coenagrionidae   -  Pond Damselflies | 
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                   There are over 1,100 species in this family. They are found around the world. Pond damsels are 1-2 inches in length.  
                Pond damsels can be red, green, blue, purple, orange, or yellow. Males are usually more  brightly colored than females. Pond damsels have narrow, transparent wings that they hold   vertically over their body when they are at rest.  
                The nymphs in this family are found on submerged vegetation and rocks. They have three leaf-like gills on the end of their abdomens and  are usually found in environments with still water.  
                Pond damsels are also known as narrow-winged damselflies. 
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                Additional Information 
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                Afroalpine Sprite - Pseudagrion  bicoerulans          
                  The Afroalpine sprite  is found in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. 
                Source:  Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle   School                  
                Alkali Bluet -  Enallagma clausum          
                  The alkali bluet is found from Quebec to British Columbia south to New Mexico and Texas 
                  Source:  Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High    School    
                   
                  Amethyst Dancer -  Argia pallens               
The amethyst dancer is found in Arizona, New Mexico and Texas, and from Mexico to Guatemala 
Source:  Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High    School    
 
Apache Dancer -  Argia munda           
The Apache  dancer is found in Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and  Mexico. 
Source:  Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High    School    
 
Arroyo Bluet -  Enallagma praevarum           
The arroyo bluet  is found from North Dakota south to Texas and west to California and south through Mexico to   Guatemala and Belize.
                 
                Source:  Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High    School    
   
  Atlantic Bluet -  Enallagma doubledayi                  
                  The Atlantic bluet  is found in the eastern U.S. from Massachusetts south to Florida and west to Texas. It is also found in  Cuba and Jamaica. 
                  Source:  Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High    School    
   
  Attenuated Bluet -  Enallagma daeckii           
                  The attenuated bluet  is found from Pennsylvania south to Florida and west to Oklahoma and Texas. 
                  Source:  Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High    School    
   
  Aurora Damsel -  Chromagrion conditum           
                  The aurora damsel is found in the eastern U.S. and  Canada. 
                  Source:  Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High    School    
   
  Aztec Dancer -  Argia nahuana           
                  The Aztec dancer is found from Oregon south to California and east to Texas and Oklahoma. 
                  Source:  Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High    School    
   
  Azure Bluet -  Enallagma aspersum                
                  The azure bluet  is found in the eastern U.S. and extreme southern Canada. 
                Source:  Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High    School   
                Azure Bluet -  Enallagma aspersum             
                  The azure bluet is found near  ponds bordered by bogs or  boggy swamps with no fish. 
                Source:  Wisconsin Odonata Survey Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School    
                Badplaas Sprite - Pseudagrion  inopinatum           
                  The Badplaas sprite  is found in South Africa. 
                  Source:  Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle   School   
                Baja Bluet - Enallagma eiseni        
                  The Bja bluet is found in extreme southern California and in southwestern Arizona.  
                Source:  Arizona Odonata Survey Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School                                   
                Big Bluet -  Enallagma durum               
                  The big bluet  is found from Maine to Texas and south into Mexico. It is found in New Hampshire south of the White Mountains.  
                Source:  Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High    School    
                Big Bluet -  Enallagma durum           
                  The big bluet  is found along the shores of rivers and lakes, especially ones with brackish water.. 
                  Source:  BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle     School    
   
  Black-fronted Forktail -  Ischnura denticollis         
                  The black-fronted forktail is found in the western U.S. east to Oklahoma and Texas. It is also found from Mexico to Guatemala 
                Source:  Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High    School    
                Black-fronted Forktail -  Ischnura denticollis          
                  The black-fronted forktail is found near streams and ponds. 
                Source:  BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle     School    
                Blackline Hawaiian Damselfly - Megalagrion nigrohamatum              
A subspecies of the blackline Hawaiian damselfly, Megalagrion nigrohamatum nigrolineatum, is listed as an endangered species in the U.S. It is only found on the island of Oahu. 
Source:  The Xerces Society Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School                    Blackwater Bluet - Enallagma weewa           
                  The blackwater bluet is found along the coastal plain from Rhode Island south to Florida and  west to Louisiana. 
                  Source:  BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School                                   
                Blue-fronted Dancer -  Argia apicalis                
                  The blue-fronted dancer is found east of the Rocky Mountains from Ontario to Florida and Texas.. 
                Source:  Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High    School    
                Blue-fronted Dancer -  Argia apicalis                
                  The blue-fronted dancer male has a blue thorax. 
                  Source:  BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle     School   
   
  Blue-ringed Dancer -  Argia sedula         
                  The blue-ringed dancer is found from Pennsylvania to Florida and west to California. It is also found in Mexico. 
                Source:  Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High    School    
                Blue-ringed Dancer -  Argia sedula         
                  The male blue-ringed dancer has a  black abdomen with blue rings. 
                  Source:  BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle     School   
   
  Blue-tipped Dancer -  Argia tibialis             
                  The blue-tipped dancer is found in the eastern U.S. from Pennsylvania south to Florida and west to Minnesota and Texas. 
                Source:  Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High    School    
                Blue-tipped Dancer -  Argia tibialis             
                  The blue-tipped dancer can be found perching on the ground near streams, rivers, and sloughs. 
                  Source:  BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle     School   
   
  Boreal Bluet -  Enallagma boreale             
                  The boreal bluet is found  coast to coast in northern North America. In the U.S. it is found from California to New England and south to Virginia, Arixona and New Mexico. It is found in  New Hampshire. 
                Source:  Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High    School   
                Boreal Bluet -  Enallagma boreale          
                  The boreal bluet  is found near ponds, lakes, and slow moving streams. 
                Source:  BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle     School   
                Boreal Bluet -  Enallagma boreale              
                  It can take up to two years for the boreal bluet to go from an egg to an adult. Adults only live around four days.
 
Source:  BioKids Critter Catalogue Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Elementary      School   
                Boreal Bluet -  Enallagma boreale             
                  Boreal bluets are blue and black. 
Source:  Animal Diversity Web Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle       School   
                   
                  Burgundy Bluet -  Enallagma dubium             
                  The burgundy bluet  is found from Maryland south to Florida and west to Texas. 
                Source:  Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High    School    
                California Dancer - Argia agrioides        
                The California dancer is found from Oregon south to California and Arizona. It is also found in Mexico.  
                Source:  BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School                   
                Caribbean Yellowface -  Neoerythromma cultellatum          
The Caribbean yellowface is found from southern Florida and Texas south through Mexico to Venezuela. It is also found in Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica and Puerto Rico. 
Source:  Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High    School    
                Cerulean Dancer - Argia anceps             
The cerulean dancer is found from southern Arizona south to Costa Rica. It is also known as the Mexican blue dancer.  
Source:  Arizona Dragonflies Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School    
                Cherry Bluet -  Enallagma concisum          
                  The cherry bluet  is found in the southern U.S. from North Carolina to Florida and west to Louisiana. 
                Source:  Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High    School    
                Cherry Bluet -  Enallagma concisum           
                  The cherry bluet  is found near sand-bottomed lakes and ponds. 
                  Source:  BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle     School    
   
  Citrine Forktail -  Ischnura hastata                
                  The citrine forktail is found from southern Ontario south to Florida and west to Colorado and California.In New Hampshire, it is found south of the White Mountains, but it is rare. It is also found in Mexico and Central and South America. 
                Source:  Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High    School    
                Citrine Forktail -  Ischnura hastata                
                  At a little less than an inch in length, the citrine forktail is probably the smallest species of damselfly found in the U.S. 
                Source:  BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle     School    
                Claw-tipped Bluet -  Enallagma semicirculare          
                  The claw-tipped bluet dancer is found in Arizona and New Mexico south through Mexico to Guatemala. 
                Source:  Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High    School   
                Comanche Dancer -  Argia barretti          
The Comanche  dancer is found in Texas and Mexico. 
Source:  Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High    School    
                Common waxtail - Ceriagrion  glabrum               
                  The common waxtail    is found across much of Africa. It is also known as the common pond damsel, the common orange, and the orange waxtail. 
                Source:  Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle   School                  
                Coppery Dancer -  Argia cuprea          
The coppery  dancer is found from Texas south to Mexico, Venezuela and Bolivia. 
Source:  Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High    School    
                Cream-tipped Swampdamsel - Leptobasis melinogaster            
                  The cream-tipped swampdamsel is found in Texas and Mexico.  
                  Source:  Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School                                   
                Cretan Bluet - Coenagrion  intermedium              
                  The Cretan bluet   is found in Crete in Greece. 
                Source:  Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle   School   
                Crimson Hawaiian Damselfly - Megalagrion leptodemas               
The crimson Hawaiian damselfly is found on the island of Oahu in the Hawaii.  
                Source:  The Xerces Society Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School                    
                Desert Firetail -  Telebasis salva          
                  The desert firetail is found in the southwest U.S. 
                  Source:  Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High    School    
                   
                  Desert Forktail -  Ischnura barberi          
                  The desert forktail is found in the western U.S. from Nebraska to California south to Texas  
                  Source:  Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High    School    
   
  Double-striped Bluet -  Enallagma basidens          
                  The double-striped bluet  is found from Ontario south to Florida and west to Texas, Colorado, and California. it is also found in Mexico. 
                Source:  Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High    School    
                Double-striped Bluet -  Enallagma basidens          
                  The double-striped bluet  is found near ponds, lakes, reservoirs, and   slow portions of streams and rivers. 
                  Source:  BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle     School    
   
  Duckweed Firetail -  Telebasis byersi          
                  The duckweed firetail  is found in the southeastern U.S. from Florida to Texas. 
                Source:  Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High    School    
                Duckweed Firetail -  Telebasis byersi          
                  The duckweed firetail gets its name from the fact that it likes to perch on duckweed. 
                  Source:  BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle     School    
   
  Dusky Dancer -  Argia translata                
                  The dusky dancer is found from Ontario south to Georgia and west to Oklahoma and Texas and south through Central America to Argentina. It is found in southeast New Hampshire, but it is rare 
                Source:  Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High    School    
                Dusky Dancer - Argia translata                
                The dusky dancer is found near large rivers and highland lakes.  
                Source:  BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle     School    
                Eastern Forktail -  Ischnura verticalis            
                  The eastern forktail is found from Newfoundland  south through Georgia and west to Montana and new Mexico. 
                Source:  Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High    School    
                Eastern Forktail -  Ischnura verticalis             
                  The eastern forktail is most frequently found near small well-vegetated ponds. 
                  Source:  BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle     School    
                   
                Eastern Red Damsel -  Amphiagrion saucium                 
                The eastern red damsel is found  in eastern Canada and the eastern United States. 
                Source:  Wisconsin Odonata Survey Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School    
                Eastern Red Damsel -  Amphiagrion saucium                  
                  The eastern red damsel is found at the edges of ponds, bogs, and streams. 
                  Source:  BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School    
                Elegant Sprite - Pseudagrion decorum          
                  The elegant sprite  is found in Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Oman, and Pakistan.                   
                Source:  Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle   School   
                Emma’s Dancer - Argia emma           
                  Emma's dancer is found from  eastern British Columbia and Alberta in Canada south to Nebraska, Nevada, and California. 
                  Source:  Nebraska Dragonflies and Damselflies Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School   
                Emma’s Dancer - Argia emma         
Emma's dancer males are a bright violet color. Females vary in color and can be cream, brown, olive, or grayish blue. 
Source:  Digital Atlas of Idaho Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School   
                Everglades Sprite - Nehalennia pallidula            
                  The Everglades sprite is found in the Florida Everglades. 
                Source:  Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School                   
                Everglades Sprite -  Nehalennia pallidula              
                  Historic specimens indicate that the Everglades sprite may have once been found in Texas.
 
Source:  Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High    School    
                Exclamation Damsel - Zoniagrion exclamationis              
The exclamation damsel is found in the Bay area of California.  
                Source:  BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School                                   
                Familiar Bluet - Enallagma civile         
                The familiar bluet is found from Saskatchewan east to Newfoundland and south to Venezuela and Florida. 
                Source:  BioKids Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Elementary  School   
                Familiar Bluet -  Enallagma civile          
                  The familiar bluet  is found near permanent ponds and lakes. 
                Source:  Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High    School    
                Fiery-eyed Dancer - Argia oenea         
                  The fiery-eyed dancer  is found in Arizona, Texas, and Mexico.  
                  Source:  BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle  School    
                Florida Bluet - Enallagma pollutum            
                  The Florida bluet is found in  Georgia, Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi. 
                Source:  BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School    
                Flying Earwig Hawaiian Damselfly - Megalagrion nesiotes             
                The flying earwig Hawaiian damselfly was once found on the islands of Hawaii and Maui, but it is now only found in east Maui.                 
                Source:  The Xerces Society Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School                   
                Four-spot Midget - Mortonagrion  hirosei             
The four-spot midget   is found in China, Hong Kong, Japan, and Taiwan. 
Source:  Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle   School   
                   
                  Fragile Forktail -  Ischnura posita                   
                  The fragile forktail is found from Newfoundland south to Florida and Texas and west to North Dakota. It is also found from Mexico to Guatemala and it has been introduced to Hawaii. It is found across New Hampshire.  
                  Source:  Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High    School    
                Fragile Forktail -  Ischnura posita                   
                  The fragile forktail is found near ponds and temporary pools. 
                Source:  BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle     School    
                   
                  Furtive Forktail - Ischnura prognata          
                  The furtive forktail is found in the eastern U.S. from New York to Florida and west into Texas. 
                Source:  Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High    School   
                Golden-winged Dancer -  Argia rhoadsi              
The golden-winged  dancer is found from Texas south into Mexico. 
Source:  Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High    School    
                Golden Bluet - Enallagma sulcatum           
                  The golden bluet is found in Florida and Alabama. 
                Source:  BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School                                   
                Greek Red Damsel - Pyrrhosoma  elisabethae                
                  The Greek red damsel   is found in Albania and Greece . 
                  Source:  Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle   School                    
                   
                  Hagen's  Bluet -  Enallagma  hageni             
                   Hagen's bluet is found in the northern United States and southern Canada. It is found in New Hampshire. 
                  Source:  BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle   School   
                Hagen’s Bluet -  Enallagma hageni                
                Hagen's Bluet is usually found in ponds, marshes, open bogs, lakeshores, and slow streams. 
                Source:  Wisconsin Odonata Survey Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School    
                Harkness’ Dancer - Argia harknessi        
                  Harkness'  dancer is found in Arizona and Mexico. 
                Source:  Arizaon Dragonflies Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School                    
                Harlequin Sprite - Pseudagrion  newtoni                 
                  The harlequin sprite    is found in South Africa. 
                Source:  Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle   School   
                Kiowa Dancer - Argia immunda                  
                The Kiowa dancer is found from California eastward to South Dakota and Texas south through Mexico to Belize.  
                Source:  Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School                    
                Lavender Dancer -  Argia hinei           
The lavender dancer is found in the southwestern U.S. from Texas to California and south into Mexico. 
Source:  Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High    School    
 
Leonora's Dancer -  Argia leonorae              
Leonora's dancer is found in Texas and Mexico. 
Source:  Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High    School   
                   
                  Lilypad Forktail -  Ischnura kellicotti                
                  The lilypad forktail is found in the eastern U.S. from Maine to Florida and west to Michigan and Texas. In New Hampshire, it is found south of the White Mountains.  
                Source:  Odonata Central-Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High    School    
                Lilypad Forktail -  Ischnura kellicotti                
The lilypad forktail is found on lilypads in ponds.  
Source:  Wisconsin Odonata Survey Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School    
                Lilypad Forktail -  Ischnura kellicotti                
The male lilypad forktail is blue and black, the female can be a variety of colors.  
Source:  BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School    
                Little Bluet -  Enallagma minusculum              
                The little bluet is found in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia in Canada and in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, and Rhode Island in the U.S. 
                Source:  BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle   School   
                Little Bluet -  Enallagma minusculum                 
The little bluet is found in coastal plain ponds with emergent vegetation along the shoreline. 
Source:  New York Natural Heritage Program Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School    
                Marsh Bluet -  Enallagma ebrium                  
                The marsh bluet is found throughout the northern United States and southern Canada.  It is found in  New Hampshire. 
                  Source:  Wisconsin Odonata Survey Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School    
                Marsh Bluet -  Enallagma ebrium                
The marsh bluet is in flight from June to August. 
Source:  BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle     School    
                Marsh Firetail - Telebasis digiticollis             
                  The marsh firetail is found in  is found in Mexico, Central America, and South America.  
                  Source:  BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School                                   
                Mauve Bluet - Proischnura  polychromatica          
                  The mauve bluet   is found in South Africa. 
                Source:  Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle   School   
                Mexican Forktail -  Ischnura demorsa           
The Mexican forktail is found in Utah and Kansas south to Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona, southward into Mexico 
Source:  Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High    School    
 
Mexican Wedgetail -  Acanthagrion quadratum           
The Mexican wedgetail is found from Texas and Mexico south to Nicaragua. 
Source:  Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High    School    
 
Neotropical Bluet -  Enallagma novaehispaniae               
The neotropical bluet  is found from Texas south through Mexico to Peru and Argentina. 
Source:  Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High    School                   
                New England Bluet -  Enallagma laterale              
                The New England bluet  is found in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island. In New Hampshire, it is found south of the White Mountains in the Spring.  
                Source:  BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School    
                New England Bluet -  Enallagma laterale                  
The New England bluet  is found near  ponds and small lakes with emergent vegetation or boggy edges 
Source:  New York Natural Heritage Program Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School    
                Northern Bluet -  Enallagma annexum                 
                  The northern bluet is found throughout Canada and northern United States, including the mountains in the west. It is found across New Hampshire. 
                  Source:  Wisconsin Odonata Survey Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School    
                Northern Bluet -  Enallagma annexum            
The northern bluet is found near ponds, marshes, and  slow streams. 
Source:  BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School    
                Nubian Sprite - Pseudagrion  nubicum                
                The Nubian sprite    is found across much of Africa. 
                Source:  Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle   School                  
                Orangeblack Hawaiian Damselfly - Megalagrion xanthomelas          
                  The orangeblack Hawaiian damselfy is found in Hawaii on the islands of the islands of Oahu, Lanai, Molokai, Maui, and Hawaii. 
                Source:  Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle   School   
                Orangeblack Hawaiian Damselfly - Megalagrion xanthomelas           
                 The orangeblack Hawaiian damselflyis a  lowland species that  breeds in a wide range of slow or standing water habitats. 
                Source:  The Xerces Society Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School                   Orange Bluet -  Enallagma signatum               
                  The orange bluet is found from the eastern to central United States and in southeast Canada. It is found in New Hampshire. 
                Source:  Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High    School    
                Orange Bluet -  Enallagma signatum               
                  The orange bluet  is found near ponds and lakes. 
                Source:  BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle     School    
                Pacific Forktail -  Ischnura cervula            
The Pacific forktail is found from Alberta Canada and the Pacific Northwest south to New Mexico and Baja California. 
Source:  Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High    School    
                Pacific Hawaiian Damselfly - Megalagrion pacificum              
The Pacific Hawaiian damselfly is found in Hawaii on the islands Molokai, Maui, and Hawaii 
Source:  The Xerces Society Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School    
                   
                  Painted Damsel -  Hesperagrion heterodoxum               
                  The painted damsel is found in the Southwestern U.S. and Mexico. 
                  Source:  Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High    School    
                   
                  Paiute Dancer -  Argia alberta               
                  The Paiute dancer is found in the western U.S. east to Texas and Oklahoma. 
                  Source:  Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High    School                    Pallid Bluet - Enallagma pallidum             
                The pallid bluet is found in the southeastern U.S. 
                Source:  BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle  School                    
                Pine Barrens Bluet - Enallagma recurvatum              
                  The pine barrens bluet is found in New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and southern Maine.   In New Hampshire, it is found in the southeast, but it is rare.  
                      Source:  BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle     School    
                   
                  Plains Forktail -  Ischnura damula            
                  The plains forktail is found on the eastern slope of Rockies and Great Plains from Texas to North Dakota and Wyoming   south to Arizona. 
                  Source:  Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High    School   
                   
                  Powdered Dancer -  Argia moesta                  
                  The powdered dancer is found throughout southern Canada and much of the United States, except for the Pacific Northwest. It is also found in Mexico. 
                  Source:  Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High    School    
                Powdered Dancer -  Argia moesta                  
The powdered dancer likes rocky rivers and lakes with rocky shores. 
Source:  BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle     School    
                Prairie Bluet - Coenagrion angulatum             
                  The prairie bluet is found in British Columbia to Ontario in Canada south to Montana, Minnesota, ad Iowa in the U.S. 
                Source:  BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School    
                Pseudagrion kaffinum            
                  Pseudagrion kaffinum is found in Ethiopia. 
                      Source:  Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle   School   
                       
                                                    Pseudagrion guichardi                                         
                                                    Pseudagrion guichardi is found in Ethiopia. 
                                                    Source:  Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle   School   
                Purple Bluet - Enallagma cardenium           
                The purple bluet is found in Florida, Alabama, Georgia, and Cuba.  
                Source: BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School                   Pygmy Damselfly - Nehalennia  specios                 
                  The pygmy  damselfly, also known as the dwarf damselfly, is found in Austria, Belarus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, and Ukraine.. 
                Source:  Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle   School                  
                Rainbow Bluet -  Enallagma antennatum               
                  The rainbow bluet  is found from New York, Ontario and Quebec Canada west to Montana and south to Oklahoma. It is found in New Hampshire, but it is restricted to large rivers.  
                Source:  Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High    School    
                Rainbow Bluet -  Enallagma antennatum                
                  The rainbow bluet  is found near ponds, slow streams, and lakes with stream inlets or outlets. 
                Source:  Wisconsin Odonata Survey Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School    
                Rainbow Bluet -  Enallagma antennatum                
The rainbow bluet  is has an orange face and eyes, a green thorax with yellow and black stripes on its shoulders, and a black and green abdomen, except for segment nine, which is blue. 
Source:  BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle     School   
                   
                  Rambur's Forktail -  Ischnura ramburii                  
                  Rambur's forktail is found from Maine south to Florida and west to Illinois and Texas. It is also found in Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean. It is found along the coast in New Hampshire. 
                Source:  Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High    School    
                Rambur's Forktail -  Ischnura ramburii                  
                  The Rambur's forktail  is found in a variety of wetland habitats. 
                Source:  BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle    School    
                Red-tipped Swampdamsel - Leptobasis vacillans            
                  The red-tipped swampdamsel is found in 
                  Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America, and South America.  
                  Source:  Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School    
                   
                  River Bluet -  Enallagma anna            
                  The river bluet  is found in southern Canada and western U.S. west of the Rocky Mountains 
                  Source:  Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High    School    
                River Bluet - Enallagma anna           
The river bluet is found near slow creeks, streams, and rivers.  
Source:  Wisconsin Odonata Survey Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School                    
                Sabino Dancer - Argia  sabino           
                  The sabino dancer  is found in the Santa Catalina Mountains in Arizona. It is also found in Mexico. 
                Source:  Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle   School   
                San Francisco Forktail - Ischnura  gemina              
                  The San Francisco forktail  is found in the  San Francisco Bay area in California. 
                Source:  Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle   School   
                Sandhill Bluet - Enallagma davisi               
                  The Sandhill bluet is found in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and  South Carolina. 
                  Source:  BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School                                   
                Sedge Sprite - Nehalennia irene              
The sedge sprite is found across much of the northern U.S. and southern Canada. It is found across New Hampshire. 
Source:  Wisconsin Odonata Survey Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School   
                Sedge Sprite - Nehalennia irene           
The sedge sprite is found near  non-moving water habitats, including marshes, ponds, and fens. 
                Source:  BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School                   
                Seepage Dancer -  Argia bipunctulata             
                  The seepage dancer is found in the eastern U.S. from New Jersey to Florida and west to Kansas and Texas. 
                Source:  Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High    School    
                Seepage Dancer -  Argia bipunctulata             
                  The seepage dancer is found near sunny sphagnum seepages, small lakes, ponds and streams 
                Source:  BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle    School   
                Senegal  Bluetail - Ischnura  senegalensis          
The Senegal bluetail   is found in much of Africa and Asia. 
Source:  Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle   School   
                Seychelles Fineliner - Teinobasis  alluaudi             
                  The Seychelles fineliner    is found in Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Seychelles, and Tanzania. 
  Source:  Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle   School                  
                Scarlet Bluet - Enallagma pictum          
                The scarlet bluet is found in New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and southern Maine. In New Hampshire, it is found south of the White Mountains. 
                Source:  New York Natural Heritage Program Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School    
                Sierra Madre Dancer -  Argia lacrimans              
                The Sierra Madre dancer is found in southeast Arizona south into Mexico. 
                Source:  BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School                   
                Skimming Bluet -  Enallagma geminatum               
The skimming bluet  is found in the eastern U.S. and southern Canada from Quebec to Florida and west to Minnesota, Oklahoma, and Texas. 
Source:  Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High    School    
                Skimming Bluet -  Enallagma geminatum               
                  The skimming bluet  is found near slow-moving streams and well-vegetated ponds and lakes. 
  Source:  BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle     School    
                Skimming Bluet -  Enallagma geminatum               
The skimming bluet is in flight in the summer. 
Source:  Wisconsin Odonata Survey Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School    
                Slender Bluet - Enallagma traviatum              
                  The slender bluet is found in the eastern United States. It is found in New Hampshire south of the White Mountains. 
                  Source:  BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School                     
                Slender Bluet - Enallagma traviatum                 
The slender bluet is found in near  permanent ponds and lakes with lots of emergent and aquatic vegetation. 
Source:  Wisconsin Odonata Survey Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School    
 
                  Sooty Dancer -  Argia lugens               
                  The sooty dancer is found in the southwestern U.S. and Mexico. 
                Source:  Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High    School   
                Southern Damselfly - Coenagrion  mercuriale                  
                  The southern damselfly    is found in western Europe and northern Africa. 
                Source:  Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle   School                  
                Southern Sprite -  Nehalennia integricollis            
The southern sprite is found in the eastern U.S. form New York to Texas. 
Source:  Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High    School    
                Sphagnum Sprite - Nehalennia gracilis                   
The sphagnum sprite is found in the eastern U.S. and in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island in Canada. It is found across New Hampshire. 
Source:  Wisconsin Odonata Survey Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School   
                Sphagnum Sprite - Nehalennia gracilis                    
                The sphagnum sprite is found in sphagnum bogs and fens.  
                Source:  BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School   
                Spine-tipped Dancer - Argia extranea            
                  The spine-tipped dancer is found in southern Arizona, Mexico, and Central America.                   
                  Source:  BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School                     
                                       
                  Springwater Dancer -  Argia plana               
                  The springwater dancer is found in the central U.S. from Arkansas north to Wisconsin and west to Arizona. It is also found south   through Mexico to Guatemala. 
                  Source:  Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High    School   
                   
                  Stream Bluet -  Enallagma exsulans                     
                  The stream bluet  is found in the eastern U.S. from Maine to Georgia and west to Michigan and Texas. It is also found in southern Canada and northern Mexico. 
                  Source:  Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High    School   
                Stream Bluet -  Enallagma exsulans                     
The stream bluet  is found near medium to large streams, rivers with moderate flow, and lakeshores. 
Source:  Wisconsin Odonata Survey Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School    
                Stream Bluet -  Enallagma exsulans                     
The stream bluet  is in flight from May to September. 
Source:  BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School    
                Subarctic Bluet - Coenagrion interrogatum                
The subarctic bluet  is found in the northern U.S. and Canada. It is found in northern New Hampshire, but it is restricted to large rivers.  
Source:  BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle     School    
                Swift Forktail - Ischnura erratica         
                  The swift forktail is found in the Pacific Northwest from British Columbia to northern California. 
                Source:  BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School                                   
                Taiga Bluet -  Coenagrion resolutum                   
The taiga bluet  is found  across Canada and northern United States. It is found in northern New Hampshire. 
Source:  BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle     School    
                Tarascan Dancer - Argia tarascana            
                  The Taracan dancer is found in Arizona and Mexico.  
                  Source:  Arizona Odonata Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School                   
                Tezpi Dancer -  Argia tezpi            
The Tezpi dancer is found in Arizona and New Mexico south through Mexico to Costa Rica. 
Source:  Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High    School    
 
Tonto Dancer -  Argia tonto            
The Tonto  dancer is found in southwestern New Mexico and Arizona south to Mexico 
Source:  Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High    School    
 
Tule Bluet -  Enallagma carunculatum                  
The tule bluet  is found from southern Canada to Mexico. It is found in New Hampshire, but it is restricted to large rivers.  
Source:  Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High    School    
                Tule Bluet -  Enallagma carunculatum                    
                   The tule bluet is found near rivers, lakes, streams, and ponds. 
                  Source:  Wisconsin Odonata Survey Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School    
                Tule Bluet -  Enallagma carunculatum                 
 The adult tule bluet is active from May to September. 
Source:  BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle     School    
                   
                  Turquoise Bluet -  Enallagma divagans                
                  The turquoise bluet  is found from Maine to Florida west to Oklahoma and Texas. It is found in New Hampshire. 
                  Source:  Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High    School    
                Turquoise Bluet -  Enallagma divagans                
The turquoise bluet  is found near  streams, sloughs, well-vegetated ponds, and lakes. 
Source:  Wisconsin Odonata Survey Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School    
                Turquoise Bluet -  Enallagma divagans                
The turquoise bluet adult is in flight from  May to late July. 
Source:  BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School    
                Variable Dancer -  Argia fumipennis                  
                  The variable dancer is found in the central and eastern regions of the U.S. and in southeastern Canada. It is found across New Hampshire.                 
                Source:  BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School    
                Vernal Bluet -  Enallagma vernale            
                  The vernal bluet is found in the northeastern U.S. and southeast Canada. It is found in New Hampshire in the spring. (Vernal means spring.)  
                  Source:  BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School                     
                Vernal Bluet -  Enallagma vernale               
The vernal bluet is found near lakes, rivers, and ponds.  
Source:  Wisconsin Odonata Survey Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School    
                   
                  Vesper Bluet -  Enallagma vesperum               
                  The vesper bluet  is found from Maine to Florida west to Wisconsin and Texas. It is found in New Hampshire.  
                Source:  Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High    School    
                Vesper Bluet -  Enallagma vesperum               
The vesper bluet is found near  ponds and lakes and slow streams with emergent and aquatic vegetation.  
Source:  Wisconsin Odonata Survey Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School    
                Vesper Bluet -  Enallagma vesperum             
The vesper bluet is most active in the   late afternoon and early evening. 
Source:  BugGuide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School    
                   
                  Vivid Dancer -  Argia vivida            
                  The vivid dancer is found in  western Canada and the U.S. 
                  Source:  Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High    School    
                   
                  Western Forktail -  Ischnura perparva               
                  The western forktail is found in the northwestern U.S. and British Columbia south to Arizona, New Mexico and Oklahoma 
                  Source:  Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High    School    
                   
                  Western Red Damsel -  Amphiagrion abbreviatum            
                  The western red damsel is found in western Canada and the western U.S. 
                  Source:  Odonata Central - Texas Natural Science Center Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High    School    
                Yaqui Dancer - Argia carlcooki        
                  The Yaqui dancer is found in southeast Arizona and Mexico.  
                Source:  Arizona Odonata Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School                    |