DRAGON & DAMSELFLIES Mary Evelynn Sorrell
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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
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