Sterling's Odonate Photos

Contact me (John Sterling at ani @ cal.net) for more information.

 

 

                                                                     New photos from 2008

Calopteryx aequabilis
River Jewelwing new photos
Hetaerina americana
American Rubyspot
Archilestes californica
California Spreadwing  
A. grandis
Great Spreadwing  new photo
Lestes congener
Spotted Spreadwing
L. disjunctus
Northern Spreadwing  
L. dryas
Emerald Spreadwing
L. stultus
Black Spreadwing  
L. unguiculatus
Lyre-tipped Spreadwing new photo
Amphiagrion abbreviatum
Western Red Damsel
Argia agrioides/nahuana
California Dancer/ Aztec Dancer  
A. alberta
Paiute Dancer
A. emma
Emma's Dancer
A. hinei
Lavender Dancer  
A. immunda
Kiowa Dancer
A. lugens
Sooty Dancer new photo
A. moesta
Powdered Dancer  
A. sedula
Blue-ringed Dancer  
A. vivida
Vivid Dancer
Coenagrion resolutum
Taiga Bluet
Enallagma anna
River Bluet  
E. basidens
Double-striped Bluet
E. boreale
Boreal Bluet
E. carunculatum
Tule Bluet  
E. civile
Familiar Bluet
E. clausum
Alkali Bluet  
E. cyathigerum
Northern Bluet
E. praevarum
Arroyo Bluet  
Ischnura barberi
Desert Forktail  
I. cervula
Pacific Forktail
I. denticollis
Black-fronted Forktail
I. erratica
Swift Forktail 
I. gemina
San Francisco Forktail  
I. hastata
Citrine Forktail new photo
I. perparva
Western Forktail
I. ramburii
Rambur's Forktail  
Nehalennia irene
Sedge Sprite new photo
Telebasis salva
Desert Firetail
Zoniagrion exclamationis
Exclamation Damsel

Anisoptera

 

Tanypteryx hageni
Black Petaltail new photos
Aeshna californica
California Darner  
A. canadensis
Canada Darner
A. interrupta
Variable Darner  
A. multicolor
Blue-eyed Darner  
A. palmata
Paddle-tailed Darner  
A. umbrosa
Shadow Darner  
A. walkeri
Walker's Darner
Anax junius
Common Green Darner 
A. walsinghami
Giant Darner
Oplonaeschna armata
Riffle Darner
Erpetogomphus compositus
White-belted Ringtail  
E. lampropeltis
Serpent Ringtail  
Gomphus kurilis
Pacific Clubtail  
Octogomphus specularis
Grappletail  new photo
Ophiogomphus bison
Bison Snaketail  
O. morrisoni
Great Basin Snaketail 
O. occidentis
Sinuous Snaketail
O. severus
Pale Snaketail new photos
Progomphus borealis
Gray Sanddragon  
Stylurus intricatus
Brimstone Clubtail new photos
S. olivaceus
Olive Clubtail
S. plagiatus
Russet-tipped Clubtail  
Cordulegaster dorsalis
Pacific Spiketail new photos
Macromia magnifica
Western River Cruiser  
Cordulia shurtleffi
American Emerald new photos
Epitheca canis
Beaverpond Baskettail
E. spinigera
Spiny Baskettail
Somatochlora albicincta
Ringed Emerald
S. semicircularis
Mountain Emerald new photos
Brachymesia furcata
Red-tailed Pennant
Brechmorhoga mendax
Pale-faced Clubskimmer  
Erythemis collocata
Western Pondhawk
Leucorrhinia glacialis
Crimson-ringed Whiteface 
L. hudsonica
Hudsonian Whiteface new photo
L. intacta
Dot-tailed Whiteface
L. proxima
Belted Whiteface
Libellula comanche
Comanche Skimmer  
L. composita
Bleached Skimmer  
L. croceipennis
Neon Skimmer  
L. forensis
Eight-spotted Skimmer
L. julia
Chalk-fronted Corporal
L. luctuosa
Widow Skimmer
L. lydia
Common Whitetail
L. nodisticta
Hoary Skimmer
L. pulchella
Twelve-spotted Skimmer
L. quadrimaculata
Four-spotted Skimmer
L. saturata
Flame Skimmer
L. subornata
Desert Whitetail  
Macrodiplax balteata
Marl Pennant  
Orthemis ferruginea
Roseate Skimmer  
Pachydiplax longipennis
Blue Dasher
Paltothemis lineatipes
Red Rock Skimmer
Pantala flavescens
Wandering Glider
P. hymenaea
Spot-winged Glider
Perithemis intensa
Mexican Amberwing  
Sympetrum corruptum
Variegated Meadowhawk 
S. costiferum
Saffron-winged Meadowhawk
S. danae
Black Meadowhawk
S. illotum
Cardinal Meadowhawk  
S. internum
Cherry-faced Meadowhawk
S. madidum
Red-veined Meadowhawk
S. obtrusum
White-faced Meadowhawk  
S. occidentale
Western Meadowhawk  
S. pallipes
Striped Meadowhawk  
S. vicinum
Autumn Meadowhawk 
          T. lacerata           Black Saddlebags
          T. onusta           Red Saddlebags