Sterling's Odonate Photos

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

see not yet identified species     New photos from 2007

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

Anisoptera

 

Tanypteryx hageni
Black Petaltail
Aeshna californica
California Darner new photos
A. canadensis
Canada Darner
A. interrupta
Variable Darner new photo
A. multicolor
Blue-eyed Darner  
A. palmata
Paddle-tailed Darner new photo
A. umbrosa
Shadow Darner new photo
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 new photos
Gomphus kurilis
Pacific Clubtail new photos
Octogomphus specularis
Grappletail new photos
Ophiogomphus bison
Bison Snaketail new photos
O. morrisoni
Great Basin Snaketail
O. occidentis
Sinuous Snaketail
O. severus
Pale Snaketail 
Progomphus borealis
Gray Sanddragon  
Stylurus intricatus
Brimstone Clubtail
S. olivaceus
Olive Clubtail
S. plagiatus
Russet-tipped Clubtail  
Cordulegaster dorsalis
Pacific Spiketail
Macromia magnifica
Western River Cruiser new photos
Cordulia shurtleffi
American Emerald 
Epitheca canis
Beaverpond Baskettail
E. spinigera
Spiny Baskettail
Somatochlora albicincta
Ringed Emerald
S. semicircularis
Mountain Emerald
Brachymesia furcata
Red-tailed Pennant
Brechmorhoga mendax
Pale-faced Clubskimmer new photo
Erythemis collocata
Western Pondhawk
Leucorrhinia glacialis
Crimson-ringed Whiteface 
L. hudsonica
Hudsonian Whiteface
L. intacta
Dot-tailed Whiteface
L. proxima
Belted Whiteface
Libellula comanche
Comanche Skimmer  
L. composita
Bleached Skimmer new photos
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 new photos
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 new photos
S. internum
Cherry-faced Meadowhawk
S. madidum
Red-veined Meadowhawk
S. obtrusum
White-faced Meadowhawk new photos
S. occidentale
Western Meadowhawk new photos
S. pallipes
Striped Meadowhawk new photos
S. vicinum
Autumn Meadowhawk  new photos
          T. lacerata           Black Saddlebags
          T. onusta           Red Saddlebags  New photos