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An At-A-Glance Guide to Dragonflies and Damselflies |
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With their stunning colours and delightful wings, dragonflies and damselflies are familiar and favourite insects. When you click on these images, you will open up a pop-up window with a larger photograph. Please make sure you have your pop-up stopper turned off. |
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Blue Dasher,
Pachydiplax longipennis, male |
Blue Dasher,
Pachydiplax longipennis, immature male |
Four-spotted
Skimmer, Libellula quadrimaculata |
Eight-spotted
Skimmer, Libellula forensic, female |
Eight-spotted
Skimmer,
Libellula forensic |
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Eight-spotted
Skimmer, Libellula forensic, male |
Common Whitetail,
Plathemis llydia,
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Common Whitetail, Plathemis llydia, male |
Striped Meadowhawk, Sympetrum pallipes,
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Striped Meadowhawk, Sympetrum pallipes, female |
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Autumn Meadowhawk, Sympetrum vicinum |
Cardinal
Meadowhawk, Sympetrum illotum |
White-faced Meadowhawk, Sympetrum obtrusum, male |
Blue-eyed Darner, Rhionaeschna multicolor, male |
Blue-eyed Darner, Rhionaeschna multicolour, female |
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Blue-eyed Darner, Rhionaeschna multicolour,
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California Darner, Rhionaeschna californica, male |
Variable Darner,
Aeshna interrupta,
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Pacific Spiketail, Cordulegastridae dorsalis |
Exuvia of
Aeshna palmata |
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Damselflies |
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Tule Bluet,
Enallagma carunculatum, female |
Tule Bluet,
Enallagma carunculatum, male |
Tule Bluet,
Enallagma carunculatum, mature male |
Northern Bluet, Enallagma annexum, female |
Pacific Forktail,
Ischnura cervula,
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Pacific Forktail,
Ischnura cervula,
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Western Forktail, Ischnura perparva, female |
Western Forktail, Ischnura perparva,
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Western Forktail, Ischnura perparva,
young female |
Northern Spreadwing, Lestes disjunctus |
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Northern Spreadwing, Lestes disjunctus, male |
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