Dragonflies And Damselflies

One of Pennsylvania's largest dragonflies,a beautiful female Swamp Darner [Epiaeschna heros].Ovipositing [laying her eggs].Dauphin County,Pa.5-28-19

Female Painted Skimmer [Libellula semifasciata].Dauphin County,Pa.5-16-19

Male Great Blue Skimmer [libellula vibrans].Perry County,Pa.6-20-18

Female Common Whitetail dragonfly [Plathemis lydia].Dauphin County,Pa.5-21-18

A beautiful Damselfly nymph,notice the 3 feather-shaped gills at the end of the abdomen.Dauphin County,2-27-18

Common Whitetail [Libellula lydia].Dauphin County,8-19-17

Female Spangled Skimmer [Libellula cyanea].Schuylkill County,7-21-17 [it is the only dragonfly in this area with white stigmas]

Meadowhawk [Sympetrum].Schuylkill County,7-21-17

Nymph of an unknown darner [dragonfly] [Anax].Perry County,6-2-17

Male [blue] & Female Familiar Bluets damselflies [Enallagma civile],caught on Round-leaved Sundew [Drosera rotundifolia] [Carnivorous plant].New York,6-3-17

One of Pennsylvania's largest dragonflies,the beautiful Swamp Darner [Epiaeschna heroes].Female ovipositing [laying eggs].Dauphin County,5-19-17

Unknown Clubtail [Gomphidae],Dragonfly larvae.Coos county,N.H.,9-9-16

Meadowhawk [Sympetrum].Coos county,N.H.,9-7-16

White-faced Meadowhawk [Symptrum obtrussum],female.Coos county,N.H.,9-10-09

Common Whitetail [Plathemis lydia],male.Dauphin county,7-11-11

Coos county,N.H.,9-14-11

Painted Skimmer [Libellula semifasciata],female.Dauphin county,5-19-14

Slaty Skimmer [Libellula incesta],female.Schuylkill county,7-11-12

Slaty Skimmer [Libellula incesta],male.Schuylkill county,7-11-12

Meadowhawk [Sympetrum].Schuylkill county,7-11-12

Hallloween pennant [Celithemis eponina],male.Schuylkill county,7-11-12

Twelve-spotted Skimmer [Libellula pulchella].Schuylkill county,7-11-12

Spangled Skimmer [Libellula cyanea],male.Dauphin county,7-2-12

Ashy Clubtail [Gomphus lividus].Dauphin county,5-16-16

Female Arrow Clubtail [Stylers spiniceps] 1st two pictures. Twin Spotted Spiketail [Cordulegaster maculata] 2nd two pictures.Tioga county,5-24-08

Female White Tail [Plathemis lydia].Montour county,5-31-10

Twin-Spotted Spiketail [Cordulegaster maculata]].Dauphin county,6-7-12

Southern Pygmy Clubtail [Lanthus vernalis].Tioga county,6-13-09

Male Chalk-Fronted Corporal [Libellula julia].Schuylkill county;6-30-13

Seepage Dancer [Argia bipunctulata],male. Varible [Violet] Dancer [Argia fumipennis],male.Both pictures,Schuylkill county,7-1-16

Ashy Clubtail [Gomphus lividus].Dauphin county,5-16-16

Golden- winged Skimmer [Libellula auripennis].Schuylkill county,6-6-12