Photographs see also caudata, anura, testudines, squamata and odonata
SO: Anisoptera [Dragonflies]
Family: Gomphidae [Clubtails]
Male Lilypad Clubtail (Arigomphus furcifer) WI
Male Pale Snaketail (Ophiogomphus severus) NE
Family: Libellulidae [Skimmers]
Larva, Teneral and Mature Male Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis) NE
Female and Male Widow Skimmer (Libellula luctuosa) OK
Male Common Whitetail (Libellula lydi) NE
Male Twelve-Spotted Skimmer (Libellula pulchella) NE
Female and Male Chalk-Fronted Corporal (Libellula julia) WI
Male Slaty Skimmer (Libellula incesta) OK
Male Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis) NE
Larva and Male Black Saddlebags (Tramea lacerate) NE
Male and Female Western Band-Winged Meadowhawk (Sympetrum semicinctum occidentale) NE
Male Halloween Pennant Dragonfly (Celithemis eponina) OK
Male Easter Amberwing Dragonfly (Perithemis tenera) OK
Family: Aeshnidae [Darners]
Male Common Green Darner (Anax junius) NE
Male Blue-Eyed Darner (Aeshna multicolor) NE
SO: Zygoptera [Damselflies]
Family: Calopterygidae [Broad-Winged or Stream Damsels]
Female and Male American Rubyspot (Hetaerina americana) NE
Male and Female, Male Displaying to Female, Mating Pair, and Female Ovipositing Ebony Jewelwing (Calopteryx maculata) NE
Family: Lestidae [Spreadwings]
Male and Larva Lyre-Tipped Spreadwing (Lestes unguiculatus) NE
Family: Coenagrionidae [Narrow-Winged or Pond Damsels]
Male, Female and Larva Eastern Forktail (Ishnura verticalis) NE
Male and Female Familiar Bluet (Enallagma civile) NE
Some Common odonate parasites
Common unencysted and encysted meatacercariae of odonata: Halipegus sp., from the intestine, and Haematoloechus longiplexus from the body cavity, Haematoloechus complexus and Gorgoderina attenuata from the body cavity.
Cercaria of Haematoloechus longiplexus penetrating a larva Ischnura verticalis.
Mites, Arrenurus sp. feeding on adult damselfly.
Gregarine protozoa commonly found in the midgut of damselflies.