Calopterygidae (Broad-winged Damselflies)


Calopteryx amata (Superb Jewelwing)

Calopteryx angustipennis (Appalachian Jewelwing)

Calopteryx dimidiata (Sparkling Jewelwing)

Calopterys maculata (Ebony Jewelwing)

Hetaerina americana (American Rubyspot)

Hetaerina titia (Smoky Rubyspot)

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Lestidae (Spreadwings)


Archilestes grandis (Great Spreadwing)

Lestes australis (Southern Spreadwing)

Lestes congener (Spotted Spreadwing)

Lestes eurinus (Amber-winged Spreadwing)

Lestes forcipatus (Sweetflag Spreadwing)

Lestes inaequalis (Elegant Spreadwing)

Lestes rectangularis (Slender Spreadwing)

Lestes vidua (Carolina Spreadwing)

Lestes vigilax (Swamp Spreadwing)

Terminal appendage comparisons

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Coenagrionidae (Pond Damsels)


Amphiagrion saucium (Eastern Red Damsel)

Argia apicalis (Blue-fronted Dancer)

Argia bipunctulata (Seepage Dancer)

Argia fumipennis (Variable Dancer)

Argia moesta (Powdered Dancer)

Argia sedula (Blue-ringed Dancer)

Argia tibialis (Blue-tipped Dancer)

Argia translata (Dusky Dancer)

Chromagrion conditum (Chromagrion conditum)

Enallagma aspersum (Azure Bluet)

Enallagma basidens (Double-striped Bluet)

Enallagma civile (Familiar Bluet)

Enallagma cardenium (Purple Bluet)

Enallagma concisum (Cherry Bluet)

Enallagma daeckii (Attenuated Bluet)

Enallagma  davisi (Sandhill Bluet)

Enallagma divagans (Turquoise Bluet)

Enallagma doubledayi (Atlantic Bluet)

Enallagma dubium (Burgundy Bluet)

Enallagma durum (Big Bluet)

Enallagma exsulans (Stream Bluet)

Enallagma geminatum (Skimming Bluet)

Enallagma hageni (Hagen’s Bluet)

Enallagma pallidum (Pale Bluet)

Enallagma pollutum (Florida Bluet)

Enallagma signatum (Orange Bluet)

Enallagma traviatum (Slender Bluet)

Enallagma vesperum (Vesper Bluet)

Enallagma weewa (Blackwater Bluet)

Ischnura hastata (Citrine Forktail)

Ischnura kellicotti (Lilypad Forktail)

Ischnura posita (Fragile Forktail)

Ischnura prognata (Furtive Forktail)

Ischnura ramburii (Rambur’s Forktail)

Ischnura verticalis (Eastern Forktail)

Nehalennia gracilis (Sphagnum Sprite)

Nehalennia integricollis (Southern Sprite)

Telebasis byersi (Duckweed Firetail)

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      Zygoptera (Damselflies) of Georgia

Damselflies are typically smaller and more slender than dragonflies. Eyes are widely separated, the fore- and hindwings are equal in size, each wing is noticeably narrowed at the base, and most species hold their wings together over their backs, (The spreadwings are exceptions to this.) They are weak fliers and are often found low in or on vegetation. Like dragonflies they have three main body parts: head, thorax, abdomen.

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