Checklist of the Damselflies of West Virginia 


Broad-winged Damsel Family, Calopterygidae

Superb Jewelwing, Calopteryx amata

Appalachian Jewelwing, Calopteryx angustipennis

Ebony Jewelwing, Calopteryx maculata

American Rubyspot, Hetaerina americana

Smoky Rubyspot, Hetaerina titia

Spreadwing Family, Lestidae

Great Spreadwing, Archilestes grandis

Spotted Spreadwing, Lestes congener

Northern Spreadwing, Lestes disjunctus

Southern Spreadwing, Lestes australis

Emerald Spreadwing, Lestes dryas

Amber-winged Spreadwing, Lestes eurinus

Sweetflag Spreadwing, Lestes forcipatus

Elegant Spreadwing, Lestes inaequalis

Slender Spreadwing, Lestes rectangularis

Lyre-tipped Spreadwing, Lestes unguiculatus

Swamp Spreadwing, Lestes vigilax

Pond Damsel Family, Coenagrionidae

Eastern Red Damsel, Amphiagrion saucium

Duckweed Firetail,Telebasis byersi

Blue-fronted Dancer, Argia apicalis

Variable Dancer, Argia fumipennis

Powdered Dancer, Argia moesta

Blue-ringed Dancer, Argia sedula

Blue-tipped Dancer, Argia tibialis

Dusky Dancer, Argia translata

Aurora Damsel, Chromagrion conditum

Rainbow Bluet, Enallagma antennatum

Azure Bluet, Enallagma aspersum

Double-striped bluet, Enallagma basidens

Boreal Bluet, Enallagma boreale

Familiar Bluet, Enallagma civile

Northern Bluet, Enallagma cyathigerum

Turquoise Bluet, Enallagma divagans

Marsh Bluet, Enallagma ebrium

Stream Bluet, Enallagma exsulans

Skimming Bluet, Enallagma geminatum

Hagen's Bluet, Enallagma hageni

Orange Bluet, Enallagma signatum

Slender Bluet, Enallagma traviatum

Vesper Bluet, Enallagma vesperum

Citrine Forktail, Ischnura hastata

Fragile Forktail, Ischnura posita

Furtive Forktail, Ischnura prognata

Eastern Forktail, Ischnura verticalis

Sphagnum Sprite, Nehalennia gracilis

Sedge Sprite, Nehalennia irene

 

Species Possibly or Probably in West Virginia

River Jewelwing, Calopteryx aequabilis. Recent records for VA and MD in counties contiguous to West Virginia; also found in OH and PA.

Seepage Dancer, Argia bipunctulata. Found in all five states contiguous to West Virginia.

Tule Bluet, Enallagma carunculatum. Found in counties contiguous to West Virginia in OH, PA, and MD; also found in KY.

 

Recent Common Name Change by the Dragonfly Society of the Americas

Common Spreadwing, see Northern Spreadwing and Southern Spreadwing

 

 

This site is under construction. Gradually we will add links to photographs and descriptions of each species.

Image at the top of the page is an Ebony Jewelwing. Image © Stephen Cresswell.

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