Sparkling Jewelwing
(Calopteryx dimidiata)
Uncommon and local, Summer, slow shady steams on the coastal plain
DMV: 12 May - 06 Aug
Male, Greensboro Christian Park, MD
Female, Greensboro Christian Park, MD
Ebony Jewelwing
(Calopteryx maculata)
Common, Summer, widespread, slow shady steams
DMV: 20 Apr - 14 Sep
Male, Lums Pond State Park, DE
Female, Muddy Run, Glasgow, DE
American Rubyspot
(Hetaerina americana)
Uncommon, Fall, flowing Piedmont Streams
DMV: 07 Jul - 03 Oct
Male, Fair Hill Natural Resources Management Area, MD
Female, White Clay Creek State Park, DE
Great Spreadwing
(Archilestes grandis)
Rare and possibly decreasing or overlooked due to very late flight season, small, slow moving streams
DMV: 09 Jul - 09 Nov
Male, Thornberry Development, Hockessin, DE
Female, Rock Springs Nature Preserve, Fulton, PA
Southern Spreadwing
(Lestes australis)
Uncommon, sunny fishless ponds, vernal pools, flies earlier than other spreadwings
DMV: 16 Apr - 05 Nov
Male, Chatsworth Lake, NJ
Ovipositing Pair, Susquehanna State Park, MD
Spotted Spreadwing
(Lestes congener)
Very local, currently known only from Lums Pond State Park, DE, vernal pools
DMV: 13 Jun - 08 Nov
Male, Lums Pond State Park, DE
Female, Lums Pond State Park, DE
Amber-winged Spreadwing
(Lestes eurinus)
Very local, currently only known from the Sedge Meadow at Summit Bridge Ponds, well vegetated fishless ponds
DMV: 26 May - 26 Jun
Male, Sedge Meadow at Summit Bridge Ponds, DE
Ovipositing pair, Ten Acre Pond, Centre County, PA
Sweetflag Spreadwing
(Lestes forcipatus)
Uncommon, fishless ponds and vernal pools, often with other spreadwings
DMV: 19 May - 15 Oct
Male, Tybout Bay, Blackbird State Forest, DE
Female, Lums Pond State Park, DE
Elegant Spreadwing
(Lestes inaequalis)
Uncommon, ponds with lots of emergent vegetation
DMV: 31 May - 26 Aug
Male, Calvert Cliffs State Park, MD
Female, Pocahontas State Park, Chesterfield County, VA
Slender Spreadwing
(Lestes rectangularis)
Common, marshy ponds, vernal pools, slow flowing streams
DMV: 12 May - 22 Oct
Male, Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, DE
Female, Sedge Meadow at Summit Bridge Ponds, DE
Swamp Spreadwing
(Lestes vigilax)
Uncommon, vegetated shores of permanent ponds
DMV: 17 May - 06 Sep
Male, Oak Pond, Winslow WMA, NJ
Female, Whipple Dam, Huntingdon Co, PA
Eastern Red Damsel
(Amphiagrion saucium)
Uncommon, grassy seeps, easy to overlook, perches low in tall grass
DMV: 30 Apr - 05 July
Male, Lums Pond State Park, DE
Female, Lums Pond State Park, DE
Blue-fronted Dancer
(Argia apicalis)
Common, large ponds and rivers
DMV: 25 May - 22 Oct
Male, Lums Pond State Park, DE
Female, Tan Form, Lums Pond State Park, DE
Seepage Dancer
(Argia bipunctulata)
Possibly extirpated, no records in over 10 years, very local in specialized habitat, seaside fens and bogs, which are critically endangered habitats
DMV: 25 Jun - 04 Aug
NJ: 11 May - 16 Sep
Male, Webb's Mill Bog, NJ
Female, Webb's Mill Bog, NJ
Variable Dancer
(Argia fumipennis)
Common, usually around flowing water
DMV: 02 May - 02 Oct
Male, Muddy Run, Glasgow DE
Female, Muddy Run, Glasgow, DE
Powdered Dancer
(Argia moesta)
Common, Piedmont streams, riffles and rapids
DMV: 22 May - 19 Sep
Male, Espada Park, San Antonio, TX
Female, Blue Form, White Clay Creek State Park, DE
Blue-ringed Dancer
(Argia sedula)
One questionable record in Sep 1944, large rivers and streams with well vegetated margins
NJ: 20 Jun - 18 Aug
Male, Hardware River Boat Launch, Fluvanna County, VA
Female, Bentsen State Park, McAllen, TX
Blue-tipped Dancer
(Argia tibialis)
Very Common, slow streams, bridges, more common on Coastal Plain
DMV: 19 May - 05 Sep
Male, Greensboro Christian Park, MD
Female, Blue Form, Greensboro Christian Park, MD
Dusky Dancer
(Argia translata)
Uncommon and local, clear Piedmont streams
DMV: 07 July - 04 Sep
Male, White Clay Creek State Park, DE
Female, White Clay Creek State Park, DE
Aurora Damsel
(Chromagrion conditum)
Rare and seems to be decreasing, small pools on spring fed streams, seep bogs, short flight season
DMV: 16 April - 27 Jun
Male, Idylwild Wildlife Management Area, MD
Pair in tandem, Idylwild Wildlife Management Area, MD
Azure Bluet
(Engallagma aspersum)
Common, ponds, early colonizer of new wetlands
DMV: 07 Apr - 22 Oct
Male, Oak Pond, Winslow Wildlife Management Area, NJ
Female, Sedge Meadow at Summit Bridge Ponds, DE
Double-striped Bluet
(Enallagma basidens)
Uncommon to rare and local in a variety of well vegetated, mostly still water habitats
DMV: 12 May - 18 Oct
Male, Summit Bridge Ponds, DE
Female in tandem with male, Summit Bridge Ponds, DE
Familiar Bluet
(Enallagma civile)
Common in a wide variety of mostly still water habitats
DMV: 17 Apr - 16 Nov
Male, Glasgow, DE
Female, Lums Pond State Park, DE
Attenuated Bluet
(Enallagma daeckii)
Rare in shady, well vegetated woodland ponds and seeps
DMV: 17 May - 24 July
Male, Oak Pond, Winslow Wildlife Management Area, NJ
Pair in tandem, Franklin Parker Peserve, NJ
Turquoise Bluet
(Enallagma divagans)
Uncommon to common on vegetated coastal plain streams
DMV: 01 May - 14 July
Male, Idylwild Wildlife Management Area, MD
Female, Muddy Run, Glasgow, DE
Atlantic Bluet
(Enallagma doubledayi)
Rare, but may be overlooked due to extreme similarity to Familiar Bluet; sandy, fishless ponds, southern Delmarva
DMV: 02 Jul - 22 Oct
Male, Franklin Parker Preserve, NJ
Burgundy Bluet
(Enallagma dubium)
Rare and local, unpolluted, lilypad covered ponds, usually perches far from shore, often in shade
DMV: 08 Jun - 31 Aug
Male, Idylwild Wildlife Management Area, MD
Pair in tandem, Idylwild WMA, MD
Big Bluet
(Enallagma durum)
Uncommon and local, large ponds, rivers and estuaries (salt tolerant)
DMV: 25 May - 21 Oct
Male, Elk Neck State Park, MD
Female, Glasgow, DE
Stream Bluet
(Enallagma exsulans)
Common in the Piedmont, uncommon elsewhere, vegetated streams
DMV: 28 May - 01 Oct
Male, Muddy Run, Glasgow, DE
Pair in tandem, Northeast Creek, Elkton, MD
Skimming Bluet
(Enallagma geminatum)
Fairly common, widespread on vegetated ponds, perches on lily pads and other vegetation
DMV: 01 May - 07 Oct
Male, Summit Bridge Ponds, DE
Pair in tandem, Lums Pond State Park, DE
Pale Bluet
(Enallagma pallidum)
Very rare and decreasing, small population recently discovered on Long Pond at Idylwild WMA, MD
DMV: 23 Jun - 09 Aug
Male, Idywild Wildlife Management Area, MD
Female, Idywild Wildlife Management Area, MD
Orange Bluet
(Enallagma signatum)
Common, ponds and slow streams, flies in shade and in late afternoon
DMV: 29 Apr - 22 Oct
Male, Lums Pond State Park, DE
Female, Lums Pond State Park, DE
Slender Bluet
(Enallagma traviatum)
Common and widespread, vegetated ponds
DMV: 30 May - 18 Aug
Male, Summit Bridge Ponds, DE
Female, Lums Pond State Park, DE
Vesper Bluet
(Enallagma vesperum)
Seemingly very rare with few recent records, but probably overlooked due to crepuscular habits, vegetated ponds, flies from late afternoon to near dark
DMV: 09 May - 26 Sep
Male, Summit Bridge Ponds, DE
Blackwater Bluet
(Enallagma weewa)
Rare and local, fast coastal plain streams with overhanging vegetation
DMV: 19 May - 31 Aug
Male, Greensboro Christian Park, MD
Citrine Forktail
(Ischnura hastata)
Common, ponds and seeps, extremely long flight season, one of the smallest but perhaps the hardiest adult odonate
DMV: 03 Apr - 22 Dec
Male, Sedge Meadow at Summit Bridge, DE
Female, Sedge Meadow at Summit Bridge, DE
Lilypad Forktail
(Ischnura kellicotti)
Rare and local, restricted to lilypad covered ponds
DMV: 30 Apr - 02 Sep
Male, Oak Pond, Winslow WMA, NJ
Female, Orange form, Idylwild Wildlife Management Area, MD
Fragile Forktail
(Ischnura posita)
Abundant and ubiquitous, nearly all wetland habitats, long flight season
DMV: 17 Mar - 22 Oct
Male, Lums Pond State Park, DE
Female, Sedge Meadow at Summit Bridge, DE
Furtive Forktail
(Ischnura prognata)
Very rare an poorly known, shaded vegetation around ponds and ditches, especially those with lizard tail
DMV: 18 Apr - 15 July
Male, Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park, FL
Rambur's Forktail
(Ischnura ramburii)
Common and widespread, freshwater and brackish ponds (tolerates some salinity)
MV: 18 May - 09 Nov
Male, Blackbird Creek Preserve, DE
Female, Sedge Meadow at Summit Bridge, DE
Eastern Forktail
(Ischnura verticalis)
Common and widespread, many types of wetland habitats
DMV: 29 Mar - 22 Oct
Male, Sedge Meadow at Summit Bridge Ponds, DE
Female, Sedge Meadow at Summit Bridge Ponds, DE
Sphagnum Sprite
(Nehalennia gracilis)
Rare and local, sphagnum covered seeps, fens and bogs
DMV: 17 May - 04 Aug
Male, Summit Bridge Ponds, DE
Female, Idylwild Wildlife Management Area, MD
Southern Sprite
(Nehalennia integricollis)
Rare and local, grassy ponds
DMV: 27 May - 06 Aug
Male, Oak Pond, Winslow WMA, NJ
Duckweed Firetail
(Telebasis byersi)
Very rare and possibly extirpated, no recent records, found only on duckweed covered ponds
DMV: 06 Jul - 25 Jul
Male, Carson Wetlands, Prince George County, VA