Kern Dragonfly Checklist

Kern County Dragonfly Checklist

Compiled by Terri Gallion, Kathy Biggs and Alison Sheehey

An Illustrated Checklist of Dragonflies of Kern County

Total number of species: 52 official 2 unofficial (seen but no specimen collected) = 54

	DAMSELFLIES - Zygoptera
	American Rubyspot	Hetaerina americana
	California Spreadwing	Archilestes californica
	Spotted Spreadwing	Lestes congener
	Western Red Damsel	Amphiagrion abbreviatum
	California Dancer	Argia agrioides
	Paiute Dancer	Argia alberta
	Emma’s Dancer	Argia emma
	Sooty Dancer	Argia lugens
	Aztec Dancer	Argia nahuana
	Vivid Dancer	Argia vivida
	Boreal Bluet	Enallagma boreale
	Tule Bluet	Enallagma carunculatum
	Familiar Bluet	Enallagma civile
	Northern Bluet	Enallagma cyathigerum
	Arroyo Bluet	Enallagma praevarum
	Desert Forktail	Ischnura barberi
	Pacific Forktail	Ischnura cervula
	Black-fronted Forktail	Ischnura denticollis
	Western Forktail	Ischnura perparva
	Desert Firetail	Telebasis salva
	DRAGONFLIES - Anisoptera
	Paddle-tailed Darner	Aeshna palmata
	Walker's Darner	Aeshna walkeri
	Blue-eyed Darner	Rhionaeschna multicolor
	Common Green Darner	Anax junius
	Giant Darner	Anax walsinghami
	White-belted Ringtail	Erpetogomphus compositus
	Grappletail	Octogomphus specularis
	Gray Sanddragon	Progomphus borealis
	Pacific Spiketail	Cordulegaster dorsalis
	Western River Cruiser	Macromia magnifica
	Pale-faced Clubskimmer	Brechmorhoga mendax
	Western Pondhawk	Erythemis collocata
	Comanche Skimmer	Libellula comanche
	Bleached Skimmer	Libellula composita
	Neon Skimmer	Libellula croceipennis
	Eight-spotted Skimmer	Libellula forensis
	Widow Skimmer	Libellula luctuosa
	Common Whitetail	Libellula lydia
	Twelve-spotted Skimmer	Libellula pulchella
	Four-spotted Skimmer	Libellula quadrimaculata
	Flame Skimmer	Libellula saturata
	Desert Whitetail	Libellula subornata
	Blue Dasher	Pachydiplax longipennis
	Red Rock Skimmer	Paltothemis lineatipes
	Wandering Glider	Pantala flavescens
	Spot-winged Glider	Pantala hymenaea
	Mexican Amberwing	Perithemis intensa
	Variegated Meadowhawk	Sympetrum corruptum
	Cardinal Meadowhawk	Sympetrum illotum
	Red-veined Meadowhawk	Sympetrum madidum
	Western Meadowhawk	Sympetrum occidentale
	Striped Meadowhawk	Sympetrum pallipes
	Black Saddlebags	Tramea lacerata
	Red Saddlebags	Tramea onusta

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RECOMMENDED READING

Dragonflies and Damselflies of California -- by Timothy D. Manolis

Common Dragonflies of California : A Beginner's Pocket Guide -- by Kathy R. Biggs

Dragonflies of the North West -- by Kathy Biggs

Dragonflies of the World -- by Jill Silsby, Michael J. Parr

Dragonflies Through Binoculars: A Field and Finding Guide to Dragonflies of North America -- by Sidney W. Dunkle

Field Guide to North American Insects & Spiders, National Audubon Society, by Lorus & Margery Milne

California Odonata aka California Dragonflies and Damselflies This is the premiere web site for California's Odes

Checklist of California's Odes

The Dragonfly Society of the Americas (DSA)

Dragonflies and Damselflies of Pinnacles National Monument Info on the park, its dragonflies and their life cycles

Dragonfly and Dragonfly Programs & Fieldtrips list of current year's programs by Kathy Biggs

FIELD KEY TO ADULT CALIFORNIA DRAGONFLIES (ODONATA)

The Birds, Butterflies, & Dragonflies of San Diego County Lots of info and pictures!

A series of simple checklists for use in the field plus a series of photo checklists