AN INFORMAL LIST OF ODONATA (DRAGONFLIES
AND DAMSELFLIES) FOR LEA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO
Updated March 4, 2006 - R. Larsen


The Damselflies (Zygoptera):


Plateau Spreadwing (Lestes alacer)

Paiute Dancer (Agria alberta)

Aztec Dancer (Argia nahuana)

Powdered Dancer (Argia moesta)

Double-striped Bluet (Enallagma basidens)

Boreal Bluet (Enallagma boreale)

Tule Bluet (Enallagma carunculatum)

Familiar Bluet (Enallagma civile)

Desert Forktail (Ischnura barberi)

Plains Forktail (Ischnura damula)

Black-fronted Forktail (Ischnura denticollis)

Desert Firetail (Telebasis salva)



The Dragonflies (Anisoptera)


Common Green Darner (Anax junius)

Blue-eyed Darner (Rhionaeschna multicolor)

Russet-tipped Clubtial (Stylurus plagiatus)

Western Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis collocata)

Plateau Dragonlet (Erythrodiplax basifusca)

Widow Skimmer (Libellula luctuosa)

Flame Skimmer (Libellula saturata)

Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis)

Wandering Glider (Pantala hymenaea)

Spot-winged Glider (Pantala flavescens)

Eastern Amberwing (Perithemis tenera)

Variegated Meadowhawk (Sympetrum corruptum)

Black Saddlebags (Tramea lacerata)


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An unidentified Lestid with a particularly long
abdomen and dull metallic green dorsal throax and
abdomen was observed at a seep spring on the east side
of Lane Salt Lake NE of Caprock on July 31, 2004. A
male and female Lestes alacer were taken from the
vegetated edge of a playa lake north of Caprock on the
same day.

Libellula luctuosa, Argia nahuana, Telebasis salva,
and Erythrodiplax basifusca were identified from
images on a pond web blog out of Tatum, New Mexico.








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