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Wild About! Pages
Wild About Illinois Invertebrates!
Wild About Illinois Dragonflies!
Family - Corduliidae
racket-tailed emerald
Wild About Illinois Dragonflies!
Family - Aeshnidae
Canada darner
comet darner
common green darner
Cyrano darner
fawn darner
green-striped darner
lance-tipped darner
mottled darner
shadow darner
spatterdock darner
springtime darner
swamp darner
Family - Cordulegastridae
arrowhead spiketail
brown spiketail
delta-spotted spiketail
tiger spiketail
Family - Corduliidae
common baskettail
Hine's emerald dragonfly
mocha emerald
prince baskettail
racket-tailed emerald
spiny baskettail
Stygian shadowdragon
slender baskettail
orange shadowdragon
Family - Gomphidae
arrow clubtail
black-shouldered spinyleg
cobra clubtail
common sand dragon
dragonhunter
dusky clubtail
eastern ringtail
elusive clubtail
flag-tailed spinyleg
harpoon clubtail
jade clubtail
lancet clubtail
lilypad clubtail
midland clubtail
plains clubtail
pronghorn clubtail
riverine clubtail
russet-tipped clubtail
rusty snaketail
splendid clubtail
unicorn clubtail
ashy clubtail
sulphur-tipped clubtail
rapids clubtail
stillwater clubtail
horned clubtail
Family - Libellulidae
Autumn meadowhawk
band-winged meadowhawk
banded pennant
black meadowhawk
black saddlebags
blue-faced meadowhawk
blue corporal
blue dasher
calico pennant
Carolina saddlebags
chalk-fronted corporal
checkered setwing
cherry-faced meadowhawk
common whitetail
dot-tailed whiteface
eastern amberwing
elfin skimmer
four-spotted skimmer
great blue skimmer
Halloween pennant
little blue dragonlet
painted skimmer
red saddlebags
ruby meadowhawk
saffron-winged meadowhawk
slaty skimmer
spangled skimmer
spot-winged glider
stream cruiser
swift setwing
twelve-spotted skimmer
variegated meadowhawk
wandering glider
white-faced meadowhawk
widow skimmer
eastern pondhawk
striped saddlebags
racket-tailed emerald
Features and Behaviors
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Illinois Range
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Taxonomy
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Illinois Status: rare, native
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