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Dragonflies 11 images Created 7 May 2015

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  • A male blue dasher dragonfly perches on an old thistle flower that's gone to seed over a small pond in rural southern Georgia in Hardee County.
    Blue Dasher
  • The beautiful male roseate skimmer photographed in the CREW Marsh Hiking Trails. These are very common in South Florida wetlands.
    Roseate Skimmer
  • Female golden-winged skimmer photographed in the Big Cypress National Preserve. The wet prairies here support HUGE populations of dragonflies!
    Golden-Winged Skimmer
  • The brilliant green and blue male common green darner seen here in the CREW Marsh Hiking Trails. These are very common in South Florida wetlands.
    Common Green Darner
  • Roseate skimmer dragonfly resting on a reed in a pond in Sarasota, Florida. Beautiful!
    Roseate Skimmer
  • A beautiful male blue dasher posing on a stick in Tallahassee, Florida. Males are bright blue with green eyes, and the females are a drab brown with dull yellow stripes.
    Blue Dasher
  • An immature four-spotted pennant dragonfly perches an a dried reed along the coast in the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge on the Florida Panhandle.
    Four-spotted Pennant
  • A male blue dasher photographed next to a pond near Thomasville, Georgia.
    Blue Dasher
  • Found throughout the Eastern United States and some of the Canadian provinces, this large attractive dragonfly was photographed in the wild and swamp-like Tate's Hell State Forest in Northern Florida on the Gulf Coast.
    Carolina Saddlebags (Tramea carolina)
  • One of the most striking and common of the medium-sized dragonflies of the Florida Everglades, the Halloween pennant gets its name from its banded bright orange and brown wings. Known for a butterfly-like flying pattern, this summertime dragonfly is found in most of Eastern and Central North America.
    Halloween Pennant
  • This large dark and beautiful dragonfly flecked in blue with an unusual flattened tail is common in western North America where it hunts for mosquitoes and other flying prey over shady ponds and wetlands. This one was spotted resting on a tree in a forest near Chatcolet Lake in Northern Idaho.
    Paddle-tailed Darner