The Odonates of Whiterock Conservancy

Whiterock Conservancy is a fairly new private conservancy along the Raccoon River and surrounding uplands in Guthrie County.  I have been doing some surveying of the area since the summer of 2005 and this is an illustrated checklist of the 33 species of dragonlfies and damselflies I have found so far.  For more information on this unique habitat, see the Whiterock web site.

These are the odonates that have been identified along the river and at the ponds to the east of the campground.  Many of these photos have been taken on location. Click on the thumbnails for larger photos.

Ebony Jewelwing male	Ebony Jewelwing female	American Rubyspot male	American Rubyspot female	Smoky Rubyspot male
Blue-fronted Dancer male	Blue-fronted Dancer pair	Violet Dancer male	Violet Dancer pair	Powdered Dancer male
Springwater Dancer male	Azure Bluet male	Double-striped Bluet male	Familiar Bluet male	Skimming Bluet male
Hagen's Bluet male	Slender Bluet pair	Eastern Forktail male	Fragile Forktail male	Red Damsel male
Lance-tipped Darner male	Lance-tipped Darner male Photo by Elizabeth Hill	Common Green Darner male	Common Green Darner female	Jade Clubtail male
Common Baskettail male	Prince Baskettail in flight	Halloween Pennant male	Halloween Pennant female	Eastern Pondhawk male
Eastern Pondhawk female	Dot-tailed Whiteface male	Widow Skimmer male	Widow Skimmer female	Twelve-spotted Skimmer male
Twelve-spotted Skimmer female	Blue Dasher male	Blue Dasher female	Eastern Amberwing male	Eastern Amberwing female
Common Whitetail male	Common Whitetail female	Western Meadowhawk male	Western Meadowhawk female	Ruby Meadowhawk male
Autumn Meadowhawk male	Black Saddlebags