Dragonflies and damselflies are insects in the order Odonata. The species listed below are native to the Yuba-Sutter area.1
Dragonflies
Skimmer Family
A male flame skimmer dragonfly (Libellula saturata) in a garden in Marysville. Only the males of this species are bright red. The females are brown. Photo by queerbychoice.
- flame skimmer (Yuba and Sutter Counties)
- neon skimmer (Yuba County)
- red rock skimmer (Yuba County)
- cardinal meadowhawk (Yuba County)
- red-veined meadowhawk (Yuba County)
- striped meadowhawk (Yuba County)
- variegated meadowhawk (Yuba and Sutter Counties)
- black saddlebags (Yuba and Sutter Counties)
- common whitetail (Yuba and Sutter Counties)
- twelve-spotted skimmer (Yuba and Sutter Counties)
- eight-spotted skimmer (Yuba County)
- widow skimmer (Yuba and Sutter Counties)
- hoary skimmer (Yuba County)
- blue dasher (Yuba and Sutter Counties)
- Western pondhawk (Yuba and Sutter Counties)
- spot-winged glider (Yuba and Sutter Counties)
- wandering glider (Sutter County)
- pale-faced clubskimmer (Yuba County)
Emerald Family
- beaverpond baskettail (Yuba County)
Darner Family
A common green darner dragonfly (Anax junius) in a pecan tree in Marysville. Photo by queerbychoice.
- blue-eyed darner (Yuba and Sutter Counties)
- California darner (Yuba County)
- common green darner (Yuba and Sutter Counties)
Clubtail Family
- grappletail (Yuba County)
- gray sanddragon (Yuba County)
- olive clubtail (Yuba and Sutter Counties)
- sinuous snaketail (Yuba County)
- Pacific clubtail (Yuba County)
Spiketail Family
- Pacific spiketail (Yuba County)
River Cruiser Family
- Western river cruiser (Yuba and Sutter Counties)
Damselflies
Pond Damselfly Family
An Aztec dancer damselfly (Argia nahuana) in a garden in Marysville. Photo by queerbychoice.
- California dancer (Yuba County)
- Emma's dancer (Yuba and Sutter Counties)
- sooty dancer (Yuba County)
- Aztec dancer (Yuba County)
- vivid dancer (Yuba and Sutter Counties)
- Northern bluet (Yuba County)
- tule bluet (Yuba and Sutter Counties)
- familiar bluet (Yuba and Sutter Counties)
- arroyo bluet (Yuba County)
- Pacific forktail (Yuba and Sutter Counties)
- black-fronted forktail (Yuba County)
- Western forktail (Yuba County)
- desert firetail (Yuba County)
- exclamation damsel (Yuba County)
Spreadwing Damselfly Family
- California spreadwing (Yuba County)
- great spreadwing (Yuba County)
- spotted spreadwing (Yuba and Sutter Counties)
- black spreadwing (Yuba County)
Broadwing Damselfly Family
- American rubyspot (Yuba and Sutter Counties)
Links
Dragonfly Damselfly Odonata Dragonflies of the Southwest (Odonata)
