It has been a plan of mine for several years to label the many images I have collected of dragonflies and damselflies in Newfoundland. The task proved to be much harder than I imagined. I scoured government and educational websites, reviewed many images and dreamed of a straightforward site with images and names of the dragonflies without all of the technical descriptions. I finally found one: http://greglasley.com/dragonnoramerix.html Greg Lasley has created the absolute best site I could find. Other sites hosts technical descriptions, black and white sketches, endless lists of names with no pictures or endless pictures with no names. Thanks to Greg, I have been able to identify about 75% of the species documented in my photos. I have written to him in the hope that he will be able to help me identify the remainder.
It is my my hope this user-friendly page, containing images and names of dragonflies and damselflies found in Newfoundland, will be a useful resource for those with a casual curiosity about these flying creatures. Information beyond this will be easy to find once the name of the species is known.
Here goes:
Dragonflies and Damselflies of Newfoundland (Some of these are listed on the government website and some are not)
Black Meadowhawk (Male)
Black Meadownhawk (Male)
Black Meadowhawk (Female)
Black Meadowhawk (Female)
Black Meadowhawk (Female) Both of these were found in Goulds.
Eastern Pondhawk
Four-spotted Chaser Skimmer
Four-spotted Chaser Skimmer
Found in Goulds.
Great Blue Skimmer
Great Blue Skimmer
Great Blue Skimmer
Wandering Percher
Wandering Percher
Crimson-ringed Dragonfly (Male and female)
Crimson-ringed Dragonfly (Male and female)
Crimson-ringed Dragonfly (Male)
Canada Darner
Lake Darner (Male)
Lake Darner (Male)
Lake Darner (Female)
Lake Darner (Pair)
Shadow Darner
Shadow Darner
Northern Bluet
Northern Bluet
Northern Bluet
River Jewelwing (Found at Bidgood Park, Goulds.)
River Jewelwing
Eastern Forktailed Damselfly (Female)
More to come....
Nice photos! Just two things I noticed, I think you accidentally put Serge Darner instead of Sedge, and I think the last one is actually a Shadow Darner, not a Sedge.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, Luke, for your help. I am going to order a book today to try to confirm my above IDs and to identify the others in my collection. Who knew there were so many?
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