List of the 67 Odonate species known for Cherokee County - Status and Rank Definitions
Common NameScientific NameNumber of RecordsState StatusState RankFed. StatusGlobal Rank
1Gray PetaltailTachopteryx thoreyi2S4G4
2Common Green DarnerAnax junius1S5G5
3Springtime DarnerBasiaeschna janata1S5G5
4Fawn DarnerBoyeria vinosa2S5G5
5Swamp DarnerEpiaeschna heros2S5G5
6Black-shouldered SpinylegDromogomphus spinosus3S5G5
7DragonhunterHagenius brevistylus1S5G5
8Southern Pygmy ClubtailLanthus vernalis3S4G4
9Lancet ClubtailPhanogomphus exilis5S5G5
10Ashy ClubtailPhanogomphus lividus2S5G5
11Arrow ClubtailStylurus spiniceps1S3S4 [S3]G5
12Brown SpiketailCordulegaster bilineata1S4G5
13Tiger SpiketailCordulegaster erronea1S3S4G4
14Stream CruiserDidymops transversa3S5G5
15Allegheny River CruiserMacromia alleghaniensis3S4 [S3S4]G4
16Swift River CruiserMacromia illinoiensis1S5G5
17Common BaskettailEpitheca cynosura3S5G5
18Prince BaskettailEpitheca princeps4S5G5
19Uhler's SundragonHelocordulia uhleri1S3S4 [S3]G5
20Calico PennantCelithemis elisa2S5G5
21Halloween PennantCelithemis eponina1S5G5
22Banded PennantCelithemis fasciata6S5G5
23Swift SetwingDythemis velox2S4S5G5
24Eastern PondhawkErythemis simplicicollis2S5G5
25Little Blue DragonletErythrodiplax minuscula3S5G5
26Blue CorporalLadona deplanata3S5G5
27Spangled SkimmerLibellula cyanea4S5G5
28Yellow-sided SkimmerLibellula flavida1S4S5G5
29Slaty SkimmerLibellula incesta5S5G5
30Widow SkimmerLibellula luctuosa3S5G5
31Twelve-spotted SkimmerLibellula pulchella2S4G5
32Painted SkimmerLibellula semifasciata1S5G5
33Great Blue SkimmerLibellula vibrans3S5G5
34Blue DasherPachydiplax longipennis2S5G5
35Wandering GliderPantala flavescens2S5G5
36Spot-winged GliderPantala hymenaea1S5G5
37Eastern AmberwingPerithemis tenera3S5G5
38Common WhitetailPlathemis lydia3S5G5
39Blue-faced MeadowhawkSympetrum ambiguum1S5G5
40Band-winged MeadowhawkSympetrum semicinctum2S3G5
41Autumn MeadowhawkSympetrum vicinum5S5G5
42Carolina SaddlebagsTramea carolina1S5G5
43Black SaddlebagsTramea lacerata1S5G5
44Slender SpreadwingLestes rectangularis4S5G5
45Swamp SpreadwingLestes vigilax4S5G5
46Ebony JewelwingCalopteryx maculata8S5G5
47American RubyspotHetaerina americana2S5G5
48Smoky RubyspotHetaerina titia1S5G5
49Blue-fronted DancerArgia apicalis4S5G5
50Variable DancerArgia fumipennis4S5G5
51Powdered DancerArgia moesta2S5G5
52Blue-tipped DancerArgia tibialis1S5G5
53Dusky DancerArgia translata2S4G5
54Aurora DamselChromagrion conditum2S3S4 G5
55Azure BluetEnallagma aspersum1S4G5
56Double-striped BluetEnallagma basidens1S5G5
57Familiar BluetEnallagma civile2S5G5
58Attenuated BluetEnallagma daeckii1S4G4
59Turquoise BluetEnallagma divagans4S5G5
60Stream BluetEnallagma exsulans3S5G5
61Skimming BluetEnallagma geminatum1S5G5
62Orange BluetEnallagma signatum1S5G5
63Slender BluetEnallagma traviatum2S5G5
64Citrine ForktailIschnura hastata1S5G5
65Fragile ForktailIschnura posita2S5G5
66Eastern ForktailIschnura verticalis2S4G5
67Sphagnum SpriteNehalennia gracilis2S3G5