List of the 88 Odonate species known for Mecklenburg County - Status and Rank Definitions
Common NameScientific NameNumber of RecordsState StatusState RankFed. StatusGlobal Rank
1Gray PetaltailTachopteryx thoreyi3S4G4
2Shadow DarnerAeshna umbrosa3S4G5
3Common Green DarnerAnax junius18S5G5
4Comet DarnerAnax longipes4S4G5
5Springtime DarnerBasiaeschna janata4S5G5
6Fawn DarnerBoyeria vinosa3S5G5
7Swamp DarnerEpiaeschna heros7S5G5
8Taper-tailed DarnerGomphaeschna antilope1S4G4
9Cyrano DarnerNasiaeschna pentacantha2S4S5G5
10Two-striped ForceptailAphylla williamsoni5S3S4G5
11Black-shouldered SpinylegDromogomphus spinosus4S5G5
12Blackwater ClubtailGomphurus dilatatus1S3S4G5
13DragonhunterHagenius brevistylus3S5G5
14Spine-crowned ClubtailHylogomphus abbreviatus1WS3S4G4
15Appalachian SnaketailOphiogomphus incurvatus1WS3G3
16Lancet ClubtailPhanogomphus exilis5S5G5
17Ashy ClubtailPhanogomphus lividus6S5G5
18Common SanddragonProgomphus obscurus9S5G5
19Russet-tipped ClubtailStylurus plagiatus2S4S5G5
20Brown SpiketailCordulegaster bilineata1S4G5
21Twin-spotted SpiketailCordulegaster maculata4S4S5 [S4]G5
22Arrowhead SpiketailCordulegaster obliqua2S3G4
23Stream CruiserDidymops transversa3S5G5
24Allegheny River CruiserMacromia alleghaniensis1S4 [S3S4]G4
25Swift River CruiserMacromia illinoiensis3S5G5
26Royal River CruiserMacromia taeniolata3S4S5G5
27Common BaskettailEpitheca cynosura9S5G5
28Prince BaskettailEpitheca princeps11S5G5
29Selys's SundragonHelocordulia selysii1S4 G4
30Mocha EmeraldSomatochlora linearis8S5G5
31Clamp-tipped EmeraldSomatochlora tenebrosa2S4G5
32Four-spotted PennantBrachymesia gravida5S5G5
33Calico PennantCelithemis elisa8S5G5
34Halloween PennantCelithemis eponina17S5G5
35Banded PennantCelithemis fasciata9S5G5
36Swift SetwingDythemis velox8S4S5G5
37Eastern PondhawkErythemis simplicicollis30S5G5
38Little Blue DragonletErythrodiplax minuscula2S5G5
39Blue CorporalLadona deplanata6S5G5
40Golden-winged SkimmerLibellula auripennis3S5G5
41Bar-winged SkimmerLibellula axilena1S5G5
42Spangled SkimmerLibellula cyanea5S5G5
43Yellow-sided SkimmerLibellula flavida5S4S5G5
44Slaty SkimmerLibellula incesta23S5G5
45Widow SkimmerLibellula luctuosa27S5G5
46Twelve-spotted SkimmerLibellula pulchella2S4G5
47Painted SkimmerLibellula semifasciata3S5G5
48Great Blue SkimmerLibellula vibrans10S5G5
49Roseate SkimmerOrthemis ferruginea3S3S4G5
50Blue DasherPachydiplax longipennis25S5G5
51Wandering GliderPantala flavescens23S5G5
52Spot-winged GliderPantala hymenaea4S5G5
53Eastern AmberwingPerithemis tenera25S5G5
54Common WhitetailPlathemis lydia38S5G5
55Blue-faced MeadowhawkSympetrum ambiguum7S5G5
56Autumn MeadowhawkSympetrum vicinum2S5G5
57Carolina SaddlebagsTramea carolina20S5G5
58Black SaddlebagsTramea lacerata25S5G5
59Southern SpreadwingLestes australis2S5G5
60Amber-winged SpreadwingLestes eurinus1WS3G5
61Slender SpreadwingLestes rectangularis2S5G5
62Swamp SpreadwingLestes vigilax3S5G5
63Sparkling JewelwingCalopteryx dimidiata2S5G5
64Ebony JewelwingCalopteryx maculata4S5G5
65Smoky RubyspotHetaerina titia1S5G5
66Eastern Red DamselAmphiagrion saucium2S3S4G5
67Blue-fronted DancerArgia apicalis13S5G5
68Variable DancerArgia fumipennis12S5G5
69Powdered DancerArgia moesta4S5G5
70Blue-ringed DancerArgia sedula6S5G5
71Blue-tipped DancerArgia tibialis7S5G5
72Dusky DancerArgia translata4S4G5
73Aurora DamselChromagrion conditum1S3S4 G5
74Azure BluetEnallagma aspersum2S4G5
75Double-striped BluetEnallagma basidens4S5G5
76Familiar BluetEnallagma civile6S5G5
77Attenuated BluetEnallagma daeckii1S4G4
78Turquoise BluetEnallagma divagans2S5G5
79Atlantic BluetEnallagma doubledayi1S5G5
80Stream BluetEnallagma exsulans3S5G5
81Skimming BluetEnallagma geminatum2S5G5
82Orange BluetEnallagma signatum9S5G5
83Slender BluetEnallagma traviatum3S5G5
84Citrine ForktailIschnura hastata5S5G5
85Lilypad ForktailIschnura kellicotti1S4G5
86Fragile ForktailIschnura posita12S5G5
87Furtive ForktailIschnura prognata1S3S4G4
88Rambur's ForktailIschnura ramburii3S5G5