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Dragonflies & damselflies of Suriname

325 species · 139 profiles

Band-winged DragonletBand-winged DragonletErythrodiplax umbrataTropical WoodskimmerTropical WoodskimmerUracis imbutaReddish DragonletReddish DragonletErythrodiplax famulaCarmine SkimmerCarmine SkimmerOrthemis discolorBlack PondhawkBlack PondhawkErythemis attalaGreat PondhawkGreat PondhawkErythemis vesiculosaOculate DancerOculate DancerArgia oculataRed-faced DragonletRed-faced DragonletErythrodiplax fuscaPin-tailed PondhawkPin-tailed PondhawkErythemis plebejaCommon Blue-eyeCommon Blue-eyeAnatya guttataFlame-tailed PondhawkFlame-tailed PondhawkErythemis peruvianaWhite-tailed DragonletWhite-tailed DragonletErythrodiplax unimaculataDiastatops pullataDiastatops pullataRed-tailed SkimmerRed-tailed SkimmerOrthemis schmidtiTawny PennantTawny PennantBrachymesia herbidaMecistogaster lucretiaMecistogaster lucretiaPale-green DarnerPale-green DarnerTriacanthagyna septimaRed PondhawkRed PondhawkErythemis haematogastraErythrodiplax basalisErythrodiplax basalisBlack DasherBlack DasherMicrathyria atraClaret PondhawkErythemis mithroidesFine-banded AmberwingFine-banded AmberwingPerithemis laisDark-saddled DarnerDark-saddled DarnerGynacantha membranalisErythrodiplax laurentiaErythrodiplax laurentiaSide-striped SkimmerSide-striped SkimmerOrthemis aequilibrisAmazon SapphirewingAmazon SapphirewingZenithoptera fasciataRiver RubyspotRiver RubyspotHetaerina cajaHercules SkimmerHercules SkimmerLibellula herculeaLarge WoodskimmerLarge WoodskimmerUracis fastigiataDusky DancerDusky DancerArgia translataTiny ForktailTiny ForktailIschnura capreolusCardinal RedskimmerCardinal RedskimmerRhodopygia cardinalisIschnura fluviatilisIschnura fluviatilisMangrove DarnerMangrove DarnerCoryphaeschna viriditasTwilight DarnerTwilight DarnerGynacantha nervosaMagnificent MegadarnerMagnificent MegadarnerStaurophlebia reticulataLong-tailed HelicopterLong-tailed HelicopterMecistogaster linearisEastern AmberwingEastern AmberwingPerithemis teneraYellow-lined SkimmerOrthemis biolleyiRed-tailed PennantRed-tailed PennantBrachymesia furcataLemon-tipped HelicopterLemon-tipped HelicopterMecistogaster ornataBlue-eyed SetwingBlue-eyed SetwingDythemis nigraLittle Swamp DasherMicrathyria pseudeximiaRegal SkimmerOrthemis regalisScarlet SpiderlegsPlaniplax arachneAmazon PennantIdiataphe amazonicaSpine-bellied DryadSpine-bellied DryadNephepeltia phryneRiver DancerRiver DancerArgia insipidaEvening SkimmerEvening SkimmerTholymis citrinaBlue PondhawkBlue PondhawkErythemis credulaSooty SaddlebagsSooty SaddlebagsTramea binotataRhodopygia geijskesiRhodopygia geijskesiSwamp SkimmerSwamp SkimmerOrthemis cultriformisLestes debellardiLestes debellardiAustral SaddlebagsTramea cophysaThree-striped DasherThree-striped DasherMicrathyria didymaDark-fronted DasherMicrathyria catenataPale-legged DasherPale-legged DasherMicrathyria tibialisWhite-eyed SkimmerWhite-eyed SkimmerFylgia amazonicaGolden AmberwingGolden AmberwingPerithemis electraGlossy-fronted DryadNephepeltia flavifronsRed-mantled DragonletRed-mantled DragonletErythrodiplax fervidaGarnet GliderGarnet GliderTauriphila australisWandering GliderWandering GliderPantala flavescensTropical SpriteTropical SpriteNehalennia minutaFairy SkimmerElga leptostylaConcolored SkimmerOrthemis concolorIdiataphe longipesIdiataphe longipesErythrodiplax paraguayensisErythrodiplax paraguayensisScarlet DragonletScarlet DragonletErythrodiplax castaneaHyacinth GliderHyacinth GliderMiathyria marcellaFork-tipped DasherMicrathyria mengeriGuianan Scarlet-tailPlaniplax phoenicuraCaribbean DarnerTriacanthagyna caribbeaSilver-spotted SkimmerArgyrothemis argenteaCarmelita PondhawkCarmelita PondhawkErythemis carmelitaBlue-grey SkimmerDasythemis esmeraldaBromeliad HelicopterBromeliad HelicopterMecistogaster modestaTelebasis demararaTelebasis demararaBrown SetwingBrown SetwingDythemis sterilisBlue-striped SpreadwingBlue-striped SpreadwingLestes tenuatusErythrodiplax venustaErythrodiplax venustaBar-sided DarnerBar-sided DarnerGynacantha mexicanaTiny SylphGynothemis pumilaAmazon DarnerAmazon DarnerAnax amaziliDimeragrion percubitaleDimeragrion percubitaleBlue-spotted Comet DarnerBlue-spotted Comet DarnerAnax concolorCitrine ForktailCitrine ForktailIschnura hastataRuddy StreamskimmerElasmothemis cannacrioidesSpot-tailed DasherSpot-tailed DasherMicrathyria aequalisOrange AmberwingPerithemis corneliaScarlet-backed ThreadtailScarlet-backed ThreadtailProtoneura tenuisRed-tipped SwampdamselRed-tipped SwampdamselLeptobasis vacillansRed-tailed BlackwingRed-tailed BlackwingDiastatops obscuraArtemis DasherMicrathyria artemisBlue-faced DarnerBlue-faced DarnerCoryphaeschna adnexaDelia SylphDelia SylphMacrothemis deliaDwarf GliderDwarf GliderMiathyria simplexErythrodiplax maculosaErythrodiplax maculosaSquare-spotted DasherSquare-spotted DasherMicrathyria ocellataPerilestes gracillimusPerilestes gracillimusArch-tipped GliderTauriphila argoForest DasherMicrathyria hippolyteRustic SaddlebagsTramea rusticaRambur's ForktailRambur's ForktailIschnura ramburiiAttenuate SylphMacrothemis extensaPerissolestes guianensisPerissolestes guianensisSlender RedskimmerRhodopygia hollandiLittle Blue DragonletLittle Blue DragonletErythrodiplax minusculaNarrow-tipped WedgetailAcanthagrion inexpectumPantepui Relict DamselflyRimanella arcanaAcanthagrion truncatumAcanthagrion truncatumReddish-brown SkimmerOrthemis aciculataRoseate SkimmerRoseate SkimmerOrthemis ferrugineaDelicate SylphMacrothemis musivaPerilestes solutusPerilestes solutusLittle ClubskimmerLittle ClubskimmerBrechmorhoga nubeculaAttenuate TwigtailAttenuate TwigtailPerilestes attenuatusVermilion SaddlebagsVermilion SaddlebagsTramea abdominalisErythrodiplax julianaErythrodiplax julianaDelta-fronted SylphDelta-fronted SylphMacrothemis hemichloraLeast SaddlebagsTramea minutaCanopy SkimmerCanopy SkimmerNothodiplax dendrophilaSwamp DasherMicrathyria laevigataRed BarelegRed BarelegDicterias atrosanguineaAntillean BluetAntillean BluetEnallagma coecumIvory-striped SylphMacrothemis imitansKennedy's WedgetailAcanthagrion kennediiPurple DancerPurple DancerArgia pullaWalther's ClubtailWalther's ClubtailCyanogomphus waltheriErythrodiplax attenuataErythrodiplax attenuataErythrodiplax connataErythrodiplax connataJesse's DarnerGynacantha jesseiGrey DuskhawkerGrey DuskhawkerGynacantha rosenbergiGreat Blue SkimmerGreat Blue SkimmerLibellula vibransForest Pond DasherForest Pond DasherMicrathyria venezuelaeKeyhole GliderKeyhole GliderTramea basilarisPhantom DarnerPhantom DarnerTriacanthagyna trifidaZenithoptera violaZenithoptera viola

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Recorded in Suriname, but there is not enough reliable information yet for a full profile.

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