State & Federal Status of Maine Odonates

Zygoptera (Damselflies)

Common Name
Scientific Name State Federal
Dusky Dancer Argia translata SC  
Tule Bluet Enallagma carunculatum SC  
Big Bluet Enallagma durum SC  
New England Bluet Enallagma laterale  SC FSC
Scarlet Bluet Enallagma pictum SC  
Citrine Forktail Ischnura hastata SC  
Ramburs Forktail Ischnura ramburii SGCN  

Anisoptera (Dragonflies)

Common Name
Scientific Name
State
Federal
Sedge Darner Aeshna juncea SC  
Comet Darner Anax longipes SGCN  
Swamp Darner Epiaeschna heros SC  
Lilypad Clubtail Arigomphus furcifer SGCN  
Cobra Clubtail Gomphurus vastus SC  
Spatterdock Darner Rhionaeschna mutata SC  
Southern Pygmy Clubtail Lanthus vernalis SC  
Extra-striped Snaketail Ophiogomphus anomalus   FSC
Boreal Snaketail Ophiogomphus colubrinus T  
Pygmy Snaketail Ophiogomphus howei SC FSC
Common Sanddragon Progomphus obscurus SC  
Arrowhead Spiketail Cordulegaster obliqua SC  
Ringed Emerald Somatochlora albacincta SC  
Quebec Emerald Somatochlora brevicincta SC  
Arrow Clubtail Stylurus spiniceps SC  
Canada Whiteface Leucorrhinia patricia SC  
Needhams Skimmer Libellula needhami SGCN  
Painted Skimmer Libellula semifasciata SGCN  
Carolina Saddlebags Tramea carolina SGCN  
Black Saddlebags Tramea lacerata SGCN  
Ringed Boghaunter Williamsonia lintneri T FSC
SC - Species of Concern
SGCN - Species of Greatest Conservation Need.