Below is a working checklist of Mount Desert Island's odonates (damselflies and dragonflies). More work has to be done to reconcile data from the Maine Damselfly and Dragonfly Survey (MDDS) with those of Procter (1946 [see below for full citation]). For example, Procter said that Didymops transversa was "common on all parts of the island", yet it was not reported even once by MDDS.
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| Suborder | Family | Genus | Specific Epithet | authority | common name | Sources (full citations given after this table) |
| Zygoptera | Calopterygidae | Calopteryx | maculata | (Beauvois) | Ebony Jewelwing (male; female) |
Bar Harbor: MDDS (DB, TG, JH, SCH, TAH), Procter (1946, p. 47., "Eagle Lake", "swamp at Eden" (as Agrion maculatum)); Mount Desert: MDDS (SCH, TAH); Champlainer (TFV); Procter (1946, p. 47., "Long Pond" [see note 1 below] (as Agrion maculatum)) Tremont: Procter (1946, p. 47., "Seal Cove Brook" (as Agrion maculatum)) |
| Zygoptera | Coenagrionidae | Argia | fumipennis var. violacea | (Hagen) / ? | Variable Dancer | Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 48., "Eagle Lake" (as Argia [spelling?] violacea)); Mount Desert: MDDS (SCH, TAH, HBW); Tremont: MDDS (SCH, TAH); town?: Procter (1946, p. 48., "Bubble Brook" (as Argia [spelling?] violacea)) |
| Zygoptera | Coenagrionidae | Argia | moesta | (Hagen) | Powdered Dancer | Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 48., "outlet Eagle Lake"); Mount Desert: MDDS (SCH, TAH, JDM, HBW); Procter (1946, p. 48., "Long Pond" [see note 1 below], "Bubble Brook") |
| Zygoptera | Coenagrionidae | Chromagrion | conditum | (Sélys) | Aurora Damsel | Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 48.); Mount Desert: MDDS (TAH); Southwest Harbor: MDDS (TAH) |
| Zygoptera | Coenagrionidae | Enallagma | aspersum | (Hagen) | Azure Bluet | Mount Desert: MDDS (SCH, JH, TAH, HBW), Procter (1946, p. 48., "Ripple Pond", "Somes Pond"); town?: Procter (1946, p. 48., "Toad Hole") |
| Zygoptera | Coenagrionidae | Enallagma | boreale | Sélys | Boreal Bluet | Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 48., "Breakneck Road", "Witch Hole"); Mount Desert: MDDS (JH, TAH) |
| Zygoptera | Coenagrionidae | Enallagma | civile | (Hagen) | Familiar Bluet | Bar Harbor: MDDS (HBW); Mount Desert: MDDS (SCH, TAH, HBW); Southwest Harbor: MDDS (HBW); Tremont: MDDS (TAH); town?: Procter (1946, p. 48., "another common all summer species") |
| Zygoptera | Coenagrionidae | Enallagma | annexum | (Hagen) | Northern Bluet | town(s)?: Procter (1946, p. 49., "a common widely distributed form" (as Enallagma cyathigerum)) |
| Zygoptera | Coenagrionidae | Enallagma | divagans | Sélys | Turquoise Bluet | Tremont: MDDS (TAH) |
| Zygoptera | Coenagrionidae | Enallagma | ebrium | (Hagen) | Marsh Bluet | no town given: Procter (1946, p. 49.) |
| Zygoptera | Coenagrionidae | Enallagma | exsulans | (Hagen) | Stream Bluet | Mount Desert: MDDS (JDM), Procter (1946, p. 49., "N. E. Harbor") |
| Zygoptera | Coenagrionidae | Enallagma | geminatum | Kellicott | Skimming Bluet | Bar Harbor: MDDS (HBW); Mount Desert: MDDS (HBW); Southwest Harbor: MDDS (HBW) |
| Zygoptera | Coenagrionidae | Enallagma | hageni | (Walsh) | Hagen's Bluet | Bar Harbor: MDDS (TAH); Mount Desert: MDDS (KC, JG, SCH, TAH, JDM); Southwest Harbor: MDDS (TAH); Tremont: MDDS (SCH, TAH); no town given: Procter (1946, p. 49.) |
| Zygoptera | Coenagrionidae | Enallagma | minusculum | Morse | Little Bluet | Mount Desert: MDDS (SCH, TAH, HBW), Procter (1946, p. 49., "Echo Lake") |
| Zygoptera | Coenagrionidae | Enallagma | vesperum | Calvert | Vesper Bluet | Mount Desert: Champlainer (TAH, Lower Hadlock Pond, 29 July 2009); Procter (1946, p. 49., citing Ahrens (1941)) |
| Zygoptera | Coenagrionidae | Ischnura | kellicotti | (Williamson) | Lilypad Forktail | Mount Desert: MDDS (JH, SCH, TAH) |
| Zygoptera | Coenagrionidae | Ischnura | posita | (Hagen) | Fragile Forktail | Southwest Harbor: MDDS (TAH) |
| Zygoptera | Coenagrionidae | Ischnura | verticalis | (Say) | Eastern Forktail | Bar Harbor: MDDS (HBW); Mount Desert: MDDS (JG, JH, SCH, TAH, HBW); Southwest Harbor: MDDS (HBW); Tremont: MDDS (SCH, TAH); no town given: Procter (1946, p. 49.) |
| Zygoptera | Coenagrionidae | Nehalennia | irene | (Hagen) | Sedge Sprite | Bar Harbor: Proctor (1946, p. 48., "Witch Hole Pond"); Southwest Harbor: MDDS (HBW), Procter (1946, p. 48., "pond beside Indian Point-Somesville Road") |
| Zygoptera | Lestidae | Lestes | congener | Hagen | Spotted Spreadwing | Bar Harbor: MDDS (DSC), Procter (1946, p. 47., "brook and cedar swamp West Side at Bar Harbor by Mt. Desert line") |
| Zygoptera | Lestidae | Lestes | disjunctus | Walker | Common Spreadwing | Bar Harbor: MDDS (HBW), Procter (1946, p. 48.); Mount Desert: MDDS (TAH); Southwest Harbor: MDDS (HBW); Tremont: MDDS (TAH) |
| Zygoptera | Lestidae | Lestes | dryas | Kirby | Emerald Spreadwing | Mount Desert: Procter (1946, p. 48., citing Johnson (1927)) |
| Zygoptera | Lestidae | Lestes | eurinus | Say | Amber-winged Spreadwing | Southwest Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 48., "Sea Wall Bog") |
| Zygoptera | Lestidae | Lestes | forcipatus | Rambur | Sweetflag Spreadwing | Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 48., "New Mill Pond"); Mount Desert: MDDS (TAH) |
| Zygoptera | Lestidae | Lestes | rectangularis | Say | Slender Spreadwing | Bar Harbor: MDDS (DSC, HBW); Mount Desert: Procter (1946, p. 48., citing Ahrens (1941)) |
| Zygoptera | Lestidae | Lestes | unguiculatus | Hagen | Lyre-tipped Spreadwing | Southwest Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 48., "Sea Wall") |
| Zygoptera | Lestidae | Lestes | vigilax | Hagen in Sélys | Swamp Spreadwing | Bar Harbor: MDDS (TG, JH, SCH, TAH, HBW), Procter (1946, p. 48., "Witch Hole"); Mount Desert: MDDS (JG, JH, SCH, TAH); Tremont: MDDS (SCH, TAH) |
| Anisoptera | Aeshnidae | Aeshna | canadensis | Walker | Canada Darner | Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 50.) |
| Anisoptera | Aeshnidae | Aeshna | clepsydra | Say | Mottled Darner | Mount Desert: Procter (1946, p. 50., citing Howe (1921)) |
| Anisoptera | Aeshnidae | Aeshna | eremita | Scudder | Lake Darner | Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 50., "Great Heath"); town?: Procter (1946, p. 50., "The Barcelona") |
| Anisoptera | Aeshnidae | Aeshna | interrupta | Walker | Variable Darner | Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 50., "Witch Hole"); Southwest Harbor: MDDS (HBW) |
| Anisoptera | Aeshnidae | Aeshna | sitchensis | Hagen | Zigzag Darner | Southwest Harbor: MDDS (HBW), Procter (1946, p. 50., "Sea Wall", citing Ahrens (1941)) |
| Anisoptera | Aeshnidae | Aeshna | tuberculifera | Walker | Black-tipped Darner | Tremont: MDDS (TAH) |
| Anisoptera | Aeshnidae | Aeshna | umbrosa | Walker | Shadow Darner | Bar Harbor: MDDS (DSC), Procter (1946, p. 50.); Mount Desert: Procter (1946, p. 50., "Northeast Harbor"); town?: Procter (1946, p. 50., "Bubble Brook") |
| Anisoptera | Aeshnidae | Aeshna | verticalis | Hagen | Green-striped Darner | Bar Harbor: MDDS (HBW) |
| Anisoptera | Aeshnidae | Anax | junius | (Drury) | Common Green Darner | Bar Harbor: MDDS (SCH, TAH, HBW); Mount Desert: MDDS (JH, SCH, TAH); Southwest Harbor: MDDS (HBW); town not given: Procter (1946, p. 50., "various places back of south shore of the island") |
| Anisoptera | Aeshnidae | Basiaeschna | janata | (Say) | Springtime Darner | Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 50., "New Mill Meadow", "Witch Hole"); Mount Desert: MDDS (JH, TAH, JDM) |
| Anisoptera | Aeshnidae | Boyeria | vinosa | (Say) | Fawn Darner | Mount Desert: MDDS (TAH); Tremont: Procter (1946, p. 50., "Seal Cove Brook") |
| Anisoptera | Aeshnidae | Epiaeschna | heros | (Fabricius) | Swamp Darner | Mount Desert: Procter (1946, p. 50., citing Ahrens (1941))/td> |
| Anisoptera | Aeshnidae | Gomphaeschna | furcillata | (Say) | Herlequin Darner | Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 50., "Breakneck to Witch Hole Road") |
| Anisoptera | Cordulegastridae | Cordulegaster | diastatops | (Sélys) | Delta-spotted Darner | Mount Desert: MDDS (TAH); Southwest Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 51.) |
| Anisoptera | Cordulegastridae | Cordulegaster | maculata | Sélys | Twin-spotted Spiketail | Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 51., "Eagle Lake"); town?: Procter (1946, p. 51., "Bubble Brook") |
| Anisoptera | Corduliidae | Cordulia | shurtleffi | Scudder | American Emerald | Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 52., "Witch Hole"); Mount Desert: MDDS (TAH) |
| Anisoptera | Corduliidae | Dorocordulia | lepida | (Hagen in Sélys) | Petite Emerald | Mount Desert: MDDS (SCH, TAH); Southwest Harbor: MDDS (HBW); Tremont: MDDS (JJG, TAH); no town given: Procter (1946, p. 52.) |
| Anisoptera | Corduliidae | Dorocordulia | libera | (Sélys) | Racket-tailed Emerald | Bar Harbor: MDDS (SCH, TAH); no town given: Procter (1946, p. 52.) |
| Anisoptera | Corduliidae | Epitheca | cynosura | (Say) | Common Baskettail | Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 51., "Eagle Lake") as Tetragoneura cynosura Say; Mount Desert: MDDS (JDM) |
| Anisoptera | Corduliidae | Epitheca | princeps | (Hagen) | Prince Baskettail | Mount Desert: MDDS (TAH) |
| Anisoptera | Corduliidae | Epitheca | semiaquea | (Burmeister) | Mantled Baskettail | Mount Desert: MDDS (TAH) |
| Anisoptera | Corduliidae | Epitheca | spinigera | (Sélys) | Spiny Baskettail | Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 51., "Breakneck Road", "Witch Hole" as Tetragoneura spinigera Sélys); Mount Desert: MDDS (SCH, TAH) |
| Anisoptera | Corduliidae | Helocordulia | uhleri | (Sélys) | Uhler's Sundragon | Mount Desert: MDDS (JH, TAH); no town given: Procter (1946, p. 51.) |
| Anisoptera | Corduliidae | Somatochlora | cingulata | Sélys | Lake Emerald | Mount Desert: MDDS (TAH, HBW); Southwest Harbor: MDDS (HBW) |
| Anisoptera | Corduliidae | Somatochlora | elongata | (Scudder) | Ski-tailed Emerald | Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 51., "Breakneck Road", citing Alexander (16 June 1935)); Mount Desert: MDDS (TAH) |
| Anisoptera | Corduliidae | Somatochlora | forcipata | (Scudder) | Forcipate Emerald | Mount Desert: Procter (1946, p. 51., "Echo Lake", citing Ahrens (1941)) |
| Anisoptera | Corduliidae | Somatochlora | incurvata | Walker | Incurvate Emerald | Bar Harbor: MDDS (HBW) |
| Anisoptera | Corduliidae | Somatochlora | kennedyi | Walker | Kennedy's Emerald | Mount Desert: Procter (1946, p. 51., citing Ahrens (1941)) |
| Anisoptera | Corduliidae | Somatochlora | minor | Calvert | Ocellated Emerald | Mount Desert: Procter (1946, p. 51,. citing Ahrens (1941)) |
| Anisoptera | Corduliidae | Somatochlora | tenebrosa | (Say) | Clamp-tipped Emerald | Mount Desert: Procter (1946, p. 51,. citing Ahrens (1941)) |
| Anisoptera | Corduliidae | Somatochlora | walshii | (Scudder) | Brush-tipped Emerald | Mount Desert: Procter (1946, p. 51., citing Ahrens (1941)); Southwest Harbor: MDDS (HBW) |
| Anisoptera | Corduliidae | Somatochlora | williamsoni | Walker | Williamson's Emerald | Bar Harbor: MDDS (HBW); Mount Desert: Procter (1946, p. 51., citing Ahrens (1941)) |
| Anisoptera | Corduliidae | Williamsonia | fletcheri | Williamson | Ebony Boghaunter | Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 52., "Witches Hole", citing Montgomery [1935?]) |
| Anisoptera | Gomphidae | Dromogomphus | spinosus | Sélys | Black-shouldered Spinyleg | Mount Desert: MDDS (SCH, HBW), Procter (1946, p. 49., citing Ahrens (1941)); Southwest Harbor: MDDS (HBW) |
| Anisoptera | Gomphidae | Gomphus | exilis | (Sélys) | Lancet Clubtail | Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 49., "Witch Hole Pond"); Mount Desert: MDDS (JG, SCH, TAH) |
| Anisoptera | Gomphidae | Gomphus | spicatus | (Hagen in Sélys) | Dusky Clubtail | Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 49., "Witch Hole Pond") |
| Anisoptera | Gomphidae | Hagenius | brevistylus | Sélys | Dragonhunter | Bar Harbor: MDDS (HBW); Mount Desert: MDDS (TAH, HBW); town?: Procter (1946, p. 49., "brook from Toad Hole") |
| Anisoptera | Gomphidae | Lanthus | parvulus | (Sélys) | Northern Pygmy Clubtail | Mount Desert: Procter (1946, p. 50., citing Ahrens (1941)), |
| Anisoptera | Gomphidae | Ophiogomphus | rupinsulensis | (Walsh) | Rusty Snaketail | Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 49., "Eagle Lake", citing Howe (1918)) |
| Anisoptera | Gomphidae | Stylogomphus | albistylus | (Hagen in Sélys) | Least Clubtail | Mount Desert: Procter (1946, p. 50. as Lanthus albistylus, citing Ahrens (1941)) |
| Anisoptera | Libellulidae | Celithemis | elisa | (Hagen) | Calico Pennant | Bar Harbor: MDDS (HBW), Procter (1946, p. 52., "Witch Hole", "Hulls Cove"); Mount Desert: MDDS (KC, JG, SCH, TAH, HBW); Southwest Harbor: MDDS (HBW); Tremont: MDDS (SCH, TAH) |
| Anisoptera | Libellulidae | Celithemis | martha | Williamson | Martha's Pennant | Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 52., "Gt. Heath and the Breakneck Ponds"); Mount Desert: MDDS (TAH); Tremont: MDDS (JJG, SCH, TAH) |
| Anisoptera | Libellulidae | Erythrodiplax | berenice | (Drury) | Seaside Dragonlet | Bar Harbor: MDDS (HBW) |
| Anisoptera | Libellulidae | Ladona | exusta | (Say) | White Corporal | Bar Harbor: MDDS (TG, SCH, TAH), Procter (1946, p. 52., "Witch Hole Pond" as Libellula exusta); Mount Desert: MDDS (KC, JG, JH, SCH, TAH, HBW) as Libellula exusta; Procter (1946, p. 52., "Long Pond" [see note 1 below] as Libellula exusta) Tremont: MDDS (JJG, SCH, TAH) as Libellula exusta |
| Anisoptera | Libellulidae | Ladona | julia | (Uhler) | Chalk-fronted Corporal (male [identified by Tom Hayward]) |
Bar Harbor: MDDS (TG, SCH, TAH); Champlainer (TFV) Mount Desert: MDDS (TAH); Champlainer (TFV) Southwest Harbor: MDDS (HBW), Procter (1946, p. 52., "Sea Wall Bog" as Libellula julia) |
| Anisoptera | Libellulidae | Leucorrhinia | frigida | Hagen | Frosted Whiteface | Bar Harbor: MDDS (JH, SCH, TAH, HBW), Procter (1946, p. 53., "Witch Hole Pond"); Mount Desert: MDDS (SCH, TAH, HBW), Procter (1946, p. 53., "Echo Lake"); Southwest Harbor: MDDS (HBW); Tremont: MDDS (JJG, SCH, TAH) |
| Anisoptera | Libellulidae | Leucorrhinia | glacialis | Hagen | Crimson-ringed Whiteface | Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 53., "New Mill Meadow", "Witch Hole"); Mount Desert: MDDS (KC, JG, SCH, TAH), Procter (1946, p. 53., "Echo Lake"); Southwest Harbor: MDDS (HBW); town?: Procter (1946, p. 53., "Beaver Dam") |
| Anisoptera | Libellulidae | Leucorrhinia | hudsonica | (Sélys) | Hudsonian Whiteface | Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 53., "New Mill Meadow", "New Mill Pond", "Witch Hole"); town?: Procter (1946, p. 53., "Canada Brook") |
| Anisoptera | Libellulidae | Leucorrhinia | intacta | (Hagen) | Dot-tailed Whiteface | Bar Harbor: MDDS (TG, SCH, TAH); Mount Desert: MDDS (HBW); no town given: Procter (1946, p. 53.) |
| Anisoptera | Libellulidae | Leucorrhinia | proxima | Calvert | Red-waisted Whiteface | Bar Harbor: MDDS (TG, SCH, TAH), Procter (1946, p. 53., "Indian Point", "New Mill Pond", "Witch Hole Pond") |
| Anisoptera | Libellulidae | Libellula | incesta | Hagen | Slaty Skimmer | Bar Harbor: MDDS (TG, JH, SCH, TAH, HBW); Mount Desert: MDDS (KC, JG, SCH, TAH, HBW); Tremont: MDDS (JJG, SCH, TAH) |
| Anisoptera | Libellulidae | Libellula | luctuosa | Burmeister | Widdow [spelling?] Skimmer | Bar Harbor: MDDS (HBW) |
| Anisoptera | Libellulidae | Libellula | pulchella | Drury | Twelve-spotted Skimmer (male) |
Bar Harbor: MDDS (HBW); Mount Desert: MDDS (HBW); Southwest Harbor: MDDS (HBW); Tremont: Champlainer (TFV) town(s)?: Procter (1946, p. 52., "stations F366 and F384") |
| Anisoptera | Libellulidae | Libellula | quadrimaculata | L. | Four-spotted Skimmer | Southwest Harbor: MDDS (TAH, HBW); no town given: Procter (1946, p. 52.) |
| Anisoptera | Libellulidae | Libellula | semifasciata | Burmeister | Painted Skimmer | no town given: Procter (1946, p. 52.) |
| Anisoptera | Libellulidae | Nannothemis | bella | (Uhler) | Elfin Skimmer | Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 52., "Witch Hole Pond", "Lower Breakneck Pond") |
| Anisoptera | Libellulidae | Pachydiplax | longipennis | (Burmeister) | Blue Dasher | Bar Harbor: MDDS (TAH); Mount Desert: MDDS (TAH); Southwest Harbor: MDDS (HBW); Tremont: MDDS (SCH, TAH) |
| Anisoptera | Libellulidae | Pantala | flavescens | (Fabricius) | Wandering Glider | Mount Desert: Champlainer (TAH) Southwest Harbor: MDDS (HBW); town(s)?: Procter (1946, p. 53., "a widely distributed species") |
| Anisoptera | Libellulidae | Pantala | hymenaea | (Say) | Spot-winged Glider | Mount Desert: MDDS (TAH) |
| Anisoptera | Libellulidae | Perithemis | tenera | (Say) | Eastern Amberwing | Bar Harbor: MDDS (JH, TAH, HBW) |
| Anisoptera | Libellulidae | Plathemis | lydia | (Drury) | common whitetail (male) |
Bar Harbor: Champlainer (TFV); Procter (1946, p. 52., as Libellula lydia); Mount Desert: MDDS (HBW) as Libellula lydia; Southwest Harbor: MDDS (HBW) as Libellula lydia; Tremont: MDDS (SCH, TAH) as Libellula lydia |
| Anisoptera | Libellulidae | Sympetrum | costiferum | (Hagen) | Saffron-winged Meadowhawk | Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 53.); Mount Desert: MDDS (HBW) |
| Anisoptera | Libellulidae | Sympetrum | internum | Montgomery | Cherry-faced Meadowhawk | Bar Harbor: MDDS (DSC, HBW); Mount Desert: MDDS (TAH); Southwest Harbor: MDDS (HBW); no town given: Procter (1946, p. 53.) |
| Anisoptera | Libellulidae | Sympetrum | obtrusum | (Hagen) | White-faced Meadowhawk | Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 53., "Witch Hole Pond") Mount Desert: MDDS (SCH), Procter (1946, p. 53., "Featherbed" (altitude 1000'); town?: Procter (1946, p. 53., "Narrows") |
| Anisoptera | Libellulidae | Sympetrum | semicinctum | (Say) | Band-winged Meadowhawk | Bar Harbor: Procter (1946, p. 53., "New Mill Meadow", "Witch Hole") |
| Anisoptera | Libellulidae | Sympetrum | vicinum | (Hagen) | Autumn Meadowhawk | Bar Harbor: MDDS (HBW), Procter (1946, p. 53.); Mount Desert: MDDS (SCH, TAH); Southwest Harbor: MDDS (HBW) |
| Anisoptera | Macromiidae | Didymops | transversa | (Say) | Stream Cruiser | town(s)?: Procter (1946, p. 51., "common on all parts of the island") |
| Anisoptera | Macromiidae | Macromia | illinoiensis | Walsh | Illinois River Cruiser | Mount Desert: MDDS (TAH, HBW), Procter (1946, p. 51., citing Ahrens (1941)); Southwest Harbor: MDDS (HBW) |
