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This county list is based on field work by Paul Pratt as well as published accounts by E.M. Walker (who was born in Windsor in 1877) and others over the past century. Recent additions to the list include American Rubyspot 2014, Striped Saddlebags 2010, Band-winged Dragonlet 2008, Great Spreadwing 2002, Lilypad Fork-tail 2001, River Bluet 1998 and Royal River Cruiser 1997.

The following 94 species are listed as (C) common to abundant, (U) uncommon, (R) rare, (V) vagrant and (X) no occurrence after 1976. Common names follow usage by the Dragonfly Society of the Americas .

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SPECIES LIST:

1. Calopteryx maculata U    Ebony Jewelwing
2. Hetaerina americana R    American Rubyspot

1. Archilestes grandis R    Great Spreadwing
2. Lestes australis ?    Southern Spreadwing
3. Lestes congener R    Spotted Spreadwing
4. Lestes disjuntus X    Northern [Common] Spreadwing
5. Lestes dryas C    Emerald Spreadwing
6. Lestes eurinus R    Amber-winged Spreadwing
7. Lestes forcipatus U    Sweetflag Spreadwing
8. Lestes inequalis U    Elegant Spreadwing
9. Lestes rectangularis C    Slender Spreadwing
10. Lestes unguiculatus C    Lyre-tipped Spreadwing
11. Lestes vigilax U    Swamp Spreadwing

1. Argia apicalis C    Blue-fronted Dancer
2. Argia fumipennis violacea U    Violet [Variable] Dancer
3. Argia moesta X    Powdered Dancer
4. Argia tibialis U    Blue-tipped Dancer
5. Coenagrion resolutum R    Taiga Bluet
6. Enallagma anna R    River Bluet
7. Enallagma antennatum C    Rainbow Bluet
8. Enallagma aspersum U    Azure Bluet
9. Enallagma basidens U    Double-striped Bluet
10. Enallagma boreale R    Boreal Bluet
11. Enallagma carunculatum C    Tule Bluet
12. Enallagma civile C    Familiar Bluet
13. Enallagma vernale U    Vernal Bluet
14. Enallagma ebrium C    Marsh Bluet
15. Enallagma exsulans C    Stream Bluet
16. Enallagma geminatum U    Skimming Bluet
17. Enallagma hageni C    Hagen's Bluet
18. Enallagma signatum C    Orange Bluet
19. Enallagma vesperum R    Vesper Bluet
20. Ischnura hastata R    Citrine Fork-tail
21. Ischnura kellicotti R    Lilypad Fork-tail
22. Ischnura posita C    Fragile Forktail
23. Ischnura verticalis C    Eastern Forktail
24. Nehalinnia irene U    Sedge Sprite

1. Aeshna canadensis X    Canada Darner
2. Aeshna clepsydra U    Mottled Darner
3. Aeshna constricta C    Lance-tipped Darner
4. Aeshna mutata U    Spatterdock Darner
5. Aeshna umbrosa C    Shadow Darner
6. Aeshna verticalis R    Green-striped Darner
7. Anax junius C    Common Green Darner
8. Anax longipes V    Comet Darner
9. Basiaeschna janata X    Springtime Darner
10. Epiaeschna heros U    Swamp Darner
11. Nasiaeschna pentacantha X    Cyrano Darner

1. Arigomphus furcifer X    Lilypad Clubtail
2. Arigomphus villosipes R    Unicorn Clubtail
3. Gomphus fraternus U    Midland Clubtail
4. Gomphus graslinellus U    Pronghorn Clubtail
5. Gomphus spicatus X    Dusky Clubtail
6. Gomphus vastus R    Cobra ClubtaiL
7. Progomphus obscurus R    Common Sanddragon
8. Stylurus notatus U    Elusive Clubtail
9. Stylurus plagiatus X    Russet-tipped Clubtail

1. Cordulegaster maculata X    Twin-spotted Spiketail

1. Macromia taeniolata R    Royal River Cruiser

1. Dorocordulia libera X    Racket-tailed Emerald
2. Epitheca cynosura C    Common Baskettail
3. Epitheca princeps C    Prince Baskettail
4. Neurocordulia yamaskanensis X    Stygian Shadowdragon
5. Somatochlora albicincta VX    Ringed Emerald
6. Somatochlora williamsoni X    Williamson's Emerald

1. Celithemis elisa U    Calico Pennant
2. Celithemis eponina U    Halloween Pennant
3. Erythemis simplicicollis C    Common Pondhawk
4. Erythrodiplax umbrata V    Band-winged Dragonlet
5. Ladona (Libellula) julia X    Chalk-fronted Skimmer
6. Leucorrhinia frigida R    Frosted Whiteface
7. Leucorrhinia intacta C    Dot-tailed Whiteface
8. Leucorrhinia proxima R    Belted [Red-waisted] Whiteface
9. Libellula incesta R    Slaty Skimmer
10. Libellula luctuosa C    Widow Skimmer
11. Libellula pulchella C    Twelve-spotted Skimmer
12. Libellula quadrimaculata U    Four-spotted Skimmer
13. Libellula semifasciata R    Painted Skimmer
14. Libellula vibrans R    Great Blue Skimmer
15. Pachydiplax longipennis C    Blue Dasher
16. Pantala flavescens U    Wandering Glider
17. Pantala hymenea C    Spot-winged Glider
18. Perithemis tenera C    Eastern Amberwing
19. Plathemis (Libellula) lydia C    Common Whitetail
20. Sympetrum ambiguum VX    Blue-faced Meadowhawk
21. Sympetrum corruptum R    Variegated Meadowhawk
22. Sympetrum obtrusum U    White-faced Meadowhawk
23. Sympetrum rubicundulum C    Ruby Meadowhawk
24. Sympetrum semicinctum R    Band-winged Meadowhawk
25. Sympetrum vicinum C    Autumn [Yellow-legged] Meadowhawk
26. Tramea calverti V    Striped Saddlebags
27. Tramea carolina R    Carolina Saddlebags
28. Tramea lacerata C    Black Saddlebags
29. Tramea onusta R    Red Saddlebags