There are some 5,400 species of damselflies and dragonflies on earth. About 127 damselfies have occured in North America north of Mexico.
Broad-winged Damselflies Calopterygidae
Total number of world species: 176
Male American Rubyspot Hataerina americana along the Rio Grande River, Mesilla Valley, Dona Ana County, New Mexico, July 2011.
Female American Rubyspot Hataerina americana along the Rio Grande River, Mesilla Valley, Dona Ana County, New Mexico, July 2011.
Male and female Canyon Rubyspot Hataerina vulnerata along South Fork, Chiricahua Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, September 2011.
Spreadwings Lestidae
Total number of world species: 151
A pair of Great Spreadwings Archilestes grandis at the Catwalk, near Glenwood, Catron County, New Mexico, September 2011.
Male Northern Spreadwing Lestes disjunctus at Mexican Hay Lake, Apache County, Arizona, August 2010.
Male Plateau Spreadwing Lestes alacer at Willow Tank, near Portal, Cochise County, Arizona, July 2010.
Pond Damsels Coenagrionidae
Total number of world species: 1,082
Arroyo Bluet Enallagma praevarum at the Preserve at Granite Gap, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, June 2011.
Familiar Bluet Enallagma civile at the Preserve at Granite Gap, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, May 2011.
Double-striped Bluet Enallagma basidens at the Gila Box Riparian Area, Graham County, Arizona, June 2011.
Female Rambur's Forktail Ischnura ramburii at Cibola National Wildlife Refuge, La Paz County, Arizona, September 2011.
Male Rambur's Forktail Ischnura ramburii at Five Mile Landing, Havasu National Wildlife Refuge, Mohave County, Arizona, September 2011.
Desert Forktail Ischnura barberi at Cluff Ranch Wildlife Area, Graham County, Arizona, June 2011.
Mexican Forktail Ischnura demorsa at the Gila Box Riparian Area, Graham County, Arizona, June 2011.
Black-fronted Forktail Ischnura denticollis at Becker Lake, near Springerville, Apache County, Arizona, August 2010.
Male Citrine Forktail Ischnura hastata at the Bottomless Lakes State Park, Chaves Countty, New Mexico, August 2011.
Desert Firetail Telebasis salva at the Gila Box Riparian Area, Graham County, Arizona, June 2011.
Blue-fronted Dancer Argia apicalis at the Bosque del Apache N.W.R., Socorro County, New Mexico, August 2010.
Powdered Dancer Argia moesta at the Gila Box Riparian Area, Graham County, Arizona, June 2011.
Blue-ringed Dancer Argia sedula at the Gila Box Riparian Area, Graham County, Arizona, June 2011.
Male Variable Dancer Argia fumipennis at the Bottomless Lakes State Park, Chaves Countty, New Mexico, August 2011.
Male Spine-tipped Dancer Argia extranea at Empire Cienega, Pima County, Arizona, October 2011.
Aztec Dancer Argia nahuana at Roper Lake State Park, Graham County, Arizona, July 2011.
Springwater Dancer Argia plana at the Ramsey Canyon Nature Preserve, Huachuca Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, July 2010.