| Dragonflies/Damselflies | |||||
| (Order Odonata) | |||||
| Dragonflies | Family | Common name | Systematic name | State status | % DMN sites |
| (Suborder Anisoptera) | |||||
| Darners | Lance-tipped darner | Aeshna constricta | S3 | 16% | |
| (Aeshnidae) | Shadow darner | Aeshna umbrosa | S4 | 12% | |
| Common green darner | Anax junius | S5 | 83% | ||
| Comet darner | Anax longipes | S2 | 3% | ||
| Swamp darner | Epiaeschna heros | S4 | 12% | ||
| Cyrano darner | Nasiaeschna pentacantha | S4 | 3% | ||
| Clubtails | Jade clubtail | Arigomphus submedianus | S4 | 17% | |
| (Gomphidae) | Unicorn clubtail | Arigomphus villosipes | S3 | 9% | |
| Flag-tailed spineyleg | Dromogomphus spoliatus | S3 | 3% | ||
| Emeralds | Common baskettail | Epitheca cynosura | S5 | 38% | |
| (Corduliidae) | Prince baskettail | Epitheca princeps | S5 | 30% | |
| Skimmers | Calico pennant | Celithemis elisa | S5 | 28% | |
| (Libellulidae) | Halloween pennant | Celithemis eponina | S5 | 42% | |
| Common pondhawk | Erythemis simplicicolis | S5 | 69% | ||
| Dot-tailed whiteface | Leucorrhinia intacta | S4 | 24% | ||
| Widow skimmer | Libellula luctuosa | S5 | 74% | ||
| Twelve-spotted skimmer | Libellula pulchella | S5 | 75% | ||
| Blue dasher | Pachydiplax longipennis | S5 | 72% | ||
| Wandering glider | Pantala flavescens | S5 | 25% | ||
| Spot-winged glider | Pantala hymenaea | S5 | 7% | ||
| Eastern amberwing | Perithemis tenera | S5 | 61% | ||
| Common whitetail | Plathemis lydia | S5 | 72% | ||
| Variegated meadowhawk | Sympetrum corruptum | S3 | 2% | ||
| Saffron-winged meadowhawk | Sympetrum costiferum | S2 | 2% | ||
| White-face meadowhawk | Sympetrum obtrusum | S5 | 38% | ||
| Ruby meadowhawk | Sympetrum rubicundulum | S5 | 50% | ||
| Band-winged meadowhawk | Sympetrum semicinctum | S3 | 24% | ||
| Autumn meadowhawk | Sympetrum vicinum | S5 | 34% | ||
| Carolina saddlebags | Tramea carolina | S4 | 8% | ||
| Black saddlebags | Tramea lacerata | S5 | 67% | ||
| Red-mantled saddlebags | Tramea onusta | S5 | 12% | ||
| Dragonfly Total = 31 | |||||
| Damselflies | Family | Common name | Systematic name | State status | % DMN sites |
| (Suborder Zygoptera) | |||||
| Broadwings | Ebony jewelwing | Calopteryx maculata | S5 | 35% | |
| (Calopterygidae) | American rubyspot | Hetaerina americana | S5 | 17% | |
| Spreadwings | Southern spreadwing | Lestes australis | S4 | 1% | |
| (Lestidae) | Spotted spreadwing | Lestes congener | S4 | 5% | |
| Emerald spreadwing | Lestes dryas | S4 | 20% | ||
| Sweetflag spreadwing | Lestes forcipatus | S3 | 4% | ||
| Slender spreadwing | Lestes rectangularis | S5 | 39% | ||
| Lyre-tipped spreadwing | Lestes unguiculatus | S4 | 4% | ||
| Swamp spreadwing | Lestes vigilax | S2 | 5% | ||
| Pond damsels | Red damsel | Amphiagrion abbreviatum | S3 | 2% | |
| (Coenagrionidae) | Blue-fronted dancer | Argia apicalis | S5 | 25% | |
| Violet dancer | Argia fumipennis | S5 | 17% | ||
| Springwater dancer | Argia funebris | S3 | 0% | ||
| Powdered dancer | Argia moesta | S5 | 12% | ||
| Blue-ringed dancer | Argia sedula | S3 | 0% | ||
| Blue-tipped dancer | Argia tibialis | S5 | 4% | ||
| River bluet | Enallagma anna | S2 | 1% | ||
| Rainbow bluet | Enallagma antennatum | S3 | 4% | ||
| Azure bluet | Enallagma aspersum | S4 | 7% | ||
| Double-stripped bluet | Enallagma basidens | S5 | 7% | ||
| Familiar bluet | Enallagma civile | S5 | 54% | ||
| Stream bluet | Enallagma exsulans | S5 | 26% | ||
| Skimming bluet | Enallagma geminatum | S4 | 19% | ||
| Orange bluet | Enallagma signatum | S5 | 28% | ||
| Slender bluet | Enallagma traviatum | S4 | 7% | ||
| Citrine forktail | Ischnura hastata | S5 | 2% | ||
| Fragile forktail | Ischnura posita | S5 | 28% | ||
| Eastern forktail | Ischnura verticalis | S5 | 76% | ||
| Sedge sprite | Nehalennia irene | S3 | 5% | ||
| Damselfly Total = 29 | |||||
| Total Species = 60 |
State Status: Based on Illinois State Museum Checklist, last updated January 2024. Values are: S1, critically imperiled in state, S2, imperiled, S3, rare or uncommon, S4, apparently secure, S5, demonstrably secure.
% DMN Sites: % of monitored sites at which the species was reported by citizen scientists participating in the Dragonfly Monitoring Network of NE Illinois, 2008-2010.