Spot-tailed Dasher
Order: Odonata
- Suborder: Anisoptera (Dragonfly)
- - Family: Skimmers (Libellulidae)
- - - Genus: Micrathyria
- - - - Species: aequalis
Distribution Map by counties from Southwestdragonflies.net
News About This Species
Identification Tips
Spot-tailed Dasher, Male, Hidalgo, TX, 7 October 2017
Species to compare (enter common name)
Spot-tailed Dasher, Male, Gamboa, Panama, 14 July 2023
Spot-tailed Dasher, Male, Quitobaquito Pond, Pima, AZ, 20 April 2019
Spot-tailed Dasher, Male, Sonora, Mexico, 13 August 2022
Spot-tailed Dasher, Male, Sonora, Mexico, 10 August 2019
Spot-tailed Dasher, Immature male, Laguna de Lagarte, Costa Rica, 12 July 2017
Spot-tailed Dasher, Female, Cano Negro, Costa Rica, 12 July 2017
Spot-tailed Dasher, Pair in wheel, Gamboa, Panama, 14 July 2023
Comparison: Dashers (four species)
-
Blue DasherPachydiplax longipennis -
Spot-tailed DasherMicrathyria aequalis -
Thornbush DasherMicrathyria hagenii -
Three-striped DasherMicrathyria didyma