Desert Firetail
Order: Odonata
- Suborder: Zygoptera (Damselfly)
- - Family: Pond Damsels: Firetails
- - - Genus: Telebasis
- - - - Species: salva
Distribution Map by counties from Southwestdragonflies.net
Identification Tips
Desert Firetail, Male, Queen Valley, Maricopa, AZ, 22 October 2017
Species to compare (enter common name)
Desert Firetail, Male, Queen Valley, Pinal, AZ, 2 August 2021
Desert Firetail, Male, Navajoa, Sonora, Mexico, 12 August 2019
Desert Firetail, Male, Agua Fria River, Black Canyon City, Yavapai, AZ, 27 June 2021
Desert Firetail, Male appendages (lateral view), Navajoa, Sonora, Mexico, 12 August 2019
Desert Firetail, Female, Queen Valley, Pinal, AZ, 29 December 2018
Desert Firetail, Female, Santa Cruz, Nayarit, Mexico, 4 October 2009
Desert Firetail, Female, Gila River at Kelvin Bridge, Pinal, AZ, 27 November 2011
Desert Firetail, Teneral female, Salt River, Maricopa, AZ, 9 January 2010
Desert Firetail, Pair in tandem, Navajoa, Sonora, Mexico, 12 August 2019
Desert Firetail, Pair in wheel, Queen Valley, Pinal, AZ, 2 August 2021
Desert Firetail, Pair in tandem with female ovipositing, Agua Fria River in Humboldt, Yavapai, AZ, 17 June 2018
Desert Firetail, Pairs in tandem, Females ovipositing, Jewel of the Creek Preserve, Cave Creek, Maricopa, AZ, 24 October 2010
