Red-faced Dragonlet

Erythrodiplax fusca · Order: Odonata · Family: Libellulidae

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Red-faced Dragonlet
Photo: Helio Lourencini, CC BY

The red-faced dragonlet is a skimmer dragonfly in the Libellulidae family. It is found throughout Central America, North America, and South America.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

The red-faced dragonlet is a skimmer dragonfly in the Libellulidae family.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

It occurs across Central, North, and South America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 2 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Texas, South Carolina.

Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.

Source: GBIF

Months it is reported in the US

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Source: GBIF

More photos

Red-faced Dragonlet photo 2
Photo: The Great Walter, CC BY
Red-faced Dragonlet photo 3
Photo: Ricard Busquets Reverte, CC BY
Red-faced Dragonlet photo 4
Photo: Juan Chavez, CC BY
Red-faced Dragonlet photo 5
Photo: Ricard Busquets Reverte, CC BY

Same family (Libellulidae)

Blue DasherBlue DasherPachydiplax longipennisEastern PondhawkEastern PondhawkErythemis simplicicollisCommon WhitetailCommon WhitetailPlathemis lydiaWidow SkimmerWidow SkimmerLibellula luctuosaAutumn MeadowhawkAutumn MeadowhawkSympetrum vicinumCommon DarterCommon DarterSympetrum striolatum

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erythrodiplax_fusca

Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · ITIS · Wikipedia

Text written 2026-10-24 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-22.

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