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Menu Home Subjects Covers About Contact Bank Swallows belong to the family Hirundinidae in the Order Passeriformes and nest in burrows they dig in sand or gravel, usually near large bodies of water. They are social, breeding in colonies. Riparia riparia BANK SWALLOW click picture for photo gallery Papilionidae (SWALLOWTAILS & PARNASSIANS) VIDEOS https://youtu.be/szcu0vySm-ghttps://youtu.be/PD0JAE2-KHU Facebook-f […]
Home Subjects Covers About Contact Lestidae is a family of damselflies that hold their wings out to the sides, hence the name Spreadwings List of Species Order ODONATA (dragonflies & damselflies) Suborder ZYGOPTERA (damselflies) Family Lestidae (SPREADWING DAMSELFLIES) Archilestes grandis GREAT SPREADWING Archilestes grandis GREAT SPREADWING Archilestes grandis GREAT SPREADWING Archilestes grandis GREAT SPREADWING Archilestes
Home Subjects Covers About Contact Order ODONATA (Dragonflies & Damselflies) Suborder ANISOPTERA (Dragonflies) Click on the thumbnail to see more of each family. Aeshnidae DARNERS Cordulegastridae SPIKETAILS Corduliidae EMERALDS Libellulidae SKIMMERS Gomphidae CLUBTAILS Macromiidae CRUISERS Suborder ZYGOPTERA (Damselflies) Coenagrionidae NARROW-WINGED DAMSELFLIES Calopterygidae BROAD-WINGED DAMSELFLIES Lestidae SPREADWING DAMSELFLIES Facebook-f Chicago, IL EMAIL
Home Subjects Covers About Contact Libellulidae is the largest family of dragonflies.with over 1000 species worldwide. They are commonly known as Skimmers. List of Species Order ODONATA (Dragonflies & Damselflies) Suborder ANISOPTERA (Dragonflies) Family Libellulidae (Skimmers) Brachymesia furcata RED-TAILED PENNANT Brachymesia gravida 4-SPOTTED PENNANT Brachymesia gravida 4-SPOTTED PENNANT Brachymesia gravida 4-SPOTTED PENNANT Celithemis elisa CALICO
Home Subjects Covers About Contact Gomphidae is a family of Dragonflies known as clubtails, for the widening at the tip of the abdomen in most species, where it is more pronounced in the males. They spend much time resting and sometimes they obelisk, standing with the abdomen raised vertically. Suborder ANISOPTERA (dragonflies) Family Gomphidae List
Home Subjects Covers About Contact text Order ODONATA (Dragonflies & Damselflies) Suborder Anisoptera (Dragonflies) DARNERS (Aeshnidae) CLUBTAILS (Gomphidae) SKIMMERS (Libellulidae) DAMSELFLIES (Zygoptera) Cordulegastridae (SPIKETAILS) Cordulegaster obliqua ARROWHEAD SPIKETAIL Cordulegaster obliqua ARROWHEAD SPIKETAIL Cordulegaster obliqua ARROWHEAD SPIKETAIL Cordulegaster obliqua ARROWHEAD SPIKETAIL Cordulegaster obliqua ARROWHEAD SPIKETAIL Cordulegaster obliqua ARROWHEAD SPIKETAIL Corduliidae (EMERALDS) Epitheca (Tetragoneuria) spinigera SPINY BASKETTAIL
Home Subjects Covers About Contact Aeshnidae is a family of dragonflies commonly known as darners and includes some of the largest dragonflies. There are 41 species in North America in 11 genera. Below are some species and videos. List of Species ODONATA (Dragonflies & Damselflies) Suborder ANISOPTERA (Dragonflies) Family Aeshnidae Aeshna canadensis CANADA DARNER Aeshna
Home Subjects Covers About Contact Family Fringillidae (True Finches, Redpolls, Crossbills) Click on the thumbnail to see more of each species. Hoary Redpoll Common Redpoll European Goldfinch Evening Grosbeak Cassin’s Finch House Finch Purple Finch Red Crossbill White-winged Crossbill Pine Grosbeak Lawrence’s Goldfinch Pine Siskin Lesser Goldfinch American Goldfinch Facebook-f Chicago, IL EMAIL
Menu Home Subjects Covers About Contact The Pine Siskin (Spinus pinus) is a North American species in the finch family Fringillidae that breeds mainly in coniferous forests across Canada, Alaska and some mountainous areas in the western US. Their winter movements are unpredictable varied, that is, irruptive. Family FRINGILLIDAE (True Finches) click image to open
Home Subjects Covers About Contact True finches constitute the bird family Fringillidae. They have beaks adapted for eating seeds and nuts, and are often brightly colored. they are distributed all over the world except the polar regions and Australia, with 50 genera and over 250 species. Other common names applied are grosbeaks, siskins and redpolls.
