About 127 damselflies have occured in North America north of Mexico.

Common, small and slender. Weak fliers holding wings over or alongside back when at rest.

Broad-winged Damsels Calopterygidae
Total number of world species: 176

American Rubyspot Hataerina americana
Canyon Rubyspot Hataerina vulnerata
Ebony Jewelwing Calopteryx maculata
Smoky Rubyspot Hataerina titia

Spreadwings Lestidae
Total number of world species: 151

Emerald Spreadwing Lestes dryas
Great Spreadwings Archilestes grandis
Northern Spreadwing Lestes disjunctus
Plateau Spreadwing Lestes alacer
Southern Spreadwing Lestes australis
Spotted Spreadwing Lestes congener

Pond Damsels Coenagrionidae
Total number of world species: 1,082

Arroyo Bluet Enallagma praevarum
Aztec Dancer Argia nahuana
Black-and-white Damsel Apanisagrion lais
Black-fronted Forktail Ischnura denticollis
Blue-fronted Dancer Argia apicalis
Blue-ringed Dancer Argia sedula
Citrine Forktail Ischnura hastata
Desert Firetail Telebasis salva
Desert Forktail Ischnura barberi
Double-striped Bluet Enallagma basidens
Dusky Dancer Argia translata
Familiar Bluet Enallagma civile
Fiery-eyed Dancer Argia oenea
Fragile Forktail Ischnura posita
Kiowa Dancer Argia immunda
Mexican Forktail Ischnura demorsa
Mexican Wedgetail Acanthagrion quadratum
Neotropical Bluet Enallagma novaehispaniae
Orange Bluet Enallagma signatum
Pacific or Plains Forktail Ischnura cervula/damula
Painted Damsel Hesperagrion heterodoxum
Powdered Dancer Argia moesta
Rambur's Forktail Ischnura ramburii
Sooty Dancer Argia lugens
Spine-tipped Dancer Argia extranea
Springwater Dancer Argia plana
Stream Bluet Enallagma exsulans
Tarascan Dancer Argia tarascans
Tezpi Dancer Argia tezpi
Tonto Dancer Argia tonto
Tule Bluet Enallagma carunculatum
Variable Dancer Argia fumipennis
Vesper Bluet Enallagma vesperum
Western Red Damsel Amphiagrion abbreviatum