Desert Firetail

Scientific Classification

Order Odonata

Suborder

(Damselfly)

Family

(Pond Damsels: Firetails)

Genus

Telebasis

Species

salva

Desert Firetail, Male, Queen Valley, Maricopa, AZ, 22 October 2017

Data (197 accepted records) from Odonata Central, August 2026.

Desert Firetail, Male, Queen Valley, Pinal, AZ, 20 December 2021

Desert Firetail, Male, Agua Fria River, Black Canyon City, Yavapai, AZ, 27 June 2021

Desert Firetail, Male, Jewel of the Creek Preserve, Maricopa, AZ, 25 September 2022

Desert Firetail, Male, Sycamore Canyon, Santa Cruz, AZ, 23 October 2021

Desert Firetail, Male appendages (lateral view), Navajoa, Sonora, Mexico, 12 August 2019

Desert Firetail, Female, Arivaca Cienega, Pima. AZ, 8 August 2026

Desert Firetail, Female, Santa Cruz River, Marana, Pima, AZ, 25 November 2022

Desert Firetail, Female, Quitobaquito pond, Pima, AZ, 12 December 2021

Desert Firetail, Female, Hassayampa River Preserve, Maricopa, AZ, 19 September 2021

Desert Firetail, Teneral female, Salt River, Maricopa, AZ, 9 January 2010

Desert Firetail, Pair in tandem, Seven Springs, Maricopa, AZ, 11 July 2026

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

Desert Firetail, Male eaten by Robber Fly (Asilidae), Historic Canoa Ranch, Pima, AZ, 14 July 2026