Desert Forktail

Scientific Classification

Order Odonata

Suborder

(Damselfly)

Family

(Pond Damsels: Forktails)

Genus

Ischnura

Species

barberi

Desert Forktail, Male, Higley Road ponds, Gilbert, Maricopa, AZ, 26 November 2017

Data (34 accepted records) from Odonata Central, August 2026.

Desert Forktail, Male, Glendale Recharge Ponds, Glendale, Maricopa, AZ, 16 October 2022

Desert Forktail, Male, Wild Horse Pass, Maricopa, AZ, 3 November 2021

Desert Forktail, Male, Kearny Lake, Pinal, AZ, 8 April 2018

Desert Forktail, Male appendages (lateral view), Kearny Lake, Pinal, AZ, 19 August 2017

Desert Forktail, Heteromorph female, Higley Road Ponds, Maricopa, AZ, 16 June 2026

Desert Forktail, Heteromorph female, Higley Road Ponds, Maricopa, AZ, 29 November 2025

Desert Forktail, Heteromorph female, Glendale Recharge Ponds, Glendale, Maricopa, AZ, 27 June 2021

Desert Forktail, Heteromorph female, Higley Road Ponds, Gilbert, AZ, 12 October 2022

Desert Forktail, Heteromorph female, Kearny Lake, Pinal, AZ, 16 May 2020

Desert Forktail, Immature andromorph female, Gila Bend, Maricopa, AZ, 7 March 2009

Desert Forktail, Immature andromorph female, Wild Horse Pass, Maricopa, AZ, 19 February 2009

Desert Forktail, Female, Glendale Recharge Ponds, Glendale, Maricopa, AZ, 16 October 2022

Desert Forktail, Pair in wheel, Kearny Lake, Pinal, AZ, 16 May 2020

Desert Forktail, Pair in wheel, Wild Horse Pass, Maricopa, AZ, 21 March 2013

Desert Forktail, Heteromorph female ovipositing, Wild Horse Pass, Maricopa, AZ, 24 August 2008

Desert Forktail, Female eaten by Robber Fly (Asilidae), Kearny Lake, Pinal, AZ, 19 August 2017