Desert Shadowdamsel

Scientific Classification

Order Odonata
Suborder
Zygoptera
(Damselfly)
Family
Platystictidae
(Shadowdamsels)
Genus
Palaemnema
Species
domina

Identification Tips

Desert Shadowdamsel, Male, Lower Eagle Creek, Greenlee, AZ, 2 August 2014 Desert Shadowdamsel, Male, Lower Eagle Creek, Greenlee, AZ, 2 August 2014

Locations Map

Seasonal Changes in Occurrence

Data (13 accepted records) from Odonata Central, August 2026.

Images

Desert Shadowdamsel Desert Shadowdamsel, Male, Lower Eagle Creek, Greenle, AZ, 10 July 2021
Desert Shadowdamsel Desert Shadowdamsel, Male, Lower Eagle Creek, Greenlee, AZ, 2 August 2014
Desert Shadowdamsel Desert Shadowdamsel, Male, Nacapule Canyon, Sonora, Mexico, 15 August 2009
Desert Shadowdamsel Desert Shadowdamsel, Male slowly opening up and closing wings, Lower Eagle Creek, Greenlee, AZ, 2 August 2014
Desert Shadowdamsel Desert Shadowdamsel, Female, Nacapule Canyon, Sonora, Mexico, 15 August 2009
Desert Shadowdamsel Desert Shadowdamsel, Female, Nacapule Canyon, Sonora, Mexico, 15 August 2009
Desert Shadowdamsel Desert Shadowdamsel, Female, Lower Eagle Creek, Greenle, AZ, 10 July 2021
Desert Shadowdamsel Desert Shadowdamsel, Female, Lower Eagle Creek, Greenle, AZ, 10 July 2021
Desert Shadowdamsel Desert Shadowdamsel, Female, Nacapule Canyon, Sonora, Mexico, 15 August 2009
Desert Shadowdamsel Desert Shadowdamsel, Pair in tandem, southern Sonora, Mexico, 9 August 2018