A Swift River Cruiser in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/16/2018).

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Swift River Cruiser in Montgomery Co., Maryland (8/4/2021). (c) Elissa Totin, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/'>CC BY</a>). (Photo ID: 427660 - Psn: 78)

Swift River Cruiser in Montgomery Co., Maryland (8/4/2021). (c) Elissa Totin, some rights reserved (CC BY).

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Swift River Cruiser in Calvert Co., Maryland (7/26/2023). (c) Jason E. Avery, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 856331 - Psn: 78)

Swift River Cruiser in Calvert Co., Maryland (7/26/2023). (c) Jason E. Avery, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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Swift River Cruiser in Calvert Co., Maryland (7/26/2023). (c) Jason E. Avery, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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Swift River Cruiser in Calvert Co., Maryland (7/26/2023). (c) Jason E. Avery, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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Swift River Cruiser in Caroline Co., Maryland (6/19/2024). (c) Lindsay D. Loyd, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 1060834 - Psn: 175)

Swift River Cruiser in Caroline Co., Maryland (6/19/2024). (c) Lindsay D. Loyd, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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See separate pages for the subspecies Georgia River Cruiser and Illinois River Cruiser.

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A Swift River Cruiser in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/16/2018). View Record Details Media by Bob Cammarata.

Swift River Cruiser in Montgomery Co., Maryland (8/4/2021). (c) Elissa Totin, some rights reserved (CC BY). View Record Details Media by Elissa Totin via iNaturalist.

Swift River Cruiser in Calvert Co., Maryland (7/26/2023). (c) Jason E. Avery, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by Jason Avery.

Swift River Cruiser in Caroline Co., Maryland (6/19/2024). (c) Lindsay D. Loyd, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by Lindsay D. Loyd via iNaturalist.

Source: Wikipedia

Macromia illinoiensis

Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Infraorder:	Anisoptera
Family:	Macromiidae
Genus:	Macromia
Species:	M. illinoiensis
Binomial name
*Macromia illinoiensis* (Walsh, 1862)

Macromia illinoiensis, also known as the swift river cruiser^[1] or the Illinois river cruiser,^[2] is a species of dragonfly in the family Macromiidae.^[3] It was described by Walsh in 1862.

References

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^ "North American Odonata". University of Puget Sound. 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
^ Dunkle, S.W., Dragonflies through Binoculars: A Field Guide to Dragonflies of North America. New York:Oxford University Press, 2000.
^ "Macromia illinoiensis (Swift River Cruiser)". mamomi.net. 2014. Archived from the original on 26 October 2014. Retrieved 26 October 2014.

Taxon identifiers
Macromia illinoiensis	Wikidata: Q1970597 Wikispecies: Macromia illinoiensis BioLib: 228753 BOLD: 206972 BugGuide: 18213 EoL: 2764077 GBIF: 1429930 iNaturalist: 105034 IRMNG: 10352767 ITIS: 101921 IUCN: 50978710 NatureServe: 2.109358 NCBI: 447860 Observation.org: 88289

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Swift River Cruiser

Macromia illinoiensis (Selys, 1878)

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