Southern Sprite Nehalennia integricollis Calvert, 1913S1S2 (Highly state rare)    
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Arthropoda   >   Class Insecta   >   Order Odonata   >   Family Coenagrionidae   >   Genus Nehalennia   

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The diminutive Southern Sprite (Nehalennia integricollis) is usually found at well-vegetated ponds or lakes, and at bogs. As with the other species in the genus, these tiny damselflies can be easily overlooked in the dense vegetation they usually inhabit (Lam, 2004). This damselfly ranges through much of the southeast, but has a very sparse distribution in Maryland on the coastal plain. It is known from two counties each on both the Western and Eastern shores (Richard Orr's Dragonflies and Damselflies of Maryland and the District of Columbia). It is ranked as S1-S2 (highly state rare-state rare).

There are 37 records in the project database.

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A Southern Sprite in Caroline Co., Maryland (7/15/2011). Photo by Dan Irizarry. (MBP list)

A female Southern Sprite in Calvert Co., Maryland (6/26/2018). Photo by Jason Avery. (MBP list)

A Southern Sprite in Caroline Co., Maryland (6/13/2020). Photo by Jim Moore. (MBP list)

Southern Sprite in Caroline Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Bill Hubick, all rights reserved. Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

Southern Sprite in Calvert Co., Maryland (7/3/2023). (c) rosalie-rick, all rights reserved. Photo by rosalie-rick via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Southern Sprite in Caroline Co., Maryland (6/18/2010). (c) Rick Cheicante, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Rick Cheicante. (MBP list)

Southern Sprite in Caroline Co., Maryland (7/17/2021). (c) Nathaniel Schwartz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND). Photo by Nathaniel Schwartz via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Southern Sprite in Caroline Co., Maryland (7/24/2009). (c) Hans Holbrook, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Hans Holbrook. (MBP list)

Southern Sprite in Calvert Co., Maryland (7/3/2023). (c) rosalie-rick, all rights reserved. Photo by rosalie-rick via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Southern Sprite in Caroline Co., Maryland (6/18/2011). (c) Mike Ostrowski, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA). Photo by Mike Ostrowski. (MBP list)

Southern Sprite in Worcester Co., Maryland (7/16/2011). (c) Mike Ostrowski, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA). Photo by Mike Ostrowski. (MBP list)

Southern Sprite in Caroline Co., Maryland (7/17/2021). (c) Nathaniel Schwartz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND). Photo by Nathaniel Schwartz via iNaturalist. (MBP list)


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