A male Sphagnum Sprite in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/29/2014).

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A Sphagnum Sprite in Prince George's Co., Maryland (5/29/2015).

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A Sphagnum Sprite in Prince George's Co., Maryland (5/29/2015).

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A Sphagnum Sprite in Prince George's Co., Maryland (5/29/2015).

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A Sphagnum Sprite in Prince George's Co., Maryland (5/29/2015).

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Sphagnum Sprite in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Bill Hubick, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 803647 - Psn: 20)

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A Sphagnum Sprite in Caroline Co., Maryland (6/13/2020).

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Sphagnum Sprites mating in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/15/2014).

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A Sphagnum Sprite in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/4/2013).

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Sphagnum Sprite in Caroline Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Mike Ostrowski, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/'>CC BY-SA</a>). (Photo ID: 1021683 - Psn: 55)

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A Sphagnum Sprite at Andelot Farm in Kent Co., Maryland (6/7/2014).

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A Sphagnum Sprite in Howard Co., Maryland (6/1/2019).

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A Sphagnum Sprite in Howard Co., Maryland (6/1/2019).

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Sphagnum Sprite in Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Rick Cheicante, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 355627 - Psn: 65)

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A Sphagnum Sprite exuvia in Prince George's Co., Maryland (5/29/2015).

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Sphagnum Sprite (Nehalennia gracilis), as its common name suggests, is strongly associated with boggy habitats with an abundance of sphagnum mosses (like bogs, slow creeks, etc.) but may occasionally be found in vegetated habitats without moss present (Paulson, 2011). In Maryland, this beautiful species is distributed primarily along the coastal plain, on both the Eastern and Western shores, where it is found very locally in bogs (Richard Orr's Dragonflies and Damselflies of Maryland and the District of Columbia). It is ranked as S2 (state rare).

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A male Sphagnum Sprite in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/29/2014). Media by Richard Orr.

A Sphagnum Sprite in Prince George's Co., Maryland (5/29/2015). View Record Details Media by Bonnie Ott.

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A Sphagnum Sprite in Caroline Co., Maryland (6/13/2020). View Record Details Media by Jim Moore.

Sphagnum Sprites mating in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/15/2014). View Record Details Media by Bonnie Ott.

Sphagnum Sprite in Queen Anne's Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Jonathan Irons, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by Jonathan Irons.

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Sphagnum Sprite in Caroline Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) 116916927065934112165, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA). View Record Details Media by Matt Muir via iNaturalist.

Sphagnum Sprite in Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Rick Cheicante, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by Rick Cheicante.

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Nehalennia gracilis

Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Suborder:	Zygoptera
Family:	Coenagrionidae
Genus:	Nehalennia
Species:	N. gracilis
Binomial name
*Nehalennia gracilis* Morse, 1895

Nehalennia gracilis, the sphagnum sprite, is a species of narrow-winged damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] It is found in North America.^[1]

The IUCN conservation status of Nehalennia gracilis is "LC", least concern, with no immediate threat to the species' survival. The population is stable.^[5]^[6]

References

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^ ^a ^b "Nehalennia gracilis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
^ "Nehalennia gracilis species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
^ "Nehalennia gracilis". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
^ "Nehalennia gracilis Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
^ "List of Endangered Species". IUCN Red List. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
^ "Odonata Central". Retrieved 2018-04-25.

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Taxon identifiers
Nehalennia gracilis	Wikidata: Q7296617 BioLib: 228804 BOLD: 10558 BugGuide: 18228 CoL: 464VC EoL: 987183 GBIF: 1423117 iNaturalist: 106651 IRMNG: 11042478 ITIS: 102138 IUCN: 164994 NatureServe: 2.120169 NCBI: 558840 Observation.org: 88281 Open Tree of Life: 148292

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Sphagnum Sprite

Nehalennia gracilis Morse, 1895

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