#3743 · 🪽 dragonflies & damselflies
Halloween Pennant
Celithemis eponina
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what is it?
The Halloween pennant ( Celithemis eponina ) is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is native to eastern North America, including Ontario in Canada and the United States as far west as Colorado.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 45,168 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Dru Drury in 1773 (253 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Halloween Pennant
- scientific name
- Celithemis eponina
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Odonata
- family
- Libellulidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 45,168
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1773 by Dru Drury
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Libellulidae
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#3667 📷 10Ruddy Darter
🇳🇱 Bloedrode Heidelibel
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LC 👀 1.1k in NL
#3671 📷 10Four-spotted Skimmer
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LC 👀 825 in NL
#3674 📷 10Vagrant Darter
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LC 👀 748 in NL
#3677 📷 7Broad-bodied Chaser
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LC 👀 544 in NL
#3679 📷 10Scarce Chaser
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LC 👀 494 in NL
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Sources: iNaturalist taxon 50147, Wikidata Q2315144, GBIF 1428517, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.