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All of these photos are by Father Francis Michael Stiteler, the Abbot of the monastery. The variety of these creatures on the monastery grounds is truly amazing. This is not a complete list by any means, and we will add others later.

A. junius (Common Green Darner)	C. Bilineata (Brown Spike-tail)	C. elisa (calico pennant)	C. eponina (Halloween pennant)
C. fasciata (banded pennant)	C. maculata (twin-spotted spiketail)	D. spinosus (black-shouldered spiney leg	Didymops traversa (stream cruiser)
Dythemis velox (swift setwing)	E. cynosura (common baskettail)	E. designatus (eastern ringtail)	E. heros (swamp darner)
E. miniscula (little blue dragonlet)	Erythemis simplicicollis (easter pond hawk)	G. exilis (lancet clubtail)	G. liviidus (ashy clubtail)