Insects · La Saladita, Guerrero

American Rubyspot

Hetaerina americana

Spanish: Libélula rubí

American Rubyspot (Hetaerina americana)
Photographed by nubiti on iNaturalist · CC-BY-NC · taken in Charlotte County, NB, Canada, not near La Saladita

The American rubyspot (Hetaerina americana) is a damselfly of the family Calopterygidae. Males have a lustrous red head and thorax. The abdomen of both genders is brilliant green. The female may have either green or copper colored marks on the thorax.

TaxonomyInsecta › Odonata › Calopterygidae
Local recordsNot recorded by research-grade iNaturalist observations within about 50 km; listed from the site's curated guide
Global records24,384 on iNaturalist

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Cite as: “American Rubyspot (Hetaerina americana) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/hetaerina-americana/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.