The Odonata fauna of three different artificial habitats in the Seville urban area, southern Spain, was analysed and compared: a channel with concrete walls, two ponds located inside a public park, and the old watercourse of the Guadalquivir River, a dead arm lacking water flow. Invasive animal species were common at these sites. No restoration or conservation measures or management practices to facilitate the development of autochthonous fauna have been undertaken. Ischnura graellsii, Anax parthenope, Crocothemis erythraea, and Trithemis annulata were observed repeatedly and consistently. Other frequent species were Sympetrum fonscolombii and Trithemis kirbyi. Odonata diversity of the four urban water bodies was poor and the spectrum of species trivialised. More than 90 % of the Anisoptera records pertain to thermophilic species with a wide African distribution. Only one European endemic, Platycnemis latipes, was found. Several species exhibited multivoltine life cycles in these artificial habitats.