Texas Dragonfly Information

Catching and Preserving Dragonflies - Entomo-l Listserv
Sampling Protocol for Odonata Larvae - Ethan Bright - Michigan Odonata Survey - 1999
Collecting Odonata Exuviae - Mark O'Brien - Michigan Entomological Society - 1999

Events

Dragonfly Days - May - Valley Nature Center, Weslaco, TX - (Prior DD Events)
- Photos from 2004 - Anzalduas County Park
- Photos from 2005 - Olmito Fish Hatchery - Llano Grande St Pk - Rio Grande
Dragonfly Festival - September - Roswell, NM
Texas Butterfly Festival - October - Mission, TX (has odonate talks & trips)

Listserv Mail

TexOdes - Yahoo! Groups
Odonata-l Mailing List - University of Puget Sound - About Odonata-l
SE Odonata - Yahoo! Groups
SoWestOdes - Yahoo! Groups

Maps

Odonata Central Google Maps Distribution Viewer - John C. Abbott
Known regions of highest biodiversity of dragonflies in the Lower 48 states - Dennis Paulson
Regions of the Lower 48 that are most poorly sampled for Odonata - Dennis Paulson

Migration

North American Dragonfly Migration Project - Mike May
Pacific Northwest Dragonfly Migration Project - Terry Morse
Migratory Insects of Texas and North America - Mike Quinn

Names

Official English Names Checklist of North American Odonata - DSA

Photography

Digital Dragonflies - Forrest Mitchell
Dragonflies and Damselflies - Greg Lasley
- Techniques
Dragonflies of Williamson County, Texas - Jenny Rasmussen
Odonata Photo Galleries - John C. Abbott
G & J Strickland - Amazing high res. scans and photos
Martin Reid Birds, Bugs and Beyond - Martin Reid
Odonate Photos of Tarrant County - Omar R. Bocanegra
Windows On Nature - John D. Ingram
Photographing Dragonflies - Blair Nikula

Posters

Texas Dragonflies - 39 species - Forrest Mitchell - Discontinued???
New Mexico Dragonfly Poster - New Mexico Game and Fish, Share With Wildlife, and Sport Fish Restoration

Field Guides

Dragonflies and Damselflies of Texas and the South-Central United States: TX, LA, AR, OK, and NM
John C. Abbott. April 2005.
Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey. 360 pp., 384 color photos., 32 line illus., 6 tables., 263 maps.
Dragonflies Through Binoculars
Sidney W. Dunkle. 2000.
Oxford University Press, New York, NY
Dragonflies of Indiana (reviews)
James R. Curry. 2001.
Indiana Academy of Science, Indianapolis, IN

Damselflies of the Northeast
Ed Lam. 2004. Biodiversity Books, Forest Hills, NY.

Stokes Beginner's Guide to Dragonflies and Damselflies
Blair Nikula, Jackie Sones, with Donald and Lillian Stokes. 2002
Little, Brown and Co., Boston

Damselflies of North America
Minter J. Westfall Jr. & Michael L. May. 1996.
Scientific Publishers, Gainesville, FL

Dragonflies of North America
James G. Needham, Minter J. Westfall, Jr. & Michael L. May. 2000.
Scientific Publishers, Gainesville, FL

Common Dragonflies of the Southwest: A Beginner's Pocket Guide
Kathy Biggs. 2004.
Azalea Creek Publishing, Sebastopol, CA

Dragonflies of the World
Jill Silsby. 2001.
CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Victoria, Australia

Damselflies of Florida, Bermuda and the Bahamas
Sidney W. Dunkle. 1989, Scientific Publishers, Gainesville, FL (out of print)

Dragonflies of the Florida Peninsula, Bermuda and the Bahamas
Sidney W. Dunkle. 1989, Scientific Publishers, Gainesville, FL (out of print)

Odonata Titles from Flora & Fauna Books

Conservation Oriented Papers

Bick, G.H. 1983. Odonata at risk in the conterminous United States and Canada. Odonatologica 12(3):209-226.

Carle, F.L. 1979. Environmental monitoring potential of the Odonata, with a list of rare and endangered Anisoptera of Virginia, United States. Odonatologica 8(4):319-323.

Cook, C. 1994. The status of a rare dragonfly Macromia wabashensis (Wabash Belted Skimmer) in Indiana and Ohio. Preliminary Report to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Ohio Historical Society. 23 pp., 10 fig.

Dunkle, S.W., M.J. Westfall III. 1982. Odonata. Pp. 32-45 in: Franz, R., editor. Rare and endangered biota of Florida Vol. 6., University of Florida Press. 131 pp.

Garrison, R.W. & J.E. Hafernik Jr. 1981. Population structure of the rare damselfly, Ischnura gemina (Kennedy) (Odonata: Coenagrionidae). Oecologia 48:377-384.

Shiffer, C.N. 1985. Odonata. Pp. 91-161. in: Genoways, H.H. & F.J. Brenner, editors. Species of special concern in Pennsylvania, Special Publication of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History 11:

Tennessen, K.J. 1990. Odonata. Pp. 81-83. in: Harris, S.C., editor. Preliminary considerations on rare and endangered invertebrates in Alabama. Journal of the Alabama Academy of Sciences 61(2):64-92.