This page was updated and revised on 16 May 2012.
This page was updated and revised on 16 May 2012.
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Introductions and FAQs
A Beginner's Guide
to Dragonflies (World Dragonfly Society)
Odes for Beginners (Sheryl Chacon)
Introduction
to Odonata (J. Meyer)
Introduction to dragonflies from
Michigan (J. Manning)
Damsels and Dragons - the Insect Order Odonata
(Ron Lyons)
America Dragonfly (Eric
Gilbert)
Distribution Summary of North American
Anisoptera (G. Bick)
Synonymic List of New World
Odonata (R. Garrison)
Odonata:
Dragonflies and Damselflies (R. Beckemeyer)
Dragonflies of Alaska (D. Paulson)
Dragonflies of
Alaska (M. Hopson)
Arizona
Arizona Dragonflies (Pierre
Deviche)
Southwest Birders
Dragonfly Photos
California
Dragonflies of California
(w/photos - K. Biggs)
Checklist of
the Odonata of California (R. Lyons)
Odonate
collection at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Connecticut
The Odonate Fauna of Connecticut
(David Wagner & Michael Thomas)
Delaware
Delmarva
Dragonflies and Damselflies (Michael Moore) 
Florida
Florida State Collection of Arthropods
Georgia
Dragonflies and
Damselflies of Georgia (B.
Mauffray)
Giff
Beaton's Dragonflies and Damselflies of Georgia (G. Beaton)
Dragonflies and
Damselflies of Georgia (Marion Dobbs)
Hawaii
Odonata of Hawaii (Aecos, Inc.)
Megalagrions
in Hawaii (D. Polhemus, D. Sear)
Idaho
Idaho
Dragonflies and Damselflies (Digital Atlas of Idaho)
Illinois
Illinois State Museum
Odonata page (E. D. Cashatt)
Iowa
The Dragonflies and
Damselflies of Iowa (Ann Johnson)
Kansas
Information
on Kansas Odonata (R. Beckemeyer)
Kentucky
Dragonfly nymphs
(2 line drawings from Kentucky)
Louisiana
Dragonflies and Damselflies of
Louisiana (B. Mauffray)
Maine
Maine Dragonfly and Damselfly Survey
Maryland
Odonata of Maryland and Washington
D.C. (R. Orr)
Odonata of Howard County, Maryland (J.
and B. Solem)
County
Distribution Maps of Maryland Odonata (B. Solem)
Dave Czaplak's photos from Maryland and the
Mid-Atlantic
Maryland
photos - SouthernSpreadwing.Com (June Tveekrem)
Massachusetts
Checklist of Dragonflies and
Damselflies of Massachusetts (C. Leahy, R.A. Forster)
Checklist of Dragonflies and
Damselflies of Cape Cod (V. Carpenter, B. Nikula)
Glen Corbiere's photos of
Massachusetts Dragonflies and Damselflies
Michigan
Michigan Odonate Survey (M.
O'Brien)
Checklist of Michigan
Odonates (M. O'Brien)
Photographs from
Michigan (M. O'Brien)
Dave Westover's
photographs from Michigan (D.Westover)
Odonate larvae of Michigan
(E. Bright, M. O'Brien)
Odonates of the ES George
Reserve (M. O'Brien)
Williamsonia
- Newsletter of the Michigan Odonate Survey (M. O'Brien)
Minnesota
Minnesota Odonata Survey Project
Minnesota
Photos - SouthernSpreadwing.Com (June Tveekrem)
Dragonfly
Safari - Dragonflies of Southeastern Minnesota (Joe Frisk)
Missouri
Missouri
Odonate Information (R. Beckemeyer)
Nebraska
Nebraska
Dragonflies and Damselflies (J. M. Paseka)
Checklist
of Nebraska Odonates (R. Beckemeyer)
Parasites found on
damselflies in Nebraska (T. Cook et al.) pdf file
Nevada
Nevada
Anisoptera (J.
Simpkin)
New Hampshire
New
Hampshire Dragonfly Survey (Pam Hunt)
New Hampshire
Odonates Club ( Steve Mirick)
New Jersey
New Jersey Odonata (J.Bangma & Allan
Barlow)
Odonate research by Michael May
New Mexico
Dragonflies and Damselflies of New
Mexico (K. Herman)
Southwest Birders
Dragonfly Photos
Dragonflies of New Mexico Video Fieldguide and
photos (D. Huntington)
New York
New York Dragonfly &
Damselfly Survey (Dept. of Environmental Conservation)
Damselflies
and Dragonflies of Central Park, New York (Ed Lam)
The Damselflies
and Dragonflies of the Ward Pound Ridge Reservation (Steve Walter)
North Carolina
Dragonflies and Damselflies
of North Carolina (Tom Howard)
Randy Emmitt's
dragonfly photos
Jeff's Dragonfly Page
(Jeffrey Pippen)
Ohio
North
Coast Odonata (L. Gardella)
Ohio odonata database (Marietta
College)
Primary types at Ohio
State University
Oklahoma
Checklist of Oklahoma Odonata
(R. Beckemeyer, G. H. Bick)
Oregon
Odonate survey in Oregon (S. Valley)
Oregon Odonata List (S. Valley)
Nymph photograph from
Oregon (D. Mason)
Texas
Damselflies of Texas
(F. Mitchell, J. Lasswell)
Digital Dragonflies (Texas) (F.Mitchell, J.Lasswell)
Dragonflies and Damselflies of the
Lower Rio Grande Valley (T. Eubanks & R.Behrstock)
Dragonflies & Damselflies of Houston, TX
(R. Orr, B. Honig)
Photographs of Texas Odonates
by Greg Lasley
Odonate research at the University of Texas
(Robinson)
Odonata of Tarrant County
(O. Bocanegra) pdf file
Vermont
The Boghaunter newsletter
(B. Pfeiffer)
Virginia
Photographs of
Virginia (and North Carolina) Odonates (A. Bryan)
Washington
Washington Dragonfly Survey (D.
Paulson)
Odonata larvae images (D. Paulson)
Research interests of D. Paulson
West Virginia
Dragonflies and
Damselflies of West Virginia (Stephen Cresswell)
Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Odonate Survery (B. Dubois)
Common Dragonflies of Wisconsin (K. Legler)
(Book)
Miscellaneous
Dragonfly Society of the Americas
Dragonfly Biodiversity (D.
Paulson)
North American Dot Map Project (N. Donnelly)
Identification
of Aeshna exuviae by Maria Aliberti
Joshua
Rose's web site (w/odonate photos from various locales in U.S.)
Online Catalog of Odonate
Specimens at Yale University
Research on Aeshna juncea
(NSF)
Hine's
Emerald Dragonfly (Somatochlora hineana) (Illinois State Museum)
Hine's Emerald Dragonfly at Ridge
Sanctuary, WI (P. Burton)
The Hine's Emerald Gallery (P.
Burton)
Insect
Collection of Charles A. Bridges (Illinois Natural History Survey)
Research on fish and dragonfly
larvae (NSF)
Epitheca cynosura in
predator/prey studies (NSF)
Toxicity tests on Stylurus amnicola
(Great Lakes Fisheries Commission)
Biography of Philip Powell
Calvert (H.B. White)
Odonata of
Manitoba (NatureNorth)
Odonata of southwestern Ontario
(P. D. Pratt)
Dragonflies and Damselflies of
the Ojibway Prairie Complex (P. D. Pratt)
Dragonflies of
the Family Aeshnidae in British Columbia - with a field key! (J. Proche, S. Runyan)
Odonata of Saskatchewan (D. Parker,
D. Lehmkuhl)
Argia vivida (Royal
B.C. Museum)
Stylurus scudderi from Quebec
(Entomofaune du Quebec)
MEXICO, CENTRAL AMERICA, SOUTH AMERICA, |
Synonymic List of New World
Odonata (R. Garrison) (an invaluable reference)
America Dragonfly
(Eric Gilbert) Odonata of Mexico by State (D.
Paulson)
Central America
Odonata of Middle America by Country
(D. Paulson)
Odonates in Costa Rica (C.
Esquivel) (in Spanish)
Checklist of Costa Rican odonates
(D. Paulson)
Photos from Costa Rica (M.
Mashaal)
Dragonflies and
Damselflies of La Selva (D.Wagner et al.)
South America
Odonata of South America by Country
(D. Paulson)
Boletin de Entomolgia Venezolana, with some
articles by Jurg DeMarmel on Venezuelan odonates
West Indies
Odonata of West Indies by Island (D.
Paulson)
Libellulium
longilatum from Bavaria (Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County)
Belgium
List of Belgium Odonates (G. DeKnijf, A.
Anselin)
Belgium Dragonfly Working Group
"Gomphus"
British Isles
Dragonflies and Damselflies in
the UK (G. Mahoney)
Cheshire Dragonflies &
Damselflies (D. Kitching)
Derbyshire
Dragonflies (Peter White)
Dragonflies
in Essex (M. Garrett)
Dragonflies/Damselflies of
Lincolnshire (Lincolnshire Trust)
Shetland Wildlife - Dragonflies (M. Pennington)
Picture Gallery (A. van der Heijden)
Dragonflies of the Hampshire and
Surrey Borders (J. and D. Dell)
Czeck Republic
Odonata
of the Czeck and Slovak Republics (Ales Dolny)
Denmark
Finland
Odonates of Finland
(M. Savela)
Finnish Odonates (Sami
Karjalainen)
France
Societe Francaise d'Odonatologie
Groupe Sympetrum: Libellules dela région Rhône-Alpes
Germany
Photographs
of odonates from Germany, Austria, and Holland (Robert Geerts)
Protolindenia
from Germany
Dragonfly photos from Sabine
Jelinek
Holland
Antoine's Dragonfly Page (A. van der Haijden)
Ireland
Moldova
Dragonflies
of Moldova (Elena Dyatlova)
Sicily
Odonata
of Sicily (A. Messina, P. Pavone, F. Viglianisi)
Slovenia
Sweden
Swedish dragonflies (M.
Peterson)
Switzerland
Les libellules (Odonata) et
Leurs Habitat (Beat Oertli)
Miscellaneous
Dragonflies of
the Eastern Mediterranean
Dragonflies in Mesopotamian Literature (C.
Betoret)
Some assorted photos and
information from Europe (in Dutch)
India
Dragonflies and Damselflies of
India (F. Kakkassery)
Dragonfly
and Damselfly photographs from India (Hari S)
Japan
Hokkaido Odonatological Society
Dragonflies at Hiroshima
University (N. Masato)
Boninthemis
insularis stamp
Malaysia
Dragonflies
& damselflies from Kuala Lumpur (Chin Fah Shin)
Russia and Siberia
Russian site by Daniel Osipov
Thailand
Dragonflies and
Damselflies of Thailand (Dennis Farrell)
Thailand
Odonate photos (Jeremy Gatten)
Photographs
of odonata from Thailand (Roy
Beckmeyer)
Odonata
in Zimbabwe (T. Clark)
New Zealand
Dragonfly photos
from New Zealand
Joshua Rose's Photographs
(North America)
Digital Dragonflies (scanned images by F. Mitchell and
J. Lasswell)
Over 300 photos from Massachusetts (by
B. Nikula)
Dragonfly and Damselfly photographs
from the Pacific Northwest (G.Mink)
Video: Dragonflies of the Northeast (by R.K.
Walton and R.A. Forster)
Allen
Chartier's photos - mostly from North America
By Species
Ophiogomphus severus nymph
(Colorado State U.)
Sympetrum and Telebasis
(D. Richman)
Sympetrum sp. and unidentified
nymph (L. Day)
Of Behavior
Photo of dragonfly
emerging (J. Marden)
Damselflies in the wheel (M. Dodd)
Miscellaneous
Damselfly in amber
(American Museum of Natural History)
International Odonate Research Institute
Dragonfly Society of the Americas
Worldwide Dragonfly Association
Societas Internationalis Odonatologica (SIO)
Articles
Newspaper article by Chet Raymo
Article
from Smithsonian Magazine in July 96 (R. Conniff)
Miscellaneous
Odonata: World Species List
(M. Schorr, M. Lindeboom, D. Paulson)
International Journal of Odonatology
Odonata
Bibliography (R. Beckemeyer)
Items of Interest to Odonata
Enthusiasts (R. Lyons)
Bird
Recorder 32 Odonate Database (Bruce Webb)
Open
Directory Project - Odonate Links
Odonate
classification (J.W.H. Trueman, R.J. Rowe)
Dragonflies and Phosphorus in
the Permian (Weber)
"Dragonfly Dreams" (A.
Kitselman-Ames)
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