21. CALIFORNIA DRAGONFLIES DAMSELFLIES The online field guide for identification of the dragonflies and damselflies found in California. http://www.sonic.net/~bigsnest/Pond/Lists/dragons.html

aka CALIFORNIA ODONATA "messengers of summer and heralds of the sun" H. Lons, poet and zoologist The California On-line Dragonfly Guide Site has moved! So that you may find links not only to information on and photos of all the species of dragonflies and damselflies in California, but also information on books and general information about dragonflies you will automatically be taken there in 30 seconds. If this should not occur, please CLICK HERE and please remember to change your bookmark to http://www.sonic.net/dragonfly/ THANK-YOU! And sorry for the inconvenience!

22. Giff Beaton's Web Site Guide to the dragonflies and damselflies of Georgia, birding links and information, and other nature topics and photos. http://www.giffbeaton.com/

Welcome to Giff Beaton's Web Page Greater Shearwater Click here to check out bird related topics and photos Halloween Pennant Click here to check out dragonfly related topics and photos Copperhead Click here to check out other nature topics and photos Please email me with any comments or questions: giffbeaton@mindspring.com

23. GEORGIA ODONATA The Distribution of dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata) in Georgia. dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata) of Georgia and the Southeast by Giff Beaton http://www.afn.org/~iori/galist.htm

GEORGIA ODONATA DRAGONFLIES AND DAMSELFLIES There are three sources of information covering the Dragonflies and Damselflies of Georgia: (web version) Presented is a list of 173 odonate taxa (170 species) from Georgia. Four taxa are newly added to the state list: Calopteryx amata, Argia fumipennis violacea Enallagma coecum, and Gomphus australis Several species listed in recent publications are removed from the list: Lestes forcipatus, Gomphus crassus, Gomphus septima, Cordulegaster diastatops, Epitheca spinigera, Erythrodiplax umbrata, Ladona exusta, and Libellula jesseana Synonyms and unsupportable older species records are discussed. [Extensive bibliography included and expected species are also discussed] Dragonflies and Damselflies ( Odonata ) of Georgia and the Southeast by Giff Beaton This site offers view identification-oriented photos for Georgia's odonates by family. Along with flight dates, and a brief discussion of each species habitat. Also included is a downloadable pdf Odonate Field Checklist for Georgia and a series of images covering the emergence of an adult dragonfly from the larval stage plus other emergence shots and a link to a page of larvae shots. This site is a preview to Giff’s full color field guide to the Odonata of Georgia expected soon. Georgia County Odonata Database, Maps, and Images

24. British Dragonfly Society Promotes the study and conservation of dragonflies and damselflies and their natural habitats, especially in the United Kingdom. Includes images and an annotated checklist of British and Irish Odonata. http://www.dragonflysoc.org.uk/

The aim of the British Dragonfly Society is to promote and encourage the study and conservation of dragonflies and their natural habitats, especially in the United Kingdom. Enter Site We are an important wetland conservation society with three aims: Conservation - in the past 40 years Britain has lost three species of dragonfly and a third of the remainder are threatened with extinction in the UK. The BDS works to stop and reverse this trend. Education - we supply information to schools and students. "Learning about Dragonflies" is an education pack for teachers of 7-11yr olds with copyable worksheets. Free from Tim Beynon, 34 Church Lane, Checkley, Stoke-on-Trent, ST10 4NJ. Please enclose an A4 size s.a.e with 54p postage. Also available is a 60-slide pack with accompanying notes for those who frequently give lectures. The slides can be tailored to the audience, and the notes concentrate on the management required for the species and habitats shown. Available free from the BDS Conservation Officer, Caroline Daguet, English Nature, Attingham Park, Shrewsbury, Shrops, SY4 4TW. Our publications include two booklets: Dig a Pond for Dragonflies and Managing Habitats for Dragonflies Research - the Society actively supports research into the ecology, biology and behaviour of dragonflies and offers small grants for young student projects.

25. North Coast Odonata - Ohio Odonata Accumulates data on the distribution and abundance of dragonflies and damselflies in northern Ohio. Includes program information and survey instructions. http://www.ohioodonata.com/

ABOUT NCO ODONATA SURVEY ... US Photo by Delores Cole About NCO Odonata Survey Specie Accounts Odonata Terms ... Powered by www.NDTC.com Number of visitors since February, 2002 Last updated on Tuesday August 10, 2004

26. Dragonflies & Damselflies - Page 1 Photos and notes by Chin Fah Shin. http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/8983/dragonflies/dragonfl.html

Home Introduction Photo Gallery Stories ... My Websites Dragonflies and Damselflies PAGE 2 PAGE 3 DRAGONFLIES are generally difficult to photograph because these insects have very good eyesight that can detect even the slightest movement. It's just not easy to sneak up on them. Like dragonflies, damselflies belong to the insect order Odonata. email me or post a message in my guestbook Click on the picture or name of a dragonfly/damselfly. A larger picture will open in a new window. Close that window after viewing to return to the main page. Dragonflies Neurothemis fluctuans is a common yet beautiful species of dragonfly. It may be found at the forest fringe, in secondary vegetation and other localities near water. I photographed this specimen in the Kuala Lumpur Lake Garden one late afternoon many years ago. Neurothemis fluctuans This dragonfly can usually be seen in localities where Neurothemis fluctuans is found. Could it be the female of this species? Although it has a different colour, this is a possibility as most dragonflies exhibit sexual dimorphism. There was a time when I was younger and my eyesight was better. There was a time when I was adventurous enough to try shooting against the light. This

27. Dragonflies And Damselflies Watch these pages for information about dragonflies and damselflies in the UK There are many photographs of dragonflies and damselflies in these pages. http://www.ghmahoney.org.uk/dragonfly/dfly_intro.htm

Introduction W atch these pages for information about Dragonflies and Damselflies in the UK - particularly in North Buckinghamshire. There are also pictures of dragonflies and a diary of site visits. Why did I choose Dragonflies? I n 1990, I decided to concentrate on one group of animals and try to get to know them well. All sorts of possibilities crossed my mind. Beetles? No, there are too many different sorts, thousands in the UK. Butterflies? No, everybody does them. Birds? Can't afford the telescope and the instant, drop everything trips to Fair Isle or the Scillies. After a little thought I decided to try dragonflies. I have always found them interesting to watch but didn't have a clue about identification and only knew a little about their habits and biology. D ragonflies are probably the ideal insect to begin with to learn identification skills. There are only thirty nine breeding species and two regular migrants found in the British Isles. They are relatively large and usually brightly and distinctively coloured. They can easily be observed with the naked eye or a pair of close focus binoculars on warm summer days. I'm not saying that identification is trivially easy, many of the damselflies need close inspection to be sure of the species, but they are certainly easier to identify than, say, beetles many of which look very similar indeed. A fter several years of watching dragonflies I have become reasonably competent at identifying most species. I'm not an expert, that becomes obvious when in the company of members of the

28. The European Dragonflies And Damselflies (Order: Odonata) Information, checklists, LOADS of pictures, links and literature about dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata) http://fly.to/dragonflies

domain names and web hosting and url forwarding from V3 The European dragonflies and damselflies (Order: odonata) Information, checklists, LOADS of pictures, links and literature about Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) Click here to continue

29. Dragonflies And Damselflies Of Minnesota Photos and information on their behavior. http://www.chaparraltree.com/mn/dragonflies.shtml

30. Odonata (Dragonflies And Damselflies) Overview and photographs of the dragonflies and damselflies of southern Texas. http://www.fermatainc.com/nat_odonates.html

Lost password? Not a subscriber yet? Click here!! Odonata (Dragonflies and Damselflies) of the Lower Rio Grande Valley T he list of Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) in the LRGV ( Cameron, Hidalgo, Starr, and Willacy counties resacas resacas M ost species inhabiting the northern portion of the adjacent Mexican State of Tamaulipas have been recorded in south Texas, the Rio Grande acting more as a dispersal corridor than a zoogeographic barrier for aquatic insects. South Texas representatives of Neotropical genera not widespread in the U.S. include Acanthagrion, Brachymesia Micrathyria Neoerythromma Neoneura Phyllogomphoides , and Tholymis . Some of the other as-yet unrecorded Neotropical odonates found in Tamaulipas are montane forms; these are unlikely to occur in the floodplain of the Rio Grande, but should be looked for further upriver. J ohn Abbott's range maps (see SOURCES below) were utilized to eliminate certain species of the Tamaulipan Biotic Province not known to occur in the Lower Valley. If surrounding counties were taken into consideration, a few species would be added to the list. English names were generated by Dennis R. Paulson and Sidney W. Dunkle and approved, with some modification, by the membership of the Dragonfly Society of the Americas. Common names for species recently added to the list were coined by the Common Names Committee of the DSA. Species whose U.S. range is confined to one or two counties are noted.

31. European Dragonflies Damselflies Europäische Libellen Highresolution pictures of 29 species by Robert Geerts. http://www.dragonflies.de/

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32. Odonata dragonflies and damselflies. John WH Trueman and Richard J. Rowe. Coenagrionid damselfly Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies). Ch. 17 in CSIRO (ed. http://tolweb.org/tree?group=Odonata&contgroup=Pterygota

33. Gordon's Odonata Page dragonflies and damselflies of Northeast Ohio, by Larry Rosche Field Guide to the dragonflies and damselflies of Great Britain and Ireland, http://www.earthlife.net/insects/odonata.html

Dragon-flies (Odonata) Menu Introduction Ecology Taxonomy Eggs ... Bibliography Introduction Dragonflies are a well known and fascinating order of insects; you will likely see plenty of them as you go out into the field in late summer, normally near water. They are more common in warmer parts of the world than in temperate areas like the UK and of the 5 300 named species world-wide, only 38 live and breed in Britain. They are conveniently divided up into two groups Anisoptera the true Dragonflies which rest with their wings out from their body in a cross shape and Zygopteran or Damselflies who hold their wings above their body. In this article when I say Dragonflies I will mean both Anisoptera and Zygoptera, but I will use these terms separately when talking about the individual groups. Dragonflies have strongly biting mouthparts and are active and aggressive carnivores, both as adults and as young (called nymphs), preying mostly on other insects. The adults have massively large eyes, often meeting at the top of the head in Anisopterans. These eyes may each contain as many as 30 000 individual lenses or ommatidia (your eyes have only one lens each). Because of this Dragonflies have exceptionally good eyesight and have been known to respond to stimuli from more than 40 feet away. They have very small and poorly developed antennae though. They have two pairs of almost equally sized long thin membranous wings; both pairs of wings usually have a stigma (a dark or coloured patch near the middle of the leading edge) and a mass of cross veins giving them the appearance of being a mesh. Unlike most insects, which either flap both pairs of wings in unison (i.e. Bees and Butterflies), or only flap the hind pair (i.e. Beetles), or only have one pair (i.e. Flies), Dragonflies can flap or beat their wings independently. This means the front wings can be going down while the back ones are coming up. You can see this happening if you watch closely. Dragonflies are excellent fliers, particularly the Anisopterans and can loop-the-loop, hover and fly backwards quite easily. It is not unusual for the larger species to reach 30kph and the Australian

34. North Carolina Damselflies And Dragonflies Field checklist and annotated gallery of photos by Jeff Pippen. http://www.duke.edu/~jspippen/dragonflies.htm

Jeff's Odonata (Damselflies and Dragonflies) Page by Jeffrey S. Pippen Back to Jeff's Nature Pages Dragonflies of North Carolina Downloadable Field Checklist (updated 27 Mar 05) Above is a field checklist for the Dragonflies of North Carolina. The data used to create the checklist come from the NC Natural Heritage Program dragonfly list edited and maintained by Harry LeGrand, Jr. with data provided by John Finnegan and Steve Hall. Included with the common and scientific names of the dragonflies are NC range codes and state "rankings". The range codes indicate in which province (mountains, piedmont, coastal plain) each species has been documented and were determined by Steve Hall and collections from Duncan Cuyler. State ranks were also determined by Steve Hall and indicate the degree of abundance or rarity within NC. This checklist is available for download as an Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) file. Some of the text is in blue font if you use a color printer, but it will print just fine in black with a black and white printer. The checklist is tri-fold style. I recommend printing page one first, then take that page and replace it in the paper tray of your printer so that page two will print on the backside of page one. To yield the final checklist, lay the paper in front of you with the "Skimmers" column face-up on the right. Fold the right-hand margin of the paper one-third of the way over the sheet, then fold the left-hand margin over that to create the final field checklist. When you're done, the title "Dragonflies of North Carolina" should be on top. Hopefully this all made sense!

35. Greg Lasley's Dragonflies And Damselflies dragonflies and damselflies. Below will be a collection of dragonfly and damselfly photos. Though I ve photographed birds for 30 years, the Odonata are all http://www.greglasley.net/dragonix.html

Home Contact About Greg What's New ... Greg Lasley Nature Photography their display here in no way implies consent for any form of distribution or reuse. Refer to my image use page if you are interested in purchasing rights. Thanks! Dragonflies and Damselflies Below will be a collection of dragonfly and damselfly photos. Though I've photographed birds for 30 years, the Odonata are all new subjects for me. Be patient as I add more species. Thanks! My sincere thanks to John Abbott, Bob Behrstock, Ted Eubanks, Chuck Sexton, Martin Reid and John Ingram for helping me learn more about the Odonates and for coaching me through many field identifications. The majority of the below photos are from Texas as of July, 2005, but I am adding many out-of-state images of odonates as I travel. The reader should visit the Odonata Central web site maintained by Dr. John Abbott at the University of Texas at Austin. This site contains information on all the odonata of the U.S. with an emphasis on the south-central United States. Many links to other web sites of interest can be found there as well. Most of the photos displayed here are of wild bugs which were photographed totally free. There are a few exceptions, which were taken of a dragonfly "in hand" to show close-up detail of the thorax, etc. Any "in hand" shot will be obvious. Some odonate species seldom perch for photographs. On some occasions I have photographed "posed" dragonflies. Posed dragonflies are netted and are to be saved as specimens, but are arranged in a natural position for photographs before being collected. I have done this only for species which are almost impossible to photograph naturally and when the insect was to be collected anyway. Such photos will be labeled as "posed" in all cases.

36. Swedish Dragonflies Dragonfly FAQs, dragonfly anatomy, a key to Swedish dragonflies and damselflies, how to catch and raise dragonflies, photographs, photography tips, dragonfly sex and much more from Martin Peterson's dragonfly website. http://home.swipnet.se/~w-90582/dragonfly/dragonfly.html

Swedish dragonflies has moved The new URL is http://www.petzon.se/dragonfly Please update your links and bookmarks

37. Cheshire Dragonflies Cheshire dragonflies damselflies. These pages are intended to provide information The dragonflies damselflies of Cheshire by Richard Gabb and David http://www.brocross.com/dfly/dfly.htm

These pages are intended to provide information about the status of Odonata in the County of Cheshire and also the Wirral. The Cheshire Recording Scheme The data presented is based upon records submitted to the Cheshire Odonata recording scheme which was established in its current format by Richard Gabb in 1985. The scheme is based on recording sightings of Odonata with a measure of their breeding status based on observations of breeding behaviour and nymphs or exuviae. Recordings are mapped on a two kilometre square or Tetrad basis. If you are interested in taking part in the recording scheme or wish to submit records please email me Details of individual species of Cheshire Odonata Details of the most recent sightings and Odonata news for 2005. Last year's recordings and comments plus the Cheshire records for 2004. Recordings and comments for: and If you want a detailed description of Cheshire Odonata and the recording scheme up to 1992 this is contained in: For other Odonata sites follow this link Back to David Kitching's Home Page Last updated 19.6.2005

38. SPECIAL EXHIBITS - Dragonflies An illustrated guide to the dragonflies and damselflies of North America. Includes a primer on Odonata biology and identification tips for each genus. http://www.gloriamundipress.com/exhibits_dragonflies.htm

var TlxPgNm='exhibits_dragonflies'; HOME GALLERY ESSAYS OP-ED ... SPECIAL EXHIBITS Dragonflies FICTION POETRY REVIEWS LETTERS Lichens Wild Foods SPECIAL EXHIBITS - Dragonflies As kingfishers catch fire, dragonflies draw flame. Gerard Manley Hopkins No. 55 Spring and Fall Yellow-legged Meadowhawk Sympetrum vicinum A GUIDE TO DRAGONFLIES AND DAMSELFLIES OF NORTH AMERICA (except where otherwise noted) They sat quietly, feet out of the water now, drying in the warm air. A large green and blue dragonfly flew past, then past again, wings glistening. “A darner,” Frank said. “Have you ever seen a dragonfly emerge from the larval stage? It's a miraculous thing. The larva climbs out of the water, on aquatic plants usually, and it's a dark, ugly bug. But then its skin cracks open and it fights its way free. At first it looks like it did in the larval stage. But it elongates and the wings sprout from little nubs on its back and it starts to assume its adult color. An hour later, you have an adult dragonfly. It's truly amazing.” “I'd like to see that,” she said dreamily.

39. Josh Rose's Odonate Photos Photos of dragonflies and damselflies from North Carolina, Florida, and Texas. http://www.duke.edu/~jsr6/dragonpics.html

Odonates are fearsome predators, but that doesn't keep them from sometimes becoming prey themselves! I spotted this female Roseate Skimmer ( Orthemis ferruginea ) hanging at an unusual angle through binoculars, but did not see the Green Lynx Spider ( Puecitia visidens ) eating it until I took a closer look! The little yellow dots in the webbing are baby spiders. From Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge near Alamo, TX, on the second day of the inaugural "Dragonfly Days" festival. Photos below marked with an N (for "new") are the most recently added ones. Identification Challenges Gomphus quadricolor? Randy Emmitt, Will Cook, and I thought this critter was G. exilis when we found it during a butterfly count in the Sandhills Gamelands of North Carolina in April 1999. However, the last few abdominal segments are dorsally black. G. exilis (see below) has some yellow markings here. The small clubtail normally found in the Sandhills in early spring, G. diminutus , should have tan legs; this one's legs look black. G. quadricolor

40. Dragonflies And Damselflies Of West Virginia, Or Odonata Of West Virginia, Featu A guide to the dragonflies and damselflies of West Virginia. Includes a species checklist and images. Dragonfly notecards are offered for sale. http://www.stephencresswell.com/dragons.html

Dragonflies and Damselflies of West Virginia Dragonflies by Species Damselflies by Species Odonata of West Virginia Notecards Links to Other Odonata Sites This website is sponsored by Stephen Cresswell Photography

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