Odonata Resources

Links and Resources

Links you may find useful:

Odonata Central
The Odonata Information Network

The Dragonflies & Damselflies of Iowa
The Michigan Odonata Survey
Dragonflies and Damselflies of southern New England
Dragonflies & Damselflies of New Jersey
The Oregon Dragonfly and Damselfly Survey

Field guides (help with identification of dragonflies and damselflies):

Curry, J. R. 2001. Dragonflies of Indiana. IAS Publications, Park Tudor School, Indianapolis, Indiana. 303 pp.
DuBois, R. 2005. Damselflies of the North Woods. Kollath-Stensaas Publishing, Duluth, Minnesota. 128 pp. Available through Amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0967379377/)
Dunkle, S. W. 2000. Dragonflies through Binoculars: A Field Guide to Dragonflies of North America. Oxford University Press, Inc., New York, New York. 266 pp. +47 plates
Glotzhober, R.S. and D. McShaffrey (Editors). 2002. The Dragonflies and Damselflies of Ohio. Ohio Biological Survey Bulletin, New Series Volume 14 Number 2. 364 pp. http://www.marietta.edu/~odonata/book/books.html
Lam, Ed. 2004. Damselflies of the Northeast. Biodiversity Books, Forest Hill, New York. 96 pp. http://homepage.mac.com/edlam/book.html
Legler K., D. Legler, and D. Westover. 2003. Color Guide to Dragonflies of Wisconsin Edition 4.0. Karl Legler, Sauk City, Wisconsin. 64 pp. http://userpages.chorus.net/karlndot
Mead, K. 2003. Dragonflies of the Northwoods. Kollath-Stensaas Publishing, Duluth, Minnesota. 203 pp. http://www.dragonfliesofthenorthwoods.com
Nikula, B., J. L. Loose, and M. R. Burne. 2003. A Field Guide to Dragonflies and Damselflies of Massachusetts. Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program, Massachusetts Division of Fisheries & Wildlife. 197 pp. http://www.mass.gov/dfwele/dfw/nhesp/nhpubs.htm#newpubs
Nikula, B. J. Sones, D. Stokes, and L. Stokes. 2002. Stokes Beginner’s Guide to Dragonflies and Damselflies. Little, Brown and Company, Boston, New York, London. 159 pp. http://www.odenews.org/stokesguide.htm
Rosche, L. 2002. Dragonflies and Damselflies of Northeast Ohio. Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Ohio. 94 pp. http://www.marietta.edu/~odonata/book/ddoneo.html

Keys for dragonflies and damselflies:

These are very technical and expensive so if you are very serious about studying and identifying dragonflies and damselflies, please contact Bob DuBois for more information on this.

Suppliers (where to get equipment):

We get our supplies, nets, vials, etc from

BioQuip Products, Inc.
2321 Gladwick St.
Rancho Dominguez, California, 90220
310-667-8800
http://www.bioquip.com
bioquip@aol.com

The collecting envelopes are acquired on-line from
http://bellsouthpwp.net/b/i/billmauffray/envlopes.htm

Email discussion groups:

Odonata-L is a global network of about 400 members that addresses all aspects of dragonfly biology and ecology. It is archived publicly and searchable. For more information and to subscribe, go to https://mail.ups.edu/mailman/listinfo/odonata-l.

Gl-odonata is a fairly new discussion group that addresses dragonfly topics specific to the Great Lakes region. For more information, go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gl_odonata/ or contact Mark O’Brien.

Dragonfly Society of the Americas:

DSA is a great organization! With dues, you will get quarterly news journal Argia, for disseminating news and other non-technical information about dragonflies in North America. For more information, go to http://www.odonatacentral.org/index.php/PageAction.get/name/DSAHomePage or contact Nick Donnelly.

For any additional questions, please contact:

Bob DuBois
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
1401 Tower Avenue
Superior, Wisconsin 54880
715-392-6976
robert.dubois@wisconsin.gov

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