| Resources listed in the 14th Approximation plus those provided by Ami Thompson - Assistant Professor of Biology,
North Carolina Wesleyan College |
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| RESOURCE TYPE | TITLE | COMMENT | | 1 | Educational Aid | Dragonfly Curriculum Guide 1st Edition | A free Spanish version is being developed. |
| 2 | Educational Aid | Driven to Discover Citizen Science Curriculum Guide: Dragonflies and Odonata Central | A curriculum written by Ami Thompson for the University of Minnesota Extension. This pdf is free. There are other curricula within this series on Birds, Pollinators, and Phenology. |
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| 3 | ID Guide | Damselflies of the Northeast : A Guide to the Species of Eastern Canada & the Northeastern United States. Lam, E. 2004, Biodiversity Books. | Considerable overlap with our geographic area with excellent illustrations. Highly recommended. Currently out of print, but used copies are often available online. |
| 4 | ID Guide | Dragonflies and Damselflies of Georgia and the Southeast. Beaton, G. 2007. University of Georgia Press. | |
| 5 | ID Guide | Dragonflies and Damselflies of the East. Paulson, D. 2011. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ. | The definitive field guide for the eastern United States. Highly recommended. |
| 6 | ID Guide | Dragonflies of North America (Princeton Field Guides). Lam, E. 2024. Princeton University Press, NJ. | An outstanding guide, using color paintings, of all 329 North American species. Color range maps for all species. Highly recommended. |
| 7 | ID Guide | Dragonflies of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. Lasswell, J. and Mitchell, F. 2014. Quick Reference Publishing. | A folding waterproof photo-ID pamphlet. Forty species of dragonflies (both sexes) are illustrated in dorsal view. Most useful for casual observers and young people. |
| 8 | ID Guide | Dragonflies through Binoculars. Dunkle, S.W. 2000. Oxford University Press, New York. | Covers U.S. dragonflies and complements Paulson's Guide nicely. Highly recommended. |
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| 9 | Organization | Dragonfly Society of the Americas | A $15 annual membership fee gives you full electronic access to the Society's quarterly newsletter Argia and to its refereed journal Bulletin of American Odonatology. |
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| 10 | Relevant Publication | Abbott, J.C. 2005. Dragonflies and Damselflies of Texas and the South-Central United States. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ. | Recommended. |
| 11 | Relevant Publication | Barlow, A.E., D.M. Golden, and J. Bangma. 2009. Field Guide to the Dragonflies of New Jersey. New Jersey Department of Enivironmental Protection, Flemington | Appears to be out of print. |
| 12 | Relevant Publication | Beaton, G. 2007. Dragonflies and Damselflies of Georgia and the Southeast. University of Georgia Press, Athens, GA. | Highly recommended |
| 13 | Relevant Publication | Bick, G.H., and B. Mauffray. 1997-2004. Distribution Summary of North American Anisoptera; on, International Odonata Research Institute website | |
| 14 | Relevant Publication | Brimley, C.S. 1938. The Insects of North Carolina. N.C. Department of Agriculture, Division of Entomology, Raleigh. | |
| 15 | Relevant Publication | Carpenter, V. 1991. Dragonflies and Damselflies of Cape Cod. The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History, Natural History Series No. 4 | |
| 16 | Relevant Publication | Corbet, P. S. 1999. Dragonflies: Behavior and Ecology of Odonata. Comstock Publishing Associates, Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY. | Everything ever published about dragonflies from 1999 and earlier summarized - the "bible" of Odonatology. |
| 17 | Relevant Publication | Córdoba-Aguilar, A., editor. 2008. Dragonflies & Damselflies: Model Organisms for Ecological and Evolutionary Research. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK | |
| 18 | Relevant Publication | Dixon, P. 2021. Temporal Patterns in Mating Activity of Neurocordulia yamaskanensis (Stygian Shadowdragon) on the French Broad River in North Carolina. Argia 33(1): pp 18-21. | A valuable study of the temporal and seasonal mating patterns of Neurocordulia yamaskanensis at a site along the French River in Madison County, NC. |
| 19 | Relevant Publication | Dragonflies and Damselflies of the East. Paulson, D. 2011. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ. | Highly recommended. |
| 20 | Relevant Publication | Dragonfly Haiku | An amazing book of dragonfly Haiku poetry written by dragonfly scientists and artists. |
| 21 | Relevant Publication | Dragonfly Nymphs of North America | Recent release and only accurate guide to North American nymph identification -- beautiful and abundant illustrations. |
| 22 | Relevant Publication | Dragonfly Society of the Americas Checklist Committee. 2021. The Odonata of North America. OdonataCentral website | Highly recommended. Beyond providing a checklist, this publication includes additional useful information such as etymology of scientific and common names, authors of taxa, type localities and ranges. |
| 23 | Relevant Publication | Dunkle, S.W. 1989. Dragonflies of the Florida Peninsula, Bermuda and the Bahamas. Scientific Publishers, Gainesville, FL. | Recommended |
| 24 | Relevant Publication | Dunkle, S.W. 1990. Damselflies of Florida, Bermuda and the Bahamas. Scientific Publishers, Gainesville, FL. | Recommended |
| 25 | Relevant Publication | Dunkle, S.W. 2000. Dragonflies through Binoculars. Oxford University Press, New York | Highly recommended |
| 26 | Relevant Publication | Fliedner, H. and I. Endersby 2019. The Scientific Names of North American Dragonflies. Busybird Publishing, Montmorency, Vic., Australia | An interesting treatment of the origins of the scientific names of the North American odonates. Includes translations of the Latin, a discussion of each name’s etymology, and biographical sketches of the species’ authors. |
| 27 | Relevant Publication | Kittelberger, K. and B. Bockham. 2020. Novel Behavioral Observations from North Carolina of The Poorly Known Neurocordulia alabamensis (Alabama Shadowdragon). Argia 32(3):pp 24-25. | Observations of the evening flight time and flight behavior of the seldom-observed Alabama Shadowdragon (Neurocordulia alabamensis) in Richmond County, NC. |
| 28 | Relevant Publication | Lam, E. 2024. Dragonflies of North America (Princeton Field Guides). Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ. | An outstanding guide, using color paintings, of all 329 North American species. Color range maps. Highly recommended. |
| 29 | Relevant Publication | Lam, E. 2004. Damselflies of the Northeast. Biodiversity Books, Forest Hills. | |
| 30 | Relevant Publication | Legler, K., D. Legler, and D. Westover. 1998. Color Guide to Common Dragonflies of Wisconsin. Revised ed. | Privately printed. |
| 31 | Relevant Publication | Mauffray, B. 2005. North American Zygoptera, updated version of Westfall and May (1996) list; on, International Odonata Research Institute website. | |
| 32 | Relevant Publication | May, M. L. and S. W. Dunkle. 2007. Damselflies of North America: color supplement. Scientific Publishers, Gainesville, FL. | |
| 33 | Relevant Publication | Mead, K. 2003. Dragonflies of the North Woods. Kollath-Stensaas Publishing, Duluth, MN. | |
| 34 | Relevant Publication | Needham, J.G., M.J. Westfall, Jr., and M.L. May. 2014. Dragonflies of North America; Third Edition. Scientific Publishers, Gainesville, FL. | Detailed scientific work – recommended for collectors. |
| 35 | Relevant Publication | Nikula, B., and J. Sones, with D. and L. Stokes. 2002. Beginner’s Guide to Dragonflies. Little, Brown and Company, Boston. | |
| 36 | Relevant Publication | Padgett, A.G. 2024. Back Again: Triacanthagyna trifida, Phantom Darner. Argia 36(4): 22-23. | |
| 37 | Relevant Publication | Paulson, D. 2004. New Common Names for some North American Odonata. Argia 16(3):pp 29-30. | Report of changes to common names of a number of North American odonates as recommended by The Dragonfly Society of the Americas Common Names Committee. |
| 38 | Relevant Publication | Paulson, D. 2019. Dragonflies & Damselflies: A Natural History. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ. | |
| 39 | Relevant Publication | Paulson, D., Schorr, M., Abbott, J., Bota-Sierra, C., Deliry, C., Dijkstra, K.-D. and Lozano, F. (Coordinators). 2024. World Odonata List. OdonataCentral, University of Alabama. Available at: https://www.odonatacentral.org/app/#/wol/. (Accessed: 09/28/2024 | Checklist of the Odonate families, genera, and species of the world. |
| 40 | Relevant Publication | Roble, S.M. 1994. A Preliminary Checklist of the Damselflies of Virginia, with Notes on Distribution and Seasonality (Odonata: Zygoptera). Banisteria 4:3-23. | |
| 41 | Relevant Publication | Roble, S.M., and R.D. Cuyler. 1998. The Damselflies and Dragonflies (Odonata) of the Great Dismal Swamp and Vicinity, pp. 115-131; in, Rose, R.K., ed. The Natural History of the Great Dismal Swamp. Omni Press, Madison, WI. | |
| 42 | Relevant Publication | Tennessen, K. J. 2019. Dragonfly Nymphs of North America: An Identification Guide. Springer Nature Switzerland AG, Cham, Switzerland. | |
| 43 | Relevant Publication | Walton, R.K., and R.A. Forster. 1997. Common Dragonflies of the Northeast (video). VHS. | Privately published. |
| 44 | Relevant Publication | Ware, J.L., E. Pilgrim, M.L. May, T.W. Donnelly, and K. Tennessen. 2017. Phylogenetic relationships of North American Gomphidae and their close relatives. Systematic Entomology 42(2): 347-358. | |
| 45 | Relevant Publication | Westfall, M. J., Jr and M. L. May. 2006. Damselflies of North America; Revised Edition. Scientific Publishers, Gainesville, FL. | Detailed scientific work – recommended for collectors. |
| 46 | Relevant Publication | White, M. 2011. Natural History of Delmarva Dragonflies and Damselflies: Essays of a Lifelong Observer. University of Delaware Press, Newark, DE. | |
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| 47 | Website | A photographic guide to all the Odonates of the Delmarva Peninsula | Photos and minimal text of all species found on the Delmarva Peninsula. |
| 48 | Website | Allen Bryan’s personal website. | Damselflies and Dragonflies found and photographed in Virginia, North Carolina, or Montana. Photos and some text for most species found in North Carolina. |
| 49 | Website | Atlas of Rare Butterflies, Skippers, Moths, Dragonflies & Damselflies of Virginia | This site provides county range
maps for all species considered as rare by the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, Natural Heritage Program. Information on the life history of each of the rare species is also provided. |
| 50 | Website | Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) of Georgia, the southeastern U.S., and beyond | This site, created by Marion Dobbs, provides photos and county range maps for all species found in Georgia; most of these are also found in North Carolina. |
| 51 | Website | Giff Beaton’s personal website. | Dragonflies and Damselflies: North America. Great photos and identification tips for 216 species, including most of those found in North Carolina. His website also features excellent photos of several other taxa; see: https://www.giffbeaton.com/home.html
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| 52 | Website | Greg Lasley’s personal website. | Photos of odonates of North America. |
| 53 | Website | International Odonata Research Institute | Provides a number of links and checklists. |
| 54 | Website | Jeff Pippen’s personal website. | Photos of North Carolina odonates. |
| 55 | Website | OdonataCentral | Provides a number of links to various odonate resources, contains an online data entry feature, and shows county distribution maps (and records) for all North American species. The site also has a link to “The Odonata of North America.” |
| 56 | Website | Southeastern Odes Public Group on Facebook | Posts on identification, sightings, ecology, and other aspects of odonates in the southeastern US. |
| 57 | Website | Steve Krotzer’s personal website. | Features photos of adult and larval odonates from Alabama and Mississippi, most of which also occur in NC. |
| 58 | Website | Troy Hibbitts’s personal website. | Photos of North American odonates. |
| 59 | Website | Will Cook’s personal website. | Photos of North Carolina and Virginia odonates. |