| Resources listed in the 11th 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 | Not exactly our geographic area but a good resource nonetheless. |
| 4 | ID Guide | Dragonflies and Damselflies of Georgia and the Southeast | |
| 5 | ID Guide | Dragonflies and Damselflies of the East | |
| 6 | ID Guide | Dragonflies of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia | This pamphlet was recommended to me, but I haven't seen it. |
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| 7 | Organization | Dragonfly Society of the Americas | |
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| 8 | Relevant Publication | Abbott, J.C. 2005. Dragonflies and Damselflies of Texas and the South-Central United States. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ. | Recommended. |
| 9 | 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 | |
| 10 | Relevant Publication | Beaton, G. 2007. Dragonflies and Damselflies of Georgia and the Southeast. University of Georgia Press, Athens, GA. | Highly recommended |
| 11 | Relevant Publication | Bick, G.H., and B. Mauffray. 1997-2004. Distribution Summary of North American Anisoptera; on, International Odonata Research Institute website | |
| 12 | Relevant Publication | Carpenter, V. 1991. Dragonflies and Damselflies of Cape Cod. The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History, Natural History Series No. 4 | |
| 13 | 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. |
| 14 | Relevant Publication | Córdoba-Aguilar, A., editor. 2008. Dragonflies & Damselflies: Model Organisms for Ecological and Evolutionary Research. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK | |
| 15 | Relevant Publication | Dragonfly Haiku | An amazing book of dragonfly Haiku poetry written by dragonfly scientists and artists. |
| 16 | Relevant Publication | Dragonfly Nymphs of North America | Recent release and only accurate guide to North American nymph identification -- beautiful and abundant illustrations. |
| 17 | Relevant Publication | Dragonfly Society of the Americas Checklist Committee. 2018. The Odonata of North America. OdonataCentral website | Highly recommended |
| 18 | Relevant Publication | Dunkle, S.W. 1989. Dragonflies of the Florida Peninsula, Bermuda and the Bahamas. Scientific Publishers, Gaines- ville, FL. | Recommended |
| 19 | Relevant Publication | Dunkle, S.W. 1990. Damselflies of Florida, Bermuda and the Bahamas. Scientific Publishers, Gainesville, FL. | Recommended |
| 20 | Relevant Publication | Dunkle, S.W. 2000. Dragonflies through Binoculars. Oxford University Press, New York | Highly recommended |
| 21 | Relevant Publication | Lam, E. 2004. Damselflies of the Northeast. Biodiversity Books, Forest Hills. | |
| 22 | Relevant Publication | Legler, K., D. Legler, and D. Westover. 1998. Color Guide to Common Dragonflies of Wisconsin. Revised ed. | Privately printed. |
| 23 | Relevant Publication | Mauffray, B. 2005. North American Zygoptera, updated version of Westfall and May (1996) list; on, International Odonata Research Institute website. | |
| 24 | Relevant Publication | May, M. L. and S. W. Dunkle. 2007. Damselflies of North America: color supplement. Scientific Publishers, Gainesville, FL. | |
| 25 | Relevant Publication | Mead, K. 2003. Dragonflies of the North Woods. Kollath-Stensaas Publishing, Duluth, MN. | |
| 26 | 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. |
| 27 | Relevant Publication | Nikula, B., and J. Sones, with D. and L. Stokes. 2002. Beginner’s Guide to Dragonflies. Little, Brown and Company, Boston. | |
| 28 | Relevant Publication | Paulson, D. 2011. Dragonflies and Damselflies of the East. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ. | Highly recommended. |
| 29 | Relevant Publication | Paulson, D. 2019. Dragonflies & Damselflies: A Natural History. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ. | |
| 30 | 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. | |
| 31 | 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. | |
| 32 | Relevant Publication | Tennessen, K. J. 2019. Dragonfly Nymphs of North America: An Identification Guide. Springer Nature Switzerland AG, Cham, Switzerland. | |
| 33 | Relevant Publication | Walton, R.K., and R.A. Forster. 1997. Common Dragonflies of the Northeast (video). VHS. | Privately published. |
| 34 | 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. | |
| 35 | 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. |
| 36 | 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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| 37 | Website | A photographic guide to all the Odonates of the Delmarva Peninsula | Photos and minimal text of all species found on the Delmarva Peninsula. |
| 38 | 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. |
| 39 | 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. |
| 40 | 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. |
| 41 | Website | Giff Beaton’s personal website. | Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) of Georgia and the Southeast. Photos and some text for most species found in North Carolina.
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| 42 | Website | Greg Lasley’s personal website. | Photos of odonates of North America. |
| 43 | Website | International Odonata Research Institute | Provides a number of links and checklists. |
| 44 | Website | Jeff Pippen’s personal website. | Photos of North Carolina odonates. |
| 45 | 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.” |
| 46 | Website | Southeastern Odes Public Group on Facebook | Posts on identification, sightings, ecology, and other aspects of odonates in the southeastern US. |
| 47 | Website | Steve Krotzer’s personal website. | Features photos of adult and larval odonates from Alabama and Mississippi, most of which also occur in NC. |
| 48 | Website | Troy Hibbitts’s personal website. | Photos of North American odonates. |
| 49 | Website | Will Cook’s personal website. | Photos of North Carolina and Virginia odonates. |