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Species Lestes dryas - Emerald Spreadwing
Damselflies of North America By Minter J., Jr Westfall, Michael L. May
Scientific Pub, 1996
A very scholarly work (common names are never mentioned at all). This is the bible for entomologists who work with damselflies. Some color plates and many highly detailed and magnified illustrations. Geographic coverage includes Canada, the United States, the northernmost Mexican states, and the Greater Antilles.
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Damselflies of the Northeast By Ed Lam
Biodiversity Books, 2004
A lovely little book, just under 100 pages. Covers all 69 species/forms of damselflies from the northeastern US (Virginia northward) and eastern Canada. It should be useful for all of the eastern US. Each species account is a full page and includes: life history, range map, flight dates, identification tips, detailed illustrations of both sexes, and smaller diagrams showing anatomic details. There is an introduction to damseflies with detailed diagrams explaining anatomic terms, and there are two pages of references. The book has superior typography and design.
Available directly from the publisher/author, $20 plus shipping:
Contributed by Cotinis on 2 June, 2004 - 12:22pm |
Common Dragonflies and Damselflies of Eastern North America By Richard K. Walton and Greg Dodge
Brownbag Productions, 2004
Stunning close-up videos of common dragonflies and damselflies. Video showing behavior and a variety of angles is a great supplement to a field guide. 50 widespread eastern species are covered in a one-hour DVD. Sequences show life cycle and habitats, so it is more than a field guide.
Coverage of North Carolina species is particularly good, since one of the authors is based there. The footage of damselflies is especially welcome, since there is no in-print field guide for the eastern US.
My only wish is for a booklet to accompany it, and subtitles. (There are explanatory notes included in the DVD.) My copy had one minor glitch that only showed up on one DVD player, but not on another. This was not a fatal flaw, only annoying. (I have seen similar problems on other commercial DVD's.)
Contributed by Cotinis on 15 March, 2004 - 10:39pm |
Damselflies of Florida, Bermuda, and the Bahamas By Sidney W. Dunkle
Scientific Publishers, 1991
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Dragonflies and Damselflies of the West By Dennis Paulson
Princeton, 2009
Covers all dragonflies and damselflies of western North America north of Mexico. Excellent photos of every species, many figures of appendages and other details needed for identification.
Should cover most species in the east as well (eastern guide due in the next year or so). Might be a bit heavy for carrying around but otherwise looks great.
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Field Guide to The Dragonflies and Damselflies of Algonquin Provincial Park and the Surrounding Area By Colin D. Jones, Andrea Kingsley, Peter Burke, and Matt Holder
Friends of Algonquin, 2008
This book comes as close to being the perfect field guide for any flora or fauna I have ever seen. It is an illustration-based book that has:
--Complete species descriptions (everything needed to nail an identification, including drawings of terminal ends and other features that need to be seen through a hand lens or microscope)
--Complete coverage of species (all 135 species within Central Ontario are covered)
--Coverage of both dragonflies and damselflies (not many odonata guides do this)
Also no one has ever published a field guide of this caliber for Central Ontario. From my location, North Bay, every species I need covered is covered and very few species listed in this field guide do not occur near North Bay.
Contributed by Mars729 on 28 February, 2009 - 4:34pm |
The Odonata of Canada and Alaska By Edmond M. Walker, Philip S. Corbet
University of Toronto Press
Walker, Edmond M. The Odonata of Canada and Alaska. 3 vols. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
Volume One published in 1953
Volume Two published in 1958
Volume Three published in 1975 with additional author:
Walker, Edmond M., Philip S. Corbet. The Odonata of Canada and Alaska. Vol. 3. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1975.
This publication has been out of print until recently, and is now in reprint through the University of Toronto Press. Non-original covers, and pages are from high-resolution scans of original text.
Describes and keys out 189 of the 210 species of Odonata currently found in Canada and Alaksa (according to www.odonatacentral.org, 12/25/2008), with two additional species described (but not keyed) in the addenda of volume three.
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Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) of Texas, Volume 3 By John Abbott
Lulu.com, 2008
Now includes 224 species. Updated seasonality and distributional data, plus new articles.
Contributed by Nick Block on 18 November, 2008 - 1:02pm |
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