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Species Lestes rectangularis - Slender 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 of North America: A Color and Learn Book By Kathy Biggs, Tim Manolis (Illustrator)
Azalea Creek Publishing, 2007
Not yet available from Amazon.com ("view at amazon.com" link won't work).
For more information, or to purchase online, click the image:
Also available in interactive (colorable!) PDF format on CD-ROM
Contributed by Chuck Entz on 26 June, 2007 - 1:52am |
Dragonflies and Damselflies of Georgia and the Southeast By Giff Beaton
University of Georgia Press, 2007
Finally got my copy in December 2007 and it is excellent:
- outstanding photographs (most by the author)
- beautiful graphic design
- clear range maps and graphics showing phenology
- detailed (but not ponderously detailed) text
Good job, Giff!
Contributed by Cotinis on 26 November, 2006 - 6:18pm |
Damselflies of the North Woods By Bob DuBois
Kollath-Stensaas Publishing, 2005
This is a very detailed and thorough field guide for all levels of damselfly enthusiast. There are literally dozens of illustrations of abdominal appendages and abdominal markings covering all of the relevant species. Extraordinary photographs, mostly by Mike Reese, show most (all?) of the different morphs.
Introductory chapters cover all aspects of damselfly life history. Well written.
Pocket sized and very portable.
Covers N Minnesota, N Wisconsin, the UP and N michigan and most of the wooded portions of Ontario. Covers many of the species east into New England.
Contributed by Kurt Mead on 31 March, 2006 - 7:05pm |
 Dragonflies (Wild Guide) By Cynthia Berger, Amelia Hansen
Stackpole Books, 2004
An introduction to odonate life history and identification, illustrated with good-to-excellent color artwork. There is one especially useful illustration of abdominal appendages. Has species accounts for 45 notable species (6 damselflies and 39 dragonflies) from the Great Lakes area. These accounts are illustrated with excellent paintings by Amelia Hansen. These are portraits, showing life-like postures, and not meant to be detailed enough for fine points of identification. The species accounts give life history information as well as detailed explanations of scientific names--not seen in other popular works.
Contributed by Cotinis on 1 December, 2005 - 1:16pm |
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