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Family Gomphidae - Clubtails

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Dragonflies and Damselflies of California
By Tim Manolis
University of California Press, 2003

Dragonflies of Washington
By Dennis Paulson
Seattle Audubon Society, 1999
$6 booklet with nice introduction to Odonata of the Northwest

Dragonflies of the Florida Peninsula, Bermuda, and the Bahamas
By Sidney W. Dunkle
Scientific Publishers, 1989
Out of print, but worth having if you can find it. Has much larger photos than Dunkle's new book, Dragonflies Through Binoculars, though the coverage is limited.

Dragonflies (Natural World Series)
By Steve Brooks
Smithsonian Books/The Natural History Museum, London, 2003
Good life history information. Emphasizes European species.

Dragonflies: Behavior and Ecology of Odonata
By Philip S. Corbet
Comstock Pub Assoc, 1999
An expensive and exhaustive scientific work. Covers all aspects of odonate life history. Has excellent photographs of behavior.

Stokes Beginner's Guide to Dragonflies
By Donald and Lillian Stokes
Little, Brown and Company, 2002

Entomology for beginners: for the use of young folks, fruit-growers, farmers, and gardeners
By A.S. Packard
Henry Holt and Company, 1888
This little volume is an interesting glimpse into the science of entomology in the late 1800s, but today it is most useful as a source of public domain figures. Available online at Biodiversity Heritage Library

Facts and theories concerning the insect head
By R.E. Snodgrass
Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 142, (1), 1–61, 1960
Detailed information and illustrations of insect head structures, but with somewhat dated terminology; available online and indicated as not in copyright in the United States.

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