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Field Guide to the Dragonflies and Damselflies of Massachusetts
By Blair Nikula, Jennifer L. Loose, Matthew R. Burne
Massachusetts Division of Fisheries & Wildlife, 2003
Cite: 8136 with citation markup [cite:8136]
Wonderful photographic guide. For nearly every species, it has two large photographs, one of the male and one of the female. Lots of neat features, including a page of side-by-side comparisons of darners' lateral thoracic stripes.

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There is a second edition published in 2007.

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