Links and Resources

Links you may find useful:

Wisconsin Dragonfly Society and Facebook page
Odonata Central (The Dragonfly Society of the Americas has a page there - click Societies tab)
The Odonata Information Network
Midwest Odonata Facebook group
Minnesota Dragonfly Society Facebook Group
The Ohio Odonata Society
Iowa Odonata Survey
Michigan Odonata Survey
Dragonflies and Damselflies of southern New England
Dragonflies & Damselflies of New Jersey
Dragonflies and Damselflies of the Northwest and Beyond

Field guides (help with identification of dragonflies and damselflies):

• Legler K., D. Legler, and D. Westover. 2013. Color Guide to Dragonflies of Wisconsin. Edition 5.1. Karl Legler, Sauk City, Wisconsin (this new version has been expanded to include all WI species of dragonflies).
• Lam, Ed. 2004. Damselflies of the Northeast. Biodiversity Books, Forest Hill, New York. 96 pp. (very useful for WI, having all but one of our species) http://www.edlam.net/book.html.
• DuBois, R. 2005. Damselflies of the North Woods. Kollath-Stensaas Publishing, Duluth, Minnesota. 128 pp. (Omits several species found only in the southern-most counties — out of print but useful if you can find a copy at a reasonable price).
• Mead, K. 2009. Dragonflies of the Northwoods. 2^nd Edition. Kollath-Stensaas Publishing, Duluth, Minnesota. 193 pp. http://www.dragonfliesofthenorthwoods.com.
• Paulson, D. 2012. Dragonflies and Damselflies of the East. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ. (the most complete reference for eastern North America).
• Garrison, M. 2011. Damselflies of Chicagoland: A Photo Field Guide, version 2. 135 pp. (Free PDF download).
• Rosche, L., J. Semroc, L. Gilbert. 2008. Dragonflies and Damselflies of Northeast Ohio. 2^nd Edition. Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Ohio. 300 pp. http://www.ddneo.info.
• Tennessen, Ken. 2010. Waushara County Dragonflies and Damselflies. 32 pp. (available from the author: [email protected]).

Suppliers (where to get equipment):

We get most of our supplies, nets, vials, etc from:

BioQuip Products, Inc.
2321 Gladwick St.
Rancho Dominguez, California, 90220
310-667-8800
http://www.bioquip.com
[email protected]

The collecting envelopes are acquired on-line from:

http://bellsouthpwp.net/b/i/billmauffray/envlopes.htm

Dragonfly Society of the Americas:

DSA is a great organization! When you join you will get quarterly news journal Argia, which disseminates news and much non-technical and semi-technical information about dragonflies in North America. For more information, go to http://www.odonatacentral.org/index.php/PageAction.get/name/DSAHomePage.