Resources
Contact us at MOSP
Kurt Mead
6388 Lax Lake Rd
Finland MN 55603
info@mndragonfly.org
Range Maps for and Information about North American Odonata
OdonataCentral – All North American distribution data can be accessed here, with specific pages for Minnesota data, and access to the county lists.
Field Guides
Color Guide to Common Dragonflies of Wisconsin by Karl and Dorothy Legler
This useful guide has been out of print for a few years but it is now available. I suggest that everyone in the southern half of Minnesota adds this to their library as it covers many of the southern MN species not covered in the North Woods guide. Northerners will also find it very useful.
ATTN: Peggy Brown
UW Arboretum Bookstore
1207 Seminole Highway
Madison WI 53711
(608) 263-7888
Price $17.77
Damselflies of the North Woods by Bob DuBois
Contact Bob at: rbdubois@gmail.com
Dragonflies of the North Woods by Kurt Mead
Damselflies of the Northeast by Ed Lam
http://homepage.mac.com/edlam/book.html
Dragonflies and Damselflies of Northeast Ohio – Second Edition
by Larry Rosche with Judy Semroc and Linda Gilbert
Despite the implication that this guide is only for the 14 counties in Ohio’s NE corner, this guide contains many Minnesota species, including most (all?) of the southern MN dragonfly species not included in the North Woods guide. Replete with color photos and it also has all of the color illustrations from the first edition.
http://www.ddneo.info/
$24.95 plus $7 S&H
Stokes Beginner's Guide to Dragonflies and Damselflies by Blair Nikula and Jackie Sones, with Donald and Lillian Stokes
http://odenews.org/stokesguide.htm
Other Print References for Identification
Dragonflies Through Binoculars, A Field Guide to Dragonflies of North America
by Sidney W. Dunkle
Dragonflies of North America
by James G. Needham, Minter J. Westfall, Jr., & Michael L. May
Damselflies of North America
by Minter J. Westfall, Jr., and Michael L. May, (revised by Mike May)
The Odonata of Canada and Alaska - Vols. 1 and 2
by Edmund M. Walker
The Odonata of Canada and Alaska – Vol. 3
by Edmund M. Walker and Philip S. Corbet
Published Reports
A survey of the Odonates of Minnesota’s eastern rivers completed in 1997 by John Haarstad: Download PDF
Status Survey for Special Concern and Endangered Dragonflies of Minnesota: Population Status, Inventory and Monitoring Recommendations, 1999, Wayne Steffens and William Smith.: Download PDF
Status Survey for Ophiogomphus anomalus Harvey, and early-season dragonfly inventory of western Superior National Forest Rivers, 2001, Wayne Steffens.: Download PDF
Supplies
IORI store – envelopes http://www.iodonata.net/
BioQuip – envelopes, nets, etc http://www.bioquip.com/default.asp
Curriculum
The MN DNR has this dragonfly-based language arts curriculum for use by intermediate to high school students: Download PDF
Relevant Odonata Web Sites
Wisconson Odonata Survey http://inventory.wiatri.net/Odonata/Survey.cfm
Iowa Odonata Survey http://www.iowaodes.com/
Michigan Odonata Survey http://insects.ummz.lsa.umich.edu/MICHODO/MOS.html
Ontario Odonata http://www.netcore.ca/~prairie/odonata.html
Manitoba Dragonfly Survey http://www.naturenorth.com/dragonfly/index.html
World Dragonfly Association http://powell.colgate.edu/wda/
Dragonfly Society of the Americas http://odonatacentral.bfl.utexas.edu/dsa1/default.htm
International Odonata Research Institute http://www.iodonata.net/ (includes many additional links and references)