Welcome to OdonataCentral

This site is designed to make available what we know about the distribution, biogeography, biodiversity, and identification of Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) world-wide. Use the navigation bars at the top of the page to move around in the site.

News

Dragonfly Society of the Americas

OdonataCentral hosts the official website of the Dragonfly Society of the Americas. The journals Argia and the Bulletin of American Odonatology are now online and searchable.

New Book: Damselfly Genera of the New World by R. Garrison, N. von Ellenrieder and J. Louton

New Book: Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) of Texas, Volume 4 by J.C. Abbott

Virtual Odonata Image Library

OdonataCentral now hosts a virtual library of odonata species. You can zoom, rotate and pan the images.

Click here to see the new Virtual Image Library

Latest Record Submissions

	OC #322774, Tramea calverti in Inyo County, California, United States was submitted by Kathy Biggs on 2010-Sep-02.
	OC #322773, Epitheca princeps in Chaves County, New Mexico, United States was submitted by James N. Stuart on 2010-Sep-02.
	OC #322772, Somatochlora linearis in Cleveland County, Arkansas, United States was submitted by Skyler McLean on 2010-Sep-02.
	OC #322771, Erythemis simplicicollis in Drew County, Arkansas, United States was submitted by Skyler McLean on 2010-Sep-02.
	OC #322770, Erythemis simplicicollis in Drew County, Arkansas, United States was submitted by Skyler McLean on 2010-Sep-02.

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