www.allodonata.com

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This site is where you can find photos and post information on American Odonata.
Welcome to our new website!

Covers the Nearctic and the Neotropic Ecozones

Guest Guide
Member Guide & How to post a new photo

How To: Studying Tropical Dragonflies and Damselflies
by Viola Clausnitzer, KD Dijkstra and Vincent Kalkman

You will find:

American Species List : 2079 species are listed and classified.
Photo Gallery: 1879 photos of American species.
The Community Mailing List to communicate with other odonatologists.

America Dragonfly Community

You are welcome to join the Community, in order to post new pictures or new references and meet other fellow odonatists.

References are grouped into

Internet links (URL)
books
articles (both as reference and hosted on site)

If you want to know more about this site, please refer to our Frequently Asked Question section or e-mail us.

Pic of the day by Dr. Ulrich Röder

Lestes forficula Rambur, 1842 (Dominican Republic)

Look at the latest photos received.

Special mention to the latest 5 photos posted:

Phil Benstead
Pantala flavescens (Turkey)
Samuel Renner
Libellula croceipennis (Brazil)
Samuel Renner
Homeoura chelifera (Brazil)
Martin Waldhauser
Aeshna juncea (Georgia)
Oleg Kosterin
Pantala flavescens (Indonesia)

Do you know which species is on the photo 9398 taken in Amazonie (Peru) ?

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Send your answer to the Webmaster with the photo reference number.

Other photos in need of identification: click here.

Dragonfly.net ring:

Asian Odonata: www.Asia-Dragonfly.net
African Odonata: www.Africa-Dragonfly.net
American Odonata: www.America-Dragonfly.net
Neotropical Odonata: www.Neotropic-Dragonfly.net

Note:
Neotropical is dedicated to the Neotropic Ecozone thus only photos taken within this ecozone are considered. This filtering does not apply to the species list.