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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.

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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.

Odonata Distribution Viewer

OdonataCentral now has a new and improved distribution viewer powered by Google Maps.

Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) of Texas, Volume 3. 2008.
edited by John C. Abbott

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Latest Record Submissions

	OC #284657, Epiaeschna heros in Caroline County, Maryland, United States was submitted by Jim Brighton on 2009-Jan-05.
	OC #284656, Epiaeschna heros in Worcester County, Maryland, United States was submitted by Jim Brighton on 2009-Jan-05.
	OC #284655, Gomphaeschna antilope in Worcester County, Maryland, United States was submitted by Jim Brighton on 2009-Jan-05.
	OC #284654, Libellula pulchella in Garrett County, Maryland, United States was submitted by Jim Brighton on 2009-Jan-05.
	OC #284653, Libellula pulchella in Garrett County, Maryland, United States was submitted by Jim Brighton on 2009-Jan-05.

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