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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 #284685, Gomphus lineatifrons in Sevier County, Tennessee, United States was submitted by Larry Everett on 2009-Jan-07.
	OC #284684, Epitheca princeps in Sevier County, Tennessee, United States was submitted by Larry Everett on 2009-Jan-07.
	OC #284683, Cordulegaster maculata in Hamblen County, Tennessee, United States was submitted by Larry Everett on 2009-Jan-07.
	OC #284682, Lestes dryas in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, Europe was submitted by James Senn on 2009-Jan-06.
	OC #284681, Lestes sponsa in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, Europe was submitted by James Senn on 2009-Jan-06.

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