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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 #283707, Aeshna verticalis in Lucas County, Ohio, United States was submitted by Rick Nirschl on 2008-Aug-28.
	OC #283706, Rhionaeschna mutata in Lucas County, Ohio, United States was submitted by Rick Nirschl on 2008-Aug-28.
	OC #283705, Archilestes grandis in Lucas County, Ohio, United States was submitted by Rick Nirschl on 2008-Aug-28.
	OC #283704, Libellula incesta in Lucas County, Ohio, United States was submitted by Rick Nirschl on 2008-Aug-28.
	OC #283703, Ladona julia in Lucas County, Ohio, United States was submitted by Rick Nirschl on 2008-Aug-28.

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