Hi All, Would like to get a head count for the event. Please reply to group or at least to Doug or me. Great news is that there is another *real rarity* we can...
RAB and all, Looking thru your report I noted that the Macrodiplax balteata, Marl Pennant, seems to be new late date by over a week. The old AZ date was...
Here are some Dragonflies and Damselflies noted today (Sunday, October 1st) about several lateral seep sping pools along the Spring River in Roswell, New...
A friend recently suggested we bring our passports on the Blitz as we'll be so near the border.... Just thought I'd share the idea. Getting ready to pack. Ray...
Last year we found the walkie talkies to be really helpful. Pack em if you've got em! Kathy -- California Dragonflies http://www.sonic.net/dragonfly ...
I got my room last night at the Motel 6. We are thinking about Pachacho State Park, Laguna Dam and West Ponds area on Saturday and then across from the Yuma...
Santa Cruz Co., AZ: 7 Oct 2006 Pena Blanca Lake Rec. Area. Ruby Road, 10 mi W of IH-19. Ruby Road to boat ramp (a couple hundred yards). Lake edge, sunny...
Important announcements and updates for the IORI (International Odonata Research Institute: Book Updates: all references to publications prices are at ...
Hello all, Well, we were successful at the CA/ DSA SW Odes Blitz and we did find the Striped Saddlebags, Tramea calverti, in California (Imperial County). Doug...
Scans from the Blitz are now up at the SoWest site. I'll add them to CA site soon: http://southwestdragonflies.net/caphotos/T_lacerataMtopBLITZ.jpg ...
HI All, Just posted a photo of a small dragonfly taken on October 25, 2006 on the recent SEABA field trip to Alamos, Sonora, Mexico. Sorry the photo is such...
I know that some of you have taken photos during your travels, so I'm sending this message out to all: Hi Oders, The Natural History Museum of Nantes (France)...
I'll passing along this information. I know several of you have already read this and Don, I think your discussion on the Odonata-L list might be worth pasting...
Hmmmm... All this new info is wonderful. But see http://www2.ups.edu/biology/museum/72eryves.gif Don't stop looking yet guys! Although 9/9 is the late date for...
Bob, there are very few ways to get the complete ranges of those North American odonate species that occur outside the US/Canada. The dragonfly and damselfly...
Hello, all. The Common Names Committee of the Dragonfly Society of the Americas has been responsible for the list of common names of North American (Canada/US)...
Those on CalOdes, the California odonate listserve, know all about this, but I'd like to disseminate the idea. Kathy Biggs, the Odonata Central of California,...
I think this is a great idea Dennis. I'm imagining that it would be nice and convenient to have these lists in one place, searchable, and easily accessible....
Hello all CalOdes, SoWestOdes and dragonfly distribution map makers! Below are the new county and state records collected in this 3rd quarter of 2006 in the...
Hi Dennis and others, Seems like (in AZ at least) the ode people aren't quite as well organized as the lep people, or maybe there just aren't as many of us. ...
For those of you who aren't yet DSA (Dragonfly Society of the Americas) members here is some new info; and for DSA members, here's an update: The Baja Bluet,...
Hi all, I just found out that Rich Bailowitz was there with Doug Danforth and Sandy Upson when they went looking for the Baja Bluet (Doug and Sandy told me -...
A report from Pierre Deviche from the Phoenix Rio Salado Wetlands area today added new flight data for AZ for 4 species and the whole SW for 3 species: -...
Hi all, One of the wonderful things these dragonfly discussion groups do is let us all share thoughts and theories. Recently I've been receiving emails from...
Thanks for that good stuff, Kathy. I think there is a "heat island" effect, but I have to add that Rich Bailowitz and Doug Danforth have been seeing 20+...