CALIFORNIA ODONATA
Please scroll down the page to find the links that interest you. - Kathy Biggs, webmaster
CalOdes
Listserv-
CalOdes is an E-Mail listserv - a dragonfly discussion group. By joining it
you can ask and answer questions,
report your sightings of Dragonflies & Damselflies in California, and help
us to establish more information on
their status, distribution and flight seasons. It's a great place to meet other
folks interested in dragonflies. You have a
choice of receiving emails either immediately, or
in a daily digest version.
To subscribe to
CalOdes 
click on this icon/button
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The ONLY dragonfly guide for California: "Common DRAGONFLIES of California A Beginner's Pocket Guide" 
by Kathy Biggs |
A children's book on the dragonfly life cycle "My Life As A Dragonfly: Swimmer to Flyer" 
by William Cruscial |
The Habitat Garden Book Wildlife Landscaping for the San Francisco Bay Region 
by Nancy Bauer with a section on Dragonfly Ponds |
| Click on the cover above to order a copy by check/money order from this website (All books ship from this website within 2 days and CA Dragonflies and Habitat Gardening are signed by the author), or click on the names to the right to order thru Amazon.com where you may use a credit card. (Be certain to use your back button to come back to here though!). |
Common Dragonflies of
California
The Habitat Garden Book My Life As A Dragonfly |
Kathy Biggs is CONSIDERING writing:  A Southwest SUPPLEMENT to "Common
Dragonflies of California" |
articles and reviews, etc.
| descriptive and photographic pages for DRAGONFLIES
ANISOPTERA Heavy-bodied; usually larger than damselflies wings held open when perched eyes very close together strong fliers about 60 species |
New! A FIELD KEY TO CA DRAGONFLIES Print this out and take it with you in the field to aid in making dragonflies identifications. |
descriptive and photographic pages for Slender-bodied, usually smaller than dragonflies wings held together over abdomen when perched eyes far apart weak flyers about 40 species |
Clicking on either of the first two links below will take you to essays providing some general information on dragonflies, while the 3rd link's info is more on dragonflies as a hobby:
1. A Beginner's Guide to DRAGONFLIES (Jill Silsby)
2. Damsels and Dragons - the Insect Order Odonata (Ron Lyons)
Both these are good starting places for anyone who wants to learn basic information about dragonflies and damselflies and the next link gives information and links to the hobby of dragonfly watching
3. Introduction to the world of odes (Iowa)
Click here to read the article An Interview with Kathy Biggs, on Dragonflies, Dragonfly Ponds and how She Became an Author
This site is proud to have been selected for the following award: Click to learn more about the educational site "StudyWeb"
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