Description

Book Synopsis
Here is the first field guide to the damselflies of Texas—which include more than half of all damselfly species found in North America—richly illustrated with digitally created images that show amazing details, as well as photos taken in the wild.

Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
    • What Is a Damselfly?
    • Damselfly Anatomy
      • Head
      • Thorax
      • Wings
      • Abdomen
      • Sexes
      • Coloration
    • Life History of Damselflies
      • Egg
      • Nymph
      • Adult
      • Reproduction
      • Flight
      • Vision
    • Creating the Illustrations in the Book
    • Texas Biotic Provinces
    • Damselfly Habitats
    • Conservation
    • Odonate Names
    • Photographing Damselflies
    • The Value of Odonate Collections
    • How to Identify Damselflies
    • How to Use the Species Accounts
  • Species Accounts
    • Family Calopterygidae
    • Broad-winged Damselflies
      • Sparkling Jewelwing
      • Ebony Jewelwing
      • American Rubyspot
      • Canyon Rubyspot
      • Smoky Rubyspot
    • Family Lestidae
    • Spreadwings
      • Great Spreadwing
      • Plateau Spreadwing
      • Southern Spreadwing
      • Rainpool Spreadwing
      • Blue-striped Spreadwing
      • Elegant Spreadwing
      • Slender Spreadwing
      • Chalky Spreadwing
      • Lyre-tipped Spreadwing
      • Swamp Spreadwing
    • Family Protoneuridae
    • Threadtails
      • Coral-fronted Threadtail
      • Amelia's Threadtail
      • Orange-striped Threadtail
    • Family Coenagrionidae
    • Pond Damsels
      • Paiute Dancer
      • Blue-ringed Dancer
      • Blue-fronted Dancer
      • Powdered Dancer
      • Sooty Dancer
      • Golden-winged Dancer
      • Blue-tipped Dancer
      • Tezpi Dancer
      • Dusky Dancer
      • Comanche Dancer
      • Apache Dancer
      • Springwater Dancer
      • Seepage Dancer
      • Leonora's Dancer
      • Aztec Dancer
      • Variable Dancer
      • Lavender Dancer
      • Kiowa Dancer
      • Amethyst Dancer
      • Coppery Dancer
      • Fiery-eyed Dancer
      • Burgundy Bluet
      • Orange Bluet
      • Vesper Bluet
      • Alkali Bluet
      • Arroyo Bluet
      • Double-striped Bluet
      • Familiar Bluet
      • Atlantic Bluet
      • Big Bluet
      • Tule Bluet
      • Rainbow Bluet
      • Azure Bluet
      • Attenuated Bluet
      • Turquoise Bluet
      • Stream Bluet
      • Skimming Bluet
      • Slender Bluet
      • Neotropical Bluet
      • Caribbean Yellowface
      • Mexican Wedgetail
      • Painted Damsel
      • Rambur's Forktail
      • Desert Forktail
      • Eastern Forktail
      • Mexican Forktail
      • Plains Forktail
      • Black-fronted Forktail
      • Citrine Forktail
      • Lilypad Forktail
      • Fragile Forktail
      • Furtive Forktail
      • Cream-tipped Swampdamsel
      • Red-tipped Swampdamsel
      • Sphagnum Sprite
      • Southern Sprite
      • Everglades Sprite
      • Duckweed Firetail
      • Desert Firetail
  • Appendix A. Species That May Eventually Occur in Texas
  • Appendix B. Conservation Status Ranks for Texas Damselflies
  • Appendix C. Seasonality of Texas Damselflies
  • Appendix D. Damselfly Publications and Resources
  • Glossary
  • References
  • Indexes

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      Publisher MU - University of Texas Press
      Published 5 January 2011
      ISBN-13 9780292714496
      978-0292714496
      ISBN-10 0292714491

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Here is the first field guide to the damselflies of Texas—which include more than half of all damselfly species found in North America—richly illustrated with digitally created images that show amazing details, as well as photos taken in the wild.

      Table of Contents
      • Preface
      • Acknowledgments
      • Introduction
        • What Is a Damselfly?
        • Damselfly Anatomy
          • Head
          • Thorax
          • Wings
          • Abdomen
          • Sexes
          • Coloration
        • Life History of Damselflies
          • Egg
          • Nymph
          • Adult
          • Reproduction
          • Flight
          • Vision
        • Creating the Illustrations in the Book
        • Texas Biotic Provinces
        • Damselfly Habitats
        • Conservation
        • Odonate Names
        • Photographing Damselflies
        • The Value of Odonate Collections
        • How to Identify Damselflies
        • How to Use the Species Accounts
      • Species Accounts
        • Family Calopterygidae
        • Broad-winged Damselflies
          • Sparkling Jewelwing
          • Ebony Jewelwing
          • American Rubyspot
          • Canyon Rubyspot
          • Smoky Rubyspot
        • Family Lestidae
        • Spreadwings
          • Great Spreadwing
          • Plateau Spreadwing
          • Southern Spreadwing
          • Rainpool Spreadwing
          • Blue-striped Spreadwing
          • Elegant Spreadwing
          • Slender Spreadwing
          • Chalky Spreadwing
          • Lyre-tipped Spreadwing
          • Swamp Spreadwing
        • Family Protoneuridae
        • Threadtails
          • Coral-fronted Threadtail
          • Amelia's Threadtail
          • Orange-striped Threadtail
        • Family Coenagrionidae
        • Pond Damsels
          • Paiute Dancer
          • Blue-ringed Dancer
          • Blue-fronted Dancer
          • Powdered Dancer
          • Sooty Dancer
          • Golden-winged Dancer
          • Blue-tipped Dancer
          • Tezpi Dancer
          • Dusky Dancer
          • Comanche Dancer
          • Apache Dancer
          • Springwater Dancer
          • Seepage Dancer
          • Leonora's Dancer
          • Aztec Dancer
          • Variable Dancer
          • Lavender Dancer
          • Kiowa Dancer
          • Amethyst Dancer
          • Coppery Dancer
          • Fiery-eyed Dancer
          • Burgundy Bluet
          • Orange Bluet
          • Vesper Bluet
          • Alkali Bluet
          • Arroyo Bluet
          • Double-striped Bluet
          • Familiar Bluet
          • Atlantic Bluet
          • Big Bluet
          • Tule Bluet
          • Rainbow Bluet
          • Azure Bluet
          • Attenuated Bluet
          • Turquoise Bluet
          • Stream Bluet
          • Skimming Bluet
          • Slender Bluet
          • Neotropical Bluet
          • Caribbean Yellowface
          • Mexican Wedgetail
          • Painted Damsel
          • Rambur's Forktail
          • Desert Forktail
          • Eastern Forktail
          • Mexican Forktail
          • Plains Forktail
          • Black-fronted Forktail
          • Citrine Forktail
          • Lilypad Forktail
          • Fragile Forktail
          • Furtive Forktail
          • Cream-tipped Swampdamsel
          • Red-tipped Swampdamsel
          • Sphagnum Sprite
          • Southern Sprite
          • Everglades Sprite
          • Duckweed Firetail
          • Desert Firetail
      • Appendix A. Species That May Eventually Occur in Texas
      • Appendix B. Conservation Status Ranks for Texas Damselflies
      • Appendix C. Seasonality of Texas Damselflies
      • Appendix D. Damselfly Publications and Resources
      • Glossary
      • References
      • Indexes

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