Dragonflies & Damselflies of KY

• Order Odonata  (Dragonflies and Damselflies)
  • Family Calopterygidae  (Broad-winged Damselflies)
    • Ebony Jewelwing (Calopteryx maculata)
  • Family Libellulidae  (Skippers)
    • Common Whitetail (Libellula lydia)
    • Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis)
    • Twelve-spotted Skimmer (Libellula pulchella)
    • Widow Skimmer (Libellula luctuosa)

References

Arnett, R. H., Jr., and Richard L. Jacques, Jr.  1981.  Simon and Schuster's Guide to Insects.  Simon and Schuster Inc.  511 pp.

Borror, Donald J., and Richard E. White.  1970.  Peterson Field Guide Insects.  Houghton Mifflin Company.  404 pp.

Dunkle, Sidney W.  2000.  Dragonflies Through Binoculars.  Oxford University Press.  266 pp.

Milne, Lorus, and Margery Milne.  1997.  National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Insects and Spiders.  Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.  989 pp.

Zim, Herbert S., and Clarence Cottam.  2001.  Golden Guides Insects: a Guide to Familiar American Insects.  St. Martin's Press.  160 pp.

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