The best field guide combo for the east, as of several years ago is : Dunkle, S.W. 1989. Dragonflies of the Florida Peninsula Bermuda and the Bahamas. Scientific Publishers. Gainesville - Washington Carpenter, V. 1991. Dragonflies and damselflies of Cape Cod. Cape Cod Museum of Natural History Brewster MA The rest are all technical guides. Might also check out: Richard Orr's web site ...Odonata of Maryland and Washington D.C., I don't have the current url however also check out Digital Dragonflies: http://www.dragonflies.org/ sam Sam Droege FROG@USGS.GOV w 301-497-5840 h 410-798-6759 fax 301-497-5784 USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center 12100 Beech Forest, Laurel, Md 20708-4038 Http://www.mp1-pwrc.usgs.gov The living cobalt of an afternoon Dragonfly drew my eye to it first - Seamus Heaney ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Subject: mdosprey Dragonflies, was No Arctic Tern Author: mdosprey@ARI.Net at NBS-Internet-Gateway Date: 5/20/99 3:16 PM About dragonflies, Dave wrote: >>>The dragaons have been a lot of fun, and frustrating at the same time. Much more mysterious than birds.>>> I remember several years ago Jeffrey Glassberg saying at a presentation that a "Dragonflies through Binoculars" type field guide was in the works. I've been waiting to take on dragonflies until a good guide comes out. Am I waiting either in vain (no such guide expected) or in ignorance (there's already a good guide out there)??? Please, if anyone knows of a guide, let me know! Dragonflies can't be too much worse than duskywings... Tom Stock Silver Spring