Damselflies of Texas : : A Field Guide / / John C. Abbott.
On any warm summer day, you can easily observe damselflies around a vegetated pond or the rocks along the banks of a stream. Like the more familiar dragonfly, damselflies are among the most remarkably distinctive insects in their appearance and biology, and they have become one of the most popular c...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021] ©2011 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Texas Natural History Guides
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (292 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- Introduction
- What Is a Damselfly?
- Damselfly Anatomy
- Life History of Damselflies
- 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
- broad-winged damsels Family Calopterygidae
- Spreadwings Family lestidae
- Threadtails Family Protoneuridae
- Pond Damsels Family Coenagrionidae
- 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 (not listed in Appendix D)
- INDEX OF COMMON NAMES
- INDEX OF SCIENTIFIC NAMES