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Dragonflies of Indiana
Dragonflies of Indiana


 
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ISBN: 9781883362119

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“If a picture is a thousand words, this book is easily a treasure-trove of information. Dr. Curry has provided the dragonfly watcher with photographs that are as utilitarian as they are beautiful to accompany his simply presented and informative text. The result is a practical and engaging field guide to the Indiana dragonflies. This field guide will be cherished by anyone who appreciates and takes wonder at the glancing shimmer of dragonfly wings on a summer’s day.”

-Robert D. Waltz. Ph.D., Indiana State Entomologist

“This history-making book is the first regional field guide to the dragonflies of mid-continental North America. It will be useful not only in Indiana, but throughout the region. It has over 250 color photographs, including one or more images of all of the 97 species of dragonflies known from Indiana, plus numerous line drawings. The text includes useful sections on key identification features, dragonfly anatomy, life history, habitats, behavior, flight seasons, the history of dragonfly study in Indiana, and the conservation value of dragonflies. This field guide will be useful not only to neophyte bug-watchers, but to aquatic biologists, naturalists, and others, including birders who wish to expand the range of their wildlife-watching expertise. Professor Curry has traveled nearly 40,000 miles within Indiana over the last decade gathering information for this book. Perhaps only other authors of field guides will truly appreciate that only a labor of love could have generated the huge effort necessary to take the photographs, create the range maps, and gather all the other data that Dr. Curry has so ably assembled in these pages.”

-Sidney W. Dunkle, Author of “Dragonflies through Binoculars, a Field Guide to Dragonflies of North America.”

Publication Information
  • Publisher: Indiana Academy of Science
    Publication Date: 2001
    ISBN: 9781883362119
    Format: Hardcover
    Pages: 303
    Illustrated: Yes