Dragon Flies

[Lisa]

Could anyone give me a resource for Dragon Flies?

[John Harker]

A friend of ours got us this book, which is great for identification...

Stoke's Beginners Guide to Dragonflies and Damselflies

Hope this helps.

[Bo Atkinson]

Dragon flies seem to come to your home or area, all on their own. If and only if one sustains the correct habitat for them. If one released a hundred dragonflies in the back yard, they would naturally spread out and scout for good hunting grounds. (Staying only where plentiful food is to be found). In my Maine-experience, of decades now, dragon flies of multiple varieties, are found in generally wetter-damper (lower lying contours or sheltered areas, without steady winds or breezes). Where small flying insects are to be found (like flies, mosquitoes, blackflies, no-see-ums, etc..) That also suggest that densely populated areas may not have food enough to sustain dragon flies, (in case of- pesticides, polluted waters, heavy soil drainage, dominant-asphalt, etc...) The earlier varieties of dragon flies, this wet summer, seemed to die off quickly, due to excessive cloudy and rainy weather-- They do need sun to energize and/or dry their wings. The normally late season variety are thankfully doing very well now, with the sunny weather.