You may need to right-click and "save target (link) as" to download it. If you have any comments or suggestions, feel free to email me at jspippen@duke.edu.
Above is a field checklist for the Dragonflies of North Carolina. The data used to create the checklist come from the NC Natural Heritage Program dragonfly list edited and maintained by Harry LeGrand, Jr. with data provided by John Finnegan and Steve Hall. Included with the common and scientific names of the dragonflies are NC range codes and state "rankings". The range codes indicate in which province (mountains, piedmont, coastal plain) each species has been documented and were determined by Steve Hall and collections from Duncan Cuyler. State ranks were also determined by Steve Hall and indicate the degree of abundance or rarity within NC.
This checklist is available for download as an Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) file. Some of the text is in blue font if you use a color printer, but it will print just fine in black with a black and white printer. The checklist is tri-fold style. I recommend printing page one first, then take that page and replace it in the paper tray of your printer so that page two will print on the backside of page one. To yield the final checklist, lay the paper in front of you with the "Skimmers" column face-up on the right. Fold the right-hand margin of the paper one-third of the way over the sheet, then fold the left-hand margin over that to create the final field checklist. When you're done, the title "Dragonflies of North Carolina" should be on top. Hopefully this all made sense!
Odonate Photo Pages
Photos before 2006 were taken with a Nikon CoolPix 4500, generally under natural lighting. Photos beginning 2006 were taken as above or with a Canon EOS 20d with flash or with natural lighting.
Nomenclature follows the official names lists created and maintained by the Dragonfly Society of the Americas and was updated here 4 January 2009.
