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Wandering Glider (Pantala flavescens)                                                                                     MMD 2006
Here you will find images, individual and comparative county-based maps, flight season bars, and summary information on the current status of Georgia dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata). The following publication was key in the initial development of this site: Mauffray, B. and G. Beaton. 2005. The Distribution of Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) in Georgia. Bulletin of American Odonatology 9:2. The site is now updated regularly using observations made during field work of the Georgia Dragonfly Survey and also by individual contributors. All new county records are documented via specimen, exuvia, larva, or photograph and are maintained in a state-level database.

Images for other areas can also be viewed via the links in the sidebar, and additional southeastern images via this link: http://mamoni.smugmug.com

Featured Photos:

Stylurus scudderi (Zebra Clubtail). This species was definitely the find of the season. Steve Krotzer confirmed that nymphs I'd dug up at a stream in Fannin Co. were indeed Zebras, and he, Giff Beaton, and I made several lengthy visits there singly and in pairs during the flight season and managed with great difficulty to capture a few photos but no specimens. Very rare in GA, the last adult sighting was almost 100 yrs ago.

                                      
                                             Male                    Male

Helocordulia uhleri (Uhler's Sundragon). This species has been elusive for me with only a couple of sightings over many years, neither of them female. This year I happened upon a cooperative female and a male on the same day; they were in the company of dozens of Epitheca cynosura (Common Baskettail).

                      
                        Male                   Male                 Female             Female


Cordulegaster erronea (Tiger Spiketail). These shots were taken 3 July 2010 in Towns Co., GA. This species is known, in Georgia, from several counties in the ridge and valley and Blue Ridge regions of the state. Its habitat preference for small forested seeps can make it difficult to find and even more difficult to photograph.

           
                                            Ovipositing female

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