Dragonflies of California and Common Dragonflies of the Southwest
A Beginner’s Pocket Guide

Kathy Biggs

This first and only dragonfly field guide for California and its neighboring states has been updated and expanded in a new edition. It provides clear, concise identification information and stunningly clear color photos of 135 species of dragonflies and damselflies, plus full info for 17 similar species.

With the recent boom in popular interest in dragonflies, this book is the handiest, most compact field guide available. This friendly guidebook allows amateur naturalists to identify what they see, with info on males vs.females, habitat, flight periods and behavior-a compact, affordable, accurate and fascinating “must-have” for western nature lovers.

"A delightfully complete compact distillation of dragonfly data!"
~Jeffrey A. Caldwell, California Garden Habitat Network

160 pages, 4-½" x 5-¾", full-color cover, full-color dust jacket. Published by Azalea Creek Publishing.
ISBN 0-9677934-2-4.†††2006, trade paper

$10.95

NEW! Updated and expanded edition

Includes 251 color photographs, 37 black & white drawings,† bibliography, glossary, checklist of dragonfly and damselfly species, index, web resource guide.

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