Dragonflies and Damselflies:
Odonata of Monteverde, Costa Rica

William A. Haber
Electronic Field Guide Project, University of Massachusetts- Boston
Introduction Checklist with Images Family Key Family Descriptions References Study Site Map

Family Summaries
These short descriptions of the families of Odonata recorded from the Monteverde region emphasize characters for identification that are useful in the field and in the hand. The summary is accompanied by a plate of thumbnails that provides an overview of the family and the included genera.

Damselflies
Calopterygidae Coenagrionidae Lestidae Megapodagrionidae Perilestidae
Platystictidae Polythoridae Protoneuridae Pseudostigmatidae

Dragonflies
Aeshnidae Cordulegastridae Corduliidae Gomphidae Libellulidae
Text and images copyright William A. Haber, http://efg.cs.umb.edu/
Created: 24 January 2006. Updated: 27 November 2007.