Beginners Guide to Dragonflies

This Stokes Beginners Guide to Dragonflies provides a wealth of information and photographs on dragonflies and damselflies. It includes very clear instructions on how to identify different types of dragonflies and damselflies, broken down by the various families. The book also includes information on a dragonfly's life cycle, from mating and laying eggs, to the larvae or nymph stage, to the incredible transformation they undertake to become the insect we are all fascinated with.

Published in 2002, 159 pages, paperback. It is a small size, about 7 inches by 4.5 inches, and makes a handy and very portable field guide.