Dennis wrote,

> It's a *serious* field guide, Dale. How about that? It will have glorious
> color photos and keys that can be used with live dragonflies in the field,
> but it will also have technical keys and illustrations of wing venation and
> other anatomical details. It will have a lengthy introduction about
> dragonfly biology and will have lots of info about each species. It will
> include a key to at least genera if not species of larvae, with
> illustrations. Just writing about it makes me salivate; how I wish it were
> already done!

What stage are you at on the project? Expected pub date? What publisher?
Peterson Field Guide-type book? Yummy! Dragonflies compete with
butterflies for my favorite insects. One morning in Santa Barbara, my
daughter and I watched a mockingbird doing battle with a huge dragonfly.
Wonderful show, and it took the bird quite a while and lots of energy to
subdue its breakfast.

Burt Guttman guttmanb at elwha.evergreen.edu
The Evergreen State College Voice: 360-866-6000, x. 6755
Olympia, WA 98505 FAX: 360-866-6794

Reunite Gondwanaland!