Identification Guides – Odonata

Dragonflies and Damselflies

Printed

Britain’s Dragonflies: A Field Guide to the Damselflies and Dragonflies of Britain and Ireland by Dave Smallshire and Andy Swash (Princeton WILDGuides 4th edition 2018

Dragonflies & Damselflies Farley-Brown, Broader & Lewington (FSC WildID fold-out guide 2023)


Field Guide to Dragonflies and Damselflies of Great Britain and Ireland by Steve Brooks and Steve Cham, illustrated by Richard Lewington (Bloomsbury 5th edition 2018)

Field Guide to the Dragonflies of Britain and Europe by Klaas-Douwe B Dijkstra (British Wildlife Publishing 2006)

 Field Guide to the larvae and exuviae of British Dragonflies by Steve Cham (British  Dragonflies & Damselflies of Britain & Ireland (Apple)Dragonfly Society 2012)

Websites

The British Dragonfly Society is a membership voluntary organisation that has useful resources on Dragonflies and Damselflies on its website: 

Google Lens: Go to google.com and there is a camera icon at the right of the search bar. Click on this, and you can drag and drop any image and it will do its best to identify it – so can be used for any flora and fauna, vertebrates and invertebrates etc. (as well as buildings, landscapes – anything, in fact.)  Worth a look, but treat identifications with caution!

Apps