UPDATES and CORRECTIONS TO
COMMON DRAGONFLIES OF THE SOUTHWEST
(inc. dust-jacketed Calif. version) - January 2008

Many new discoveries have been made in our exciting field of Odonata.
Also, some of the Common and the Scientific Names have been formally changed by the DSA.

Please update Dragonflies of California and Common Dragonflies of the Southwest to reflect the following new data:

Please also make the changes mentioned above on the appropriate species and index pages; then make the following changes that are listed below:

p.10 - Change bottom paragraph so that number of SW species = at least 121.

p.11 - Change number of SW genera to 19; change total # of species to 64

p.13 - Neon Skimmer's flight period: April - November

p.15 - Western Meadowhawk's common name to Band-winged Meadowhawk, scientific name to Sympetrum semicinctum;
Western Meadowhawk's flight period: April - November

p.16 - Cardinal Meadowhawk's flight period: January - early December

p.18 - Yellow-legged Meadowhawk to Autumn Meadowhawk & flight period: May - November

p.19 - Red-tailed Pennant's flight period: March - November

p.20 - Cherry-faced Meadowhawk's flight period: June - September

p.23 - Saffron-winged Meadowhawk's flight period: June - October

p.26 - Mexican Amberwing's flight period: April - November

p.27 - Eastern Amberwing's flight period: March - October

p.28 - Red Saddlebag's flight period: January - November

p.30 - Marl Pennant's flight period: May - October

p.31 - Checkered Setwing's flight period: May - November

p.33 - Common Whitetail's flight period: March - November

p.36 - Widow Skimmer's flight period: May - November

p.42 - Eastern Pondhawk's flight period: May - September

p.43 - Great Pondhawk's flight period: August - September

p.45 - Wandering Glider's flight period: March - December

p.46 - Filigree Skimmer's flight period: February - November;
found once in CA

p.48 - Black Meadowhawk's flight period: June - October

p.49 - Plateau Dragonlet - found once in CA

p.50 - Hudsonian Whiteface size variations: 27 - 36 mm;
Hudsonian Whiteface's flight period: May - September

p.51 - Crimson-ringed/Belted Whiteface's flight period: May - September

p.53 - Pale-faced Clubskimmer's flight period: April - November

p.54 - Change size lengths to 42 - 78 mm; # of SW genera to 6; change # of Baskettails to 5

p.55 - Dot-winged Baskettail's flight period: March - July

p.60 - Blue-eyed Darner's flight period: March - July

p.62 - Sedge Darner's flight period: ?June - ?August

p.65 - Shadow Darner's flight period: July - November (found once in CA in Feb.)

p.68 - Lance-tipped Darner's flight period: August - September

p.74 - Gray Sanddragon's flight period: March - November

p.74 - Common Sanddragon's flight period: April - July

p.77 - Eastern Ringtails flight period: May - September

p.80 - Brimstone Clubtail's flight period: June - November

p.82 - Sinuous Snaketail's flight period: March - August

p.89 - Apache Spiketail's flight period: April - October

p.91 - Change # of species of Pond Damsels to 61;
Change scientific name to Enallagma annexum

p.92 - Change scientific name to Enallagma annexum
flight period: March - November

p.94 - River Bluet's flight period: April - October

p.97 - Taiga Bluet's flight period: May - August

p.100 - Vivid Dancer's flight period: All year in South

p.103 - Tonto Dancer's flight period: May - October

p.104 - Change common name to Violet Dancer; Scientific name to Argia fumipennis violacea ;
flight period: April - November

p.105 - Lavender Dancer: add Utah

p.106 - Kiowa Dancer's flight period: March - November

p.107 - Paiute Dancer's flight period: March - December

p.108 - Amethyst Dancer's flight period: January - November

p.109 - Dusky Dancer's flight period: May - November

p.110 - Sooty Dancer's flight period: April - November

p.111 - Powdered Dancer's flight period: March - December

p.113 - Blue-ringed Dancer's flight period: February - December

p.116 - Add New Mexico

p.118 - Western Red Damsel's flight period: April - October

p.120 - Rambur's Forktail's flight period: capable of flight all year

p.122 - Citrine Forktail's flight period: January - November

p.123 - Eastern/Mexican/Western Forktail's flight period: February - December

p.123 - Change # of Pond Spreadwing species to 9

p.124 - Change species name on top (male) photo to read "Pacific" - it is NOT Plains

p.128 - Change common name to Northern Spreadwing

p.129 - Spotted Spreadwing's flight period: April - December

p.132 - California Spreadwing's flight period: June - December

p.134 - Family name to Jewelwings

p.136 - American Rubyspot's flight period: All year in South

Dust jacket - change Exclamation Damsels' flight period: March - September

p.98 correction (print and paste over) River Bluet lateral appendages:


p.128 correction (print and paste over) Pacific Forktail appendages:


p.130 correction (print and paste over) - Plateau Spreadwing top of page image.

Change text to read: male: broad dark stripe top of thorax, pale bluish side stripe wider near the head;

And please, if you find a dragonfly in a new area or flying out of its known season, report it so that updates can be made, not only to my own websites and books, but also to other people's who are maintaining other websites &/or are in the process of writing new dragonfly guides.

THANKS!

Happy Odeing! Kathy Biggs -- dba Azalea Creek Publishing email: azalea@sonic.net fax: 707-634-1416
California Dragonflies
Southwest Dragonflies