Ohio Odonata Society Conference Material

2025

• Flight Photography by Jim Lundberg. A tutorial on photographing flying dragonflies.

2019

• Adventure’s with Laura’s Clubtail (Stylurus laurea) by Linda Gilbert. Information on one of Ohio’s most attractive, but elusive species.

• Fun with Maps by MaLisa Spring. Many of Ohio’s odonate species have limited geographic distribution, while others can be found throughout the state. Includes hints on identification.

• Gardening for Dragons by MaLIsa Spring. Overview of relationship of insects to plants, with an emphasis on odonata. Extended section with photos on egg depositing preferences.

• Introduction to Dragonfly & Damselfly Identification by Kyle Bailey. Overview of odonate anatomy, natural history, and families.

• Making and Testing Hypotheses in Natural History: Microhabitat Selection by Hetaerina americana and Hetaerina titia by Dave McShaffrey & Harla Ray Eggleston. A discussion of the relative habitats used by the closely related species American Rubyspot (Hetaerina americana) and Smoky Rubyspot (Hetaerina titia).

• Ohio Spreadwings by Jim Lemon. Pictorial overview of Ohio’s Lestidae family.

• The Photographic Big Year: Getting the Shot when it Really Counts by Nina Harfmann. Suggests on dragonfly photography.

• There’s Tigers in Them-Thar Hills! by Bob Glotzhober. Detailed overview of Spiketail (Cordulegaster) natural history, with emphasis on Tiger Spiketail (Cordulegaster erronea) [DOUBLE CHECKING PERMISSION FOR THIS ONE]

• Too hot to trot? Climate & color adaptation in dragonflies by Michael P. Moore. Breeding traits adapt to different kinds of habitats.  This can result in the diversification of breeding traits. Discusses some of the reasons why a species may exhibit variation in coloring.

2018

• Odo-Con Welcome and Silhouette ID Presentation by MaLisa Spring

• Clubtails of the Grand River by John Pogacnik

• Common Ohio Pond Damselflies – Jim Lemon

• Dragonflies 101: What Every Good Dragonhunter Should Know by Bob Glotzhober

• Minnesota Dragonfly Survey by Kurt Mead

• Dragonfly Photography

  • Hunting Dragons – Photographic methods by Jim McCormac

  • Through The Lens: Capturing Odonate Natural History & Behavior by Judy Semroc

  • Photographing Odonates by Rick Nirschl

• Out of the Net and Into the Museum: Ethics of Collecting and the Adventure of 60,000 lifetimes by Emily Sandall

• HOW TO USE A “KEY”: USING A DICOTOMOUS KEY TO IDENTIFY SPECIMENS

  FROM ORDER TO SPECIES LEVEL by Bob Restifo

• “Net” Results at the West Woods  by Linda Gilbert. Window Nets as dragon catchers

• New and Uncommon Dragons to Ohio by Shane Myers

2017

• History of Ohio Odonata Study in Ohio by Dave McShaffrey

• The New Survey Overview by MaLisa Spring

• Introduction to Odonata by Shane Myers

• Adding Data to the Ohio Dragonfly Survey by Bob Glotzhober

• Photographic Primer for Confusing Odonata Species by Judy Semroc

• Observing Odonates by Giff Beaton (note that several slides have additional notes)