Preface Acknowledgments Introduction What Is a Damselfly? Damselfly Anatomy Head Thorax Wings Abdomen Sexes Coloration Life History of Damselflies Egg Nymph Adult Reproduction Flight Vision Creating the Illustrations in the Book Texas Biotic Provinces Damselfly Habitats Conservation Odonate Names Photographing Damselflies The Value of Odonate Collections How to Identify Damselflies How to Use the Species Accounts Species Accounts Family Calopterygidae Broad-winged Damselflies Sparkling Jewelwing Ebony Jewelwing American Rubyspot Canyon Rubyspot Smoky Rubyspot Family Lestidae Spreadwings Great Spreadwing Plateau Spreadwing Southern Spreadwing Rainpool Spreadwing Blue-striped Spreadwing Elegant Spreadwing Slender Spreadwing Chalky Spreadwing Lyre-tipped Spreadwing Swamp Spreadwing Family Protoneuridae Threadtails Coral-fronted Threadtail Amelia's Threadtail Orange-striped Threadtail Family Coenagrionidae Pond Damsels Paiute Dancer Blue-ringed Dancer Blue-fronted Dancer Powdered Dancer Sooty Dancer Golden-winged Dancer Blue-tipped Dancer Tezpi Dancer Dusky Dancer Comanche Dancer Apache Dancer Springwater Dancer Seepage Dancer Leonora's Dancer Aztec Dancer Variable Dancer Lavender Dancer Kiowa Dancer Amethyst Dancer Coppery Dancer Fiery-eyed Dancer Burgundy Bluet Orange Bluet Vesper Bluet Alkali Bluet Arroyo Bluet Double-striped Bluet Familiar Bluet Atlantic Bluet Big Bluet Tule Bluet Rainbow Bluet Azure Bluet Attenuated Bluet Turquoise Bluet Stream Bluet Skimming Bluet Slender Bluet Neotropical Bluet Caribbean Yellowface Mexican Wedgetail Painted Damsel Rambur's Forktail Desert Forktail Eastern Forktail Mexican Forktail Plains Forktail Black-fronted Forktail Citrine Forktail Lilypad Forktail Fragile Forktail Furtive Forktail Cream-tipped Swampdamsel Red-tipped Swampdamsel Sphagnum Sprite Southern Sprite Everglades Sprite Duckweed Firetail Desert Firetail Appendix A. Species That May Eventually Occur in Texas Appendix B. Conservation Status Ranks for Texas Damselflies Appendix C. Seasonality of Texas Damselflies Appendix D. Damselfly Publications and Resources Glossary References Indexes.