Dragonfly Society of the Americas

The species of the month is here!

Join Steven Lubahn on his quest to record more Odonata species in the state of Wisconsin.

🇺🇸 www.dragonflysocietyamericas.org/en/blog
🇨🇴 www.dragonflysocietyamericas.org/es/blog

The Evolution Meetings logo, stating that the meeting will be online May 20-22, 2026 and in-person June 20-24 2026

The 2026 Ernst Mayr Award Competition is open! This is SSB's student talk award. Students selected to compete will deliver their talk during the virtual Evolution meetings May 20-22, 2026.

Applications close April 15, 2026.

For information on registration, see: www.systbio.org/ernst-mayr-a...

February is here!
In this new #speciesofthemonth, Steve Baginski shares his experience with #Ischnura posita, the fragile #forktail. Let´s learn more about this #damselfly and its population status in Illinois!
🇺🇸 www.dragonflysocietyamericas.org/en/blog
🇨🇴 www.dragonflysocietyamericas.org/es/blog

Solicitando presentaciones para ARGIA 38(1)

Plazo: 20 Febrero 2026
Visite el sitio web de la DSA para leer las pautas de presentación y descargar el formulario de presentactión
Tema de fotografía: eclosion
Amanda Whispell, EIC ARGIA
editor@dragonflysocietyamericas.org

Call for Submissions for ARGIA 38(1)

Submission deadline: 20 February 2026
Visit the DSA website to consult the instructions for authors and download the submission guidelines & submission form.
Photo theme: eclosion
Amanda Whispell, EIC ARGIA
editor@dragonflysocietyamericas.org

We hope you have an incredible 2026!
What better way to start it than by reading an inspiring story? Discover how Ana María Hernández found her passion for #odonates and began working to conserve Cuba's endemic species
🇺🇸 dragonflysocietyamericas.org/en/blog
🇨🇴 dragonflysocietyamericas.org/es/blog

ARGIA 37(4) is published:

- Info on the 2026 DSA Annual Meeting
- Info on our 2026 grant program
- The next Nymph Cove installment
- Lots of metallic odes!

Amanda Whispell
Editor-in-Chief of ARGIA

Looking for the perfect gift for your fellow odonatologist? How about giving them a DSA membership? We have three options:

Basic membership: $15 USD/year

Supporting membership: $20 USD/year

Lifetime membership: one-time payment of $300 USD.

www.dragonflysocietyamericas.org/en/become-a-...

#Newpaper on #Stem perception

Read it here:
doi.org/10.1093/aesa...

Memberships for @odonataamericas.bsky.social @entsocamerica.bsky.social WDA (dragonflies), SOL (dragonflies), The lepidopterist society @canentomologist.bsky.social @freshwaterscience.bsky.social @coleopsoc.bsky.social @entcollnet.bsky.social @hymenopterists.org.web.brid.gy @arachnology.bsky.social

Sometimes life doesn't turn out the way we planned,
but even so, it still surprises us. Read this story written
by John Abbott, when the weather
wasn't on his side, but luck was.

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🇨🇴 www.dragonflysocietyamericas.org/es/blog

#dragonfly
#speciesofthemonth

Sometimes life doesn't turn out the way we planned,
but even so, it still surprises us. Read this story written
by John Abbott, when the weather
wasn't on his side, but luck was.

🇺🇸 www.dragonflysocietyamericas.org/en/blog
🇨🇴 www.dragonflysocietyamericas.org/es/blog

#dragonfly
#speciesofthemonth

MEMBERSHIPS Start your professional development in entomology by becoming a member of one of the professional societies.  ​Being a member comes with a lot of advantages, like access to journals at discounted...

-American Ento Soc ($30)
@americanentosoc.bsky.social

-Indiv. insect soc, eg. DSA, TSC, IHS etc (~$15-50 depending)
@odonataamericas.bsky.social ⪩༏⪨
@coleopsoc.bsky.social 🪲 @hymenopterists.org.web.brid.gy 🐝

-If you are PoC, EntoPoc has grants?
@entopoc.bsky.social www.entopoc.org/memberships....

Call for ARGIA 37(4)

Deadline: 20 November
Photo theme: metallic odes

Plazo: 20 Noviembre
Tema de fotografía: libélulas metálicas

Visit our website to see the instructions for authors and download the submission guidelines & form.
Amanda Whispell, EIC ARGIA

Come visit us in the Exhibit Hall at #EntSoc25! Help support our goal of increasing student membership in entomological societies!

give.calacademy.org/give/308265/...

Don't miss this opportunity!

Our lovely @phrelanzer.bsky.social brings us a new #SpeciesoftheMonth. Join her on her adventure discovering Illinois' damselflies in unexpected places.

Read the full story at our blog (link in bio):
🇺🇸 www.dragonflysocietyamericas.org/en/blog
🇨🇴 www.dragonflysocietyamericas.org/es/blog

Madagascan Rivercruiser (Phyllomacromia trifasciata); Ranohira, Madagascar; 7 January
2016. Photograph by Netta Smith.

The cover for ARGIA 37(3).

ARGIA 37(3) available:
- The first president’s report from Ami Thompson
- Minutes from the 2025 DSA Meeting
- In Memoriam of Thomas “Nick” W Donnelly, 1932–2025
- The next Nymph Cove
- Several great articles, new records, & parting shots
Amanda Whispell
Editor-in-chief of ARGIA

Max tells us how he found, described, and named a new species of damselfly in the Amazon.
🇺🇸 www.dragonflysocietyamericas.org/en/blog
🇨🇴 www.dragonflysocietyamericas.org/es/blog

If you would like to share stories about your favorite species, contact Cindy Crosby: phrelanzer.bsky.social

You can also read Chris's final message as president in our latest issue of Argia. As Chris says, “See you down the road...”

www.dragonflysocietyamericas.org/en/publicati...

At the same time, we would like to welcome Ami Thompson (@amiodonata.bsky.social) to her new role as president. We are confident that Ami will continue to work on behalf of the DSA and odonates.

We wish them both every success in this new stage!

Goodbyes are difficult, but they also signal new beginnings...

We would like to thank Christopher Beatty, who has served as president of the DSA for the past two years, for all his hard work and leadership.

New start to the week, new start to the month, new #speciesofthemonth!

Join Jim Burns as he tells us how Columbia #Clubtail, #Gomphuruslynnae, reignited his motivation to photograph dragonflies.

Read it here:

🇺🇸 www.dragonflysocietyamericas.org/en/blog
🇨🇴 www.dragonflysocietyamericas.org/es/blog

🐦https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/odolympics-august-2025
OR
🎯 www.odonatacentral.org#/

Dragonflies are one of the most colorful animals, and so are their wings. Let's record those #colorfulwings:

🐦https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/odolympics-august-2025
OR
🎯 www.odonatacentral.org#/

Who doesn't like seeing hearts in the air? Upload your dragonfly records at:

🐦https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/odolympics-august-2025
OR
🎯 www.odonatacentral.org#/

A quick clip from my Dragonfly Life Cycle video - a timelapse of the metamorphosis of a Willow Emerald nymph into an adult
Watch in 4K here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xy7V...
#bugsky #pondlife #ukwildlife @odonataamericas.bsky.social @riverflies.bsky.social @britishdragonflies.bsky.social

How about looking for larvae today? Join the #anynymphchallenge in these #Odolympics.
Upload your records to:
🐦https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/odolympics-august-2025
OR
🎯 www.odonatacentral.org#/

Today is Sunday! How about going to the river and recording dragonflies?

Join the #riverchallenge of the #Odolympics.

Upload your records to:
📷https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/odolympics-august-2025
OR
📷 www.odonatacentral.org#/