The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia

“These [Albert Orr] plates alone will help to increase appreciation of our remarkable and largely endemic Odonata, and endorse awareness of their diversity and their values as flagship taxa and tools in evaluating the quality of Australia’s inland water ecosystems.” – Tim R New * Journal of Insect Conservation Vol 25 *“We are very lucky in Australia to have such a book covering all of our species, with a wealth of information to enable identification of the majority of dragonflies and damselflies seen or photographed. The photograph and map updates, and line drawings, represent a huge amount of work.” – Irene Denton * Society for Insect Studies Inc. Circular No. 212 *

Günther Theischinger has had a lifelong interest in aquatic insects. He has published more than 300 scientific papers, and over the years has described more than 60 new species and several new genera of Australian dragonflies. He has been a visiting scientist at the Australian National Insect Collection in Canberra, and is a Research Associate of the Australian Museum and a Visiting Fellow at the Smithsonian Institution, USA.

John Hawking is an Honorary Research Fellow at La Trobe University and former invertebrate ecologist at the Murray Darling Freshwater Research Centre, Wodonga. He studied the ecology of dragonfly larvae for his Master’s degree and has since published greatly on their ecology, taxonomy and conservation.

Albert Orr is a professional entomologist, writer, illustrator, consultant and scientific editor. He is a retired lecturer in ecology and invertebrate zoology, still actively researching. His main expertise is with butterflies, moths and dragonflies.