Welcome to Odonata.EU, the online identification guide for all dragonfly and damselfly species that occur in Europe.

This project started in 2003 and the immense effort to provide pictures of all dragonfly and damselfly species has been an ongoing effort since than.

Currently more than 700 high quality 1600 x 1200 pixel pictures are online providing detailed imaging of 45 European Odonata species. Images include males, females, specie variations, exuviae and habitats.

Odonata presented on this site have not been handled in any way. I do not condone the use of flash or light stobes for nature photography.