Marking and Recapture Techniques for Adult Odonata

Abstract

Adult Odonata are suitable subjects for a wide range of ecological studies because of their relatively large size, abundance, ease of capture, and their occurrence in open habitat where they can be easily observed (Moore, 1957), One of the most useful tools in such studies has been the marking and subsequent observation or recapture of identifiable individuals, Several techniques which have been used by the author and others to mark dragonflies will be summarized below.