Sami Karjalainen: The Dragonflies of Finland
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17th April 2008

A new publication for download (2,0 MB): Karjalainen, S. 2007. New provincial records of Finnish dragonflies (Odonata) in 2002–2007. Sahlbergia 13: 13–25. (In Finnish with English summary).

23rd March 2008

Distribution maps were updated with many new provincial records.

27th February 2008

New book: Metalwing Demoiselles by Albert G. Orr & Matti Hämäläinen.

27th February 2008

Information on Finnish dragonflies in English (presented by the Finnish Dragonfly Society).

30th December 2006

New web pages of Finnish Dragonfly Society (in Finnish).

5th October 2006

New photos from this summer.

25th September 2006

In this summer, a new society, the Finnish Dragonfly Society (Suomen sudenkorentoseura) has been founded. Web pages will be published soon.

1st January 2006

Distribution maps were updated with six new provincial records from 2005.

22nd April 2005

Distribution maps were updated: one new species and seven new provincial records were made in 2004

20th May 2004

Big news: Sympecma paedisca has been found as new to Finland.

15th May 2004

Distribution maps were updated: eleven (that many!!) new provincial records were made in 2003

7th May 2004

Cover photo of my dragonfly book as text.

20th of September 2003

Many very interesting records have been made this summer in Finland. Aeshna mixta migrated here also this year. First records are from 2002.

13th May 2003

My book on Finnish dragonflies received a highly acclaimed award, State Prize for Dissemination of Information. The award was given by the minister of education in Finland.

7th May 2003

A dragonfly stamp was published in Finland. It shows Aeshna juncea male.

April 2003

My book on Finnish dragonflies was awarded for its pictures and illustrations (photos) in Best Of The Year competition by Association of Professional Graphic Designers In Finland.

14th of March 2003

Some new citations from reviews of my book have been added.

23rd of August 2002

Many very interesting records have been made this summer in Finland. Aeshna mixta was found as new to Finland. Nehalennia speciosa was recorded for the first time in 21 years. New locations of several other threatened species have also be found.

March 2002

My book on the dragonflies of Finland was released.

Last modified: 17.4.2008 (d.m.yyyy)

Here you can find many photographs of dragonflies and information on the dragonflies of Finland. These are also the homepages of the book on the dragonflies of Finland.

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Here is a list of Finnish dragonflies and an interactive map on the distribution by biogeographical provinces.

For more information on dragonflies visit links.

You can email me to skatkorento.net

© 2008 Sami Karjalainen