Boreal peatlands and crystalline rivers will be our playgrounds when the annual meeting of the Dragonfly Society of the Americas convenes in Orono, Maine, from June 24-27, 2010.

The gathering and its pre- and post-meeting outings will feature among the following:

- Six species of Ophiogomphus (Snaketails), including O. anomalus (Extra-striped Snaketail) and O. howei (Pygmy Snaketail)

- Neurocordulia michaeli (Broad-tailed Shadowdragon)

- Eight or more species of Somatochlora (Striped Emeralds), including S. franklini (Delicate Emerald), S. kennedyi (Kennedy’s Emerald), S. minor (Ocellated Emerald) and S. brevicincta (Quebec Emerald)

- Coenagrion interrogatum (Subarctic Bluet), Enallagma laterale (New England Bluet), Nehalennia gracilis (Sphagnum Sprite), among many others.

Here's a list of meeting participants so far.

Options for pre- and post-meeting trips include northward for boreal species, such as S. brevicincta (Quebec Emerald) and Leucorrhinia patricia (Canada Whiteface) and south for coastal plain species such as Enallagma laterale (New England Bluet) and Erythrodiplax berenice (Seaside Dragonlet). Details will follow on these outings.

Orono is 11 miles from Bangor International Airport in Bangor, Maine, and 130 miles from the Portland International Jetport in Portland, Maine.

Additional details will be forthcoming.