Odolympics Dragonfly Count

Thank you to all of our 2021 ABNC iNaturalist Odolympics participants! Together we recorded 52 observations and 13 species. Congratulations to Sara Bateman, who logged the most iNaturalist entries!

Below are a few of the beautiful dragonflies submitted during the competition. Photo Credits: Sara Bateman and Susan Millsap

This event has passed check back here in June 2022 for details of our next Odolympics

June 19-27, 2021

The "Odolympics” is a Western Hemisphere survey of dragonflies and damselflies.

Odonata is the order of insects containing dragonflies and damselflies.

ABNC provides a rich habitat for these beautiful creatures. Help us log as many as possible during this time!

Simply photograph the dragonflies and damselflies that you see, then go to the iNaturalist app or website, input your photo and the location, and iNaturalist will tell you what you saw.

https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/odolympics-june-2021-armand-bayou-nature-center

Look for the project “Odolympics June 2021: Armand Bayou Nature Center” to add it to our project. There will be prizes for most number of observations and most number of species.