Publications
The following publications are authored or co-authored by David Chelmick.
Some of the publications are available directly from Macromia Scientific. If you would like a copy we will do our best to obtain one as a.pdf download. Simply email us your requirements and we will get back to you.
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Environment and Entomology
Survey of the Odonata of Sussex, Internal publication for the Sussex Wildlife Trust, 1978
Atlas of the dragonflies of Britain and Ireland, 2nd Edition, Institute of Terrestrial Ecology 1979 – David Chelmick editor.
“The conservation of dragonflies”. D.G. Chelmick, C.O. Hammond, N.W. Moore & A. Stubbs, Nature Conservancy Council 1980.
Observations on the Ecology and Distribution of Oxygastra curtisii (Dale). Journal of the British Dragonfly Society 1 : 11-14 1983.
Field Guide to the Dragonflies of Britain, Europe & North Africa. d’Aguilar, DGC Contributor of UK information, Dommanget & Prechac, Delachaux et Niestle SA, 1985.
The continuing northward expansion of Trithemis annulata. Kimminsia 3 (2), 1992.
Naturalists’ Handbooks 7, Dragonflies. P. L. Miller, Key to British adult insects and figures by DGC, Richmond Publishing Co.1995.
Macromia splendens in Portugal (Anisoptera: Corduliidae) Notul. Odonatol. Vol 4 No. 7, 1996.
The rediscovery of Ceriagrion tenellum in West Sussex. Journal of the British Dragonfly Society Vol. 13 No. 1, 1997.
An Identification Key to the larvae of the Dragonflies of Cameroon. The Cameroon Dragonfly Project July 1998 DGC author and publisher. Lodged with the British Museum (Natural History) London.
The Larvae of the genus: Anax in Africa. Odonatologica Vol 28 part 3,1999.
In memory of Elliot Charles Gordon Pinhey. G S Vick and D G Chelmick Odonatologica Vol 30 part 1, 2001.
The larvae of the genus: Aeshna in Africa south of the Sahara. Odonatologica Vol 30 part 1, 2001.
A preliminary report on the odonate fauna of Guapi Acu, a nature reserve in the Atlantic coast forest of Brazil with taxonomic notes and annotations. G S Vick and D G Chelmick Opus.zool. flumin. 200 : 1-11, 2001.
Dragonflies of the World. Jill Silsby. DGC contributor of text and photographs CSIRO Publishing, 2001.
A significant movement of Sympetrum fonscolombei recorded in Southern Spain. Journal of the British Dragonfly Society 19 : 1-2, 2003.
Field Guide to the Dragonflies of Florida, Macromia Scientific, 2006.
A Field Guide to the Damselflies of Florida, Macromia Scientific 2006.
Studying Dragonfly Larvae Macromia Scientific.
Descriptions of the last instar larvae of Neodythemis hildebrandi Karsch and N. Afra (Ris) with comments on the status of the genus and sub-family, SG Butler, DG Chelmick, and GS Vick, Odonatologica 35(3): 233-241, 2006.
Some observations of Macromia splendens in Andalucia. Notulae Odonatologicae 6 (7), 2006.
Further observations of Macromia splendens in Andalucia. Notulae Odonatologicae 6 (10), 2007.
Trithemis kirbyi in Southern Spain. DG Chelmick and BPPickess, Notulae Odonatologicae 7 (1), 2008.
The Scarce Emerald Damselfly Lestes dryas Kirby in East Sussex (UK) 1949-2007: an account of species extinction through changing agricultural practice. DG Chelmick and NW Moore, Journal of the British Dragonfly Society 25(1): 27-40, 2009.
Species Review 2: The Orange Spotted Emerald Oxygastra curtisii (Dale 1834). Journal of the British Dragonfly Society 25(2): 76-93, 2009.