Jean-Pierre Boudot has specialised in the study of dragonflies since the 1980s and is currently a researcher at the French National Centre for Scientific Research. He has travelled extensively across Europe, North Africa and the Middle East to identify dragonflies, gradually establishing himself as one of the best specialists in this field, and he is the co-author of several works devoted to dragonflies.

Foreword
1. The Life Cycles of Dragonflies and Damselflies
2. Dragonflies and their Habitats
3. Dragonfly Surveying, Observation and Photography
4. Field Key to Adult Dragonflies
5. Field Guide to the Exuviae and Larvae (Final Instar) of Dragonflies
Pterography (Wing photography)
Comparative Plate of Dragonfly Morphology
Bibliography
Checklist of the Dragonflies and Damselflies of Britain and Western Europe
Authors
Acknowledgements
Index of Common Names
Index of Scientific Names