The FSCA houses one of the largest Odonata collections of curated adults and nymphs in the world, totaling about 1,100,000 specimens (including 130,000 specimens in vials). The collection includes representation of 1,818 species of damselfly and 1,858 species of dragonfly, making it one of the most taxonomically comprehensive collections in the world.
The collection includes specimens from throughout the world with large holdings from North, Central and South America, as well as “Old World” locations. Major components of the Odonata collection have come from George and Juanda Bick, Carl Cook, R. Duncan Cuyler, Jerrell Daigle, Thomas Donnelly, Sid Dunkle, Rosser Garrison, James Goodwin, Paul Harwood, William F. Mauffray, John Michalski, B. Elwood Montgomery, James Needham, Dennis Paulson, Clark Shiffer, Fred Sibley, S. C. Smith, Kenneth Tennessen, Minter J. Westfall, Jr. and others. Representative specimens are also from Clarence Kennedy, F. Campos, Philip Calvert, J. E. B. Williamson and others. The International Odonata Research institute [IORI] collection was merged into the FSCA in 2004. The Odonata collection has been curated by Bill Mauffray, Resident Research Associate, since 1996.