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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Damselflies (Zygoptera) » Spreadwings (Lestidae) » Lestes » Slender Spreadwing (Lestes rectangularis)
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Spreadwing? - Lestes rectangularis
Copyright © 2007 Minray Yang

Spreadwing? - Lestes rectangularis
Long Grove, Lake County, Illinois, USA
June 6, 2007

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Contributed by Minray Yang on 6 June, 2007 - 9:18pm
Last updated 2 December, 2007 - 9:16pm

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Moved from Lestes.
… john and jane balaban, 2 December, 2007 - 9:16pm login or register to post comments

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… john and jane balaban, 21 June, 2007 - 5:15pm login or register to post comments

The long thin body
makes us think Lestes rectangularis. The light color makes us think "teneral", a recently eclosed adult whose exoskeleton has not yet hardened and who does not yet have the full adult coloration. Being teneral, it would not want to move around much and risk damage to its wings or body. It just wants to sit still and hide and harden!
… john and jane balaban, 7 June, 2007 - 4:19pm login or register to post comments

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