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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Damselflies (Zygoptera) » Spreadwings (Lestidae) » Lestes » Spotted Spreadwing (Lestes congener)

Species Lestes congener - Spotted Spreadwing

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Odonata (Dragonflies and Damselflies)
Suborder Zygoptera (Damselflies)
Family Lestidae (Spreadwings)
Genus Lestes
Species congener (Spotted Spreadwing)
Explanation of Names
Author of species is Hagen, 1861.
Size
body 30-40 mm
Identification
Two black spots on the latero-ventral surface of the thorax are diagnostic and give the species its common name; thorax black dorsally.
Range
most of North America except southeastern states (LA FL GA SC NC)
Habitat
margins of ponds, marshes, swamps and sometimes slow-moving water
Season
latest of the spreadwings; late summer through fall, sometimes into November
Print References
Lam, p. 30 (1)
Abbott, p. 36 , photos 2d, 2e (2)
Nikula, p. 48 (3)
Internet References
scanned adult images of male and female (U. of Puget Sound, Washington)
live adult images and other info (Stephen Cresswell, West Virginia)
live adult images and other info (Ed Lam, New York)
live adult images (Arizona Odonates)
live adult images and other info (njodes.com)
distribution map - North America (Green Mountain College, Vermont)
distribution list by state/province/territory (Bill Mauffray, Florida)
Odonata of North America, Updated September 2007
Works Cited
1.Damselflies of the Northeast
By Ed Lam
2.Dragonflies and Damselflies of Texas and the South-Central United States
By John C. Abbott
3.Stokes Beginner's Guide to Dragonflies
By Donald and Lillian Stokes
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 1 March, 2005 - 10:48am
Additional contributions by cotinis, Ted Kropiewnicki
Last updated 21 February, 2008 - 10:18pm

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