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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Damselflies (Zygoptera) » Spreadwings (Lestidae) » Lestes » Emerald Spreadwing (Lestes dryas)
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Lestes dryas 01a - Lestes dryas - female
Copyright © 2007 Karl Volkman

Lestes dryas 01a - Lestes dryas - Female
Curlew Lake, ~10 miles northeast of Republic, Ferry County, Washington, USA
June 2, 2007
Photographed near Curlew Lake, ~10 miles north of Republic, ~30 miles south of the Canadian Border, ~150 miles east of the Cascade Mountains, at ~2100 ft in elevation

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Lestes dryas 01a - Lestes dryas - female Lestes dryas 01b - Lestes dryas - female
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Contributed by Karl Volkman on 12 September, 2007 - 3:19pm
Last updated 20 January, 2008 - 4:18pm

Moved
Moved from Lestes.
… Karl Volkman, 3 December, 2007 - 2:33pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Damselflies.
… john and jane balaban, 1 December, 2007 - 9:40pm login or register to post comments

 
New image
I have cropped and added a better photo of this angle and a side view of the same specimen.
Is this possibly a female L. dryas?
… Karl Volkman, 2 December, 2007 - 9:12pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes, with that long ovipositor
and that rich emerald color, dryas would be our choice.
… john and jane balaban, 3 December, 2007 - 10:14am login or register to post comments

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