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

Family Lestidae - Spreadwings

Classification · Other Common Names · Size · Identification · Habitat · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Amber-winged Spreadwings mating - Lestes eurinus Slender spreadwing (?) - Lestes rectangularis Amber-winged - Lestes eurinus - female Unknow spreadwing damselfly - Lestes Northern spreadwing lestes disjunctus - Lestes disjunctus - female Damselfly - Lestes rectangularis Spotted Spreadwing - Lestes - male Damselfly naiad - Lestes
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Odonata (Dragonflies and Damselflies)
Suborder Zygoptera (Damselflies)
Family Lestidae (Spreadwings)
Other Common Names
Stalked-winged Damselflies
Spread-winged Damselflies
USE: The Odonata of North America for Common Names
USE: The Odonata of North America for Scientific Names
Size
body length 31.75-50.8 mm (1.25-2 inches) (1)
Identification
Wings stalked at base. Clear wings, typically held diverged above the body at rest. (1)
Habitat
Ponds and swamps. (1)
Remarks
Odonata of North America uses the common name "Spreadwings" for this family, so it has been changed.
Print References
Borror & White, pp. 74-75 (1)
Lam, pp. 23-35
Internet References
Insects of Cedar Creek
Giff Beaton's Spreadwing Page
Works Cited
1.A Field Guide to Insects
By Richard E. White, Donald J. Borror, Roger Tory Peterson
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by Mike Boone, cotinis, Giff Beaton, Robin McLeod, Tony-2
Last updated 9 November, 2008 - 7:46am

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