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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Damselflies (Zygoptera) » Spreadwings (Lestidae) » Lestes
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What is it? - Lestes - male
Copyright © 2010 Dasha Gudalewicz

What is it? - Lestes - Male
Seattle, Arboretum, Washington, USA
August 13, 2010
Some lestidae?
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Contributed by Dasha Gudalewicz on 31 August, 2010 - 6:43pm
Last updated 9 October, 2010 - 5:16pm

Moved
Moved from Slender Spreadwing. For now. Same with the other.
… Jason Forbes, 21 September, 2010 - 8:36pm login or register to post comments

Not Slender
Slender doesn't have the pruinose end of the abdomen, not to mention it's an eastern species.
Can't make out enough to say which this is.
… Jason Forbes, 15 September, 2010 - 1:53pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you Jason! Hm.. What
Thank you Jason!

Hm.. What am I to do now? Where should I move this image?

Could you please have a look at my other picture taken a week later? http://bugguide.net/node/view/449655
… Dasha Gudalewicz, 16 September, 2010 - 7:27pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Spreadwings.
… Dasha Gudalewicz, 2 September, 2010 - 6:57pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Dasha Gudalewicz, 2 September, 2010 - 6:17pm login or register to post comments

damselfly
looks like a Slender Spreadwing.
… Corey Husic, 31 August, 2010 - 7:41pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you! I thought his abdo
Thank you! I thought his abdomen wasn't long enough for a Slender..
… Dasha Gudalewicz, 1 September, 2010 - 9:46pm login or register to post comments

 
lestes
Well... as with anything, they can be variable. I based the ID on the very rectangular shape of the terminal appendages. This is a MALE.
… Corey Husic, 2 September, 2010 - 6:25pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you once more! I'm movi
Thank you once more! I'm moving it to the appropriate place.
… Dasha Gudalewicz, 2 September, 2010 - 6:54pm login or register to post comments

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