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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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Blue Damselfly - Lestes
Copyright © 2011 synic

Blue Damselfly - Lestes
Taylorsville, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
September 9, 2011

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Contributed by synic on 9 September, 2011 - 6:08pm
Last updated 10 September, 2011 - 4:58pm

Lestes congener
Looks like Lestes congener to me: slaty gray thorax with very thin humeral stripes, pruinescence at the end of the abdomen limited largely to S9 and S10, and paraprocts look short.
… Jim Johnson, 14 November, 2011 - 9:06pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Lestes.
… Denis A. Doucet, 10 September, 2011 - 4:58pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Denis A. Doucet, 10 September, 2011 - 4:57pm login or register to post comments

I "think" this is Lestes unguiculatus...
A Lyre-tipped Spreadwing, but could you include a close-up of the tail end of the beastie to confirm a bit better? I am trying to see this feature, i.e. the shape of the claspers:
… Denis A. Doucet, 9 September, 2011 - 6:18pm login or register to post comments

 
Ah, it's gone now. If I see
Ah, it's gone now. If I see another one I'll try and get a picture
… synic, 9 September, 2011 - 6:20pm login or register to post comments

 
Can you crop your original image closer...
Or re-load it at a higher resolution?
… Denis A. Doucet, 9 September, 2011 - 6:25pm login or register to post comments

 
Uploaded
Ok, I uploaded the full resolution photo. Looks to me like you're right :)
… synic, 10 September, 2011 - 3:17pm login or register to post comments

 
Helpful!
But I can't be sure, as I can't see that shape at this angle. For now I am moving it to the genus and hopefully someone with more knowledge than I on the species from Utah will help narrow it down further.
… Denis A. Doucet, 10 September, 2011 - 4:56pm login or register to post comments

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