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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Damselflies (Zygoptera) » Spreadwings (Lestidae) » Archilestes » Great Spreadwing (Archilestes grandis)
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spread winged damselfly - Archilestes grandis
Copyright © 2006 Bill DuPree

spread winged damselfly - Archilestes grandis
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, USA
June 27, 2006

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Contributed by Bill DuPree on 28 June, 2006 - 10:02am
Last updated 3 July, 2006 - 1:33pm

Great tail shot! Very crisp.
Great tail shot! Very crisp.
… Kaylee Skylyn, 28 June, 2006 - 1:38pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks...
a lot. :-)
… Bill DuPree, 28 June, 2006 - 2:15pm login or register to post comments

Great Spreadwing, male
Archilestes grandis. The yellow "racing stripe" on the side of the thorax is this fellow's field mark.

See for a similar shot, and links to more.

Elizabeth
… E Moon, 28 June, 2006 - 10:12am login or register to post comments

 
Great Spreadwing, male
Thanks a lot for the ID.
… Bill DuPree, 28 June, 2006 - 10:32am login or register to post comments

 
Moving the image...
...to the guide page. You can move your own images to the correct page once they're identified, if you want.

Elizabeth
… E Moon, 28 June, 2006 - 1:43pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Usually I do move them. I just forgot.
… Bill DuPree, 28 June, 2006 - 2:14pm login or register to post comments

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