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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Damselflies (Zygoptera) » Spreadwings (Lestidae) » Lestes » Sweetflag Spreadwing (Lestes forcipatus)
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Lestes forcipatus 01a - Lestes forcipatus - male
Copyright © 2007 Karl Volkman

Lestes forcipatus 01a - Lestes forcipatus - Male
Empire Lake, 10 miles north of Republic, Ferry County, Washington, USA
August 8, 2007
Photographed at Empire Lake, ~10 miles Northeast of Republic, ~20 Miles south of the Canadian Border, ~150 miles east of the Cascade mountains, ~3500 ft in elevation.

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Lestes forcipatus 01a - Lestes forcipatus - male Lestes forcipatus 01c - Lestes forcipatus - male
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Contributed by Karl Volkman on 1 December, 2007 - 1:35am
Last updated 28 January, 2010 - 4:29pm

L. disjunctus is the most likely.
Short of examining a specimen, I would assume this is Lestes disjunctus. The extent of pruinescence on the abdomen is more consistent with that species and it is the more common and widespread of the two in the region.
… Jim Johnson, 21 November, 2015 - 11:26pm login or register to post comments

Lestidae
Looks like a male Lestes. Not sure there's enough detail to get to species, but take a look at the key here.
… Jason Forbes, 1 December, 2007 - 6:48am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the Link
Thanks for the Great link! looking through the key this may be a Lestes unguiculatus
… Karl Volkman, 1 December, 2007 - 3:37pm login or register to post comments

 
Interesting, we would have selected
L. forcipatus. The paraprocts are not lyre-tipped as far as we can see here. But then we noticed the key that was linked doesn't have L forcipatus as a possibility!! We went to Odonata Central and their map here does show a cluster of data for the species in Washington. So we don't know why it is not a choice in the key. We would suggest searching the web for images of L. forcipatus and see if you agree.
… john and jane balaban, 1 December, 2007 - 5:46pm login or register to post comments

 
Agreed!
After looking through a number of pictures on the web, including a range map for Washington hosted by the same site that has the key!, I would definitely agree with L. forcipatus. Thanks for the correction and link to OdonataCentral.
… Karl Volkman, 1 December, 2007 - 8:00pm login or register to post comments

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