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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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damselfly naiad - Lestes
Copyright © 2018 Joyce Gross

damselfly naiad - Lestes
Indians Road area, Los Padres National Forest, Monterey County, California, USA
June 2, 2018

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Contributed by Joyce Gross on 16 September, 2018 - 8:01pm
Last updated 16 January, 2020 - 9:46pm

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Naiads and Exuviae.
… Joyce Gross, 16 January, 2020 - 9:46pm login or register to post comments

Lestes sp.
Natalia von Ellenrieder ID: Lestes sp.
… Joyce Gross, 16 January, 2020 - 9:45pm login or register to post comments

 
Not Archilestes?
Chapter 14 of An Introduction to the Aquatic Insects of North America by Merritt, et. al. says that the caudal gills of Lestes “never” have “2 distinct and complete dark crossbands”. It also says that the gills of Archilestes do. Does that statement indicate that this specimen is Archilestes rather than Lestes?
… Peter Edelman, 8 December, 2020 - 9:08pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Damselflies.
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