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Elegant Spreadwing - Lestes inaequalis
Copyright © 2008 tom murray

Elegant Spreadwing - Lestes inaequalis
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
April 5, 2008
Size: 35mm

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Contributed by tom murray on 7 April, 2008 - 3:24am
Last updated 11 June, 2008 - 6:44pm

Moved
Moved from Lestes.
… tom murray, 11 June, 2008 - 6:43pm login or register to post comments

Lestes inaequalis
Finally made time to look at it - keys out very quickly. This is clearly the same species as the one you brought me.
… Donald S. Chandler, 11 June, 2008 - 5:50pm login or register to post comments

Thanks Don
That labium really does stick out.
… tom murray, 7 April, 2008 - 6:57pm login or register to post comments

 
If you
still have it, pop it in the pot for me and I will be able to identify. You must get a dorsal view of the abdomen to get far in the key.
… Donald S. Chandler, 7 April, 2008 - 6:58pm login or register to post comments

 
It's gone
I'll catch another one, and save it for you after I photograph it.
… tom murray, 7 April, 2008 - 7:05pm login or register to post comments

Lestes sp.
Yes. The long and very visible folded labium is a give-away.
… Donald S. Chandler, 7 April, 2008 - 6:44pm login or register to post comments

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