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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Damselflies (Zygoptera) » Spreadwings (Lestidae) » Lestes » Plateau Spreadwing (Lestes alacer)
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Unknown Spreadwing - Lestes alacer
Copyright © 2008 Gacko

Unknown Spreadwing - Lestes alacer
Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, USA
October 16, 2008
Suburban back yard.

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Contributed by Gacko on 4 December, 2008 - 12:25am
Last updated 3 January, 2010 - 10:34pm

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Moved from ID Request. I've seen enough of Valerie's work to be satisfied that she knows what she's talking about. She has a page illustrating and describing this species here.
Incidentally, she is also a BugGuide contributor.
… Charley Eiseman, 3 January, 2010 - 10:34pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
That's good to know!
… Gacko, 3 January, 2010 - 11:12pm login or register to post comments

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I submitted this to the author of this website: http://www.austinbug.com/lepidoptera.html (her name is Valerie, but I don't know anything more about her!) and she identified it as a Plateau Damsel. I believe it is the same as my other image, #283596. Any thoughts?
… Gacko, 3 January, 2010 - 10:09pm login or register to post comments

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