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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Damselflies (Zygoptera) » Spreadwings (Lestidae) » Archilestes » Great Spreadwing (Archilestes grandis)
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Gomphidae? - Archilestes grandis
Copyright © 2009 harvman11

Gomphidae? - Archilestes grandis
Duke University, Durham County, North Carolina, USA

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Contributed by harvman11 on 25 October, 2009 - 4:20pm
Last updated 2 April, 2010 - 10:44am

Moved
Moved from Spreadwings.

Do you have a date for this?
… Jason Forbes, 2 April, 2010 - 10:44am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Damselflies.
… john and jane balaban, 28 December, 2009 - 8:03pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 22 November, 2009 - 6:23am login or register to post comments

Clubtail vs. damsel
Both damselflies and clubtails have separated eyes. Damselflies have a strongly tilted thorax and the common families have "stalked" wings -- the base of the wing is narrow.
… John F. Carr, 25 October, 2009 - 7:12pm login or register to post comments

 
yes, I did consider this but
yes, I did consider this but at rest its wings were in the horizontal position. Damsel flies rest with their wings in a vertical position no?
… harvman11, 25 October, 2009 - 7:14pm login or register to post comments

 
Spreadwing
The ID called this a spreadwing, so its wings would be expected not to be together. Usually they are not this far apart, but I've seen even non-spreadwing damselflies spread their wings for a while.
… John F. Carr, 25 October, 2009 - 7:20pm login or register to post comments

Archilestes grandis
Looks like Archilestes grandis, Great Spreadwing based on the thorax pattern. Great find!!

See here:

http://bugguide.net/node/view/3767/bgimage
… Lois Stacey, 25 October, 2009 - 5:28pm login or register to post comments

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