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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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Great Spreadwing - Archilestes grandis
Copyright © 2005 Jason Penney

Great Spreadwing - Archilestes grandis
Uvalde, Uvalde County, Texas, USA
November 12, 2005
I'm guessing Great Spreadwing. Anyone?
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Contributed by Jason Penney on 13 November, 2005 - 6:36pm
Last updated 17 November, 2005 - 9:37pm

Definitely the Great Spreadwing male
_Archilestes grandis_, and a charming insect it is, too.

Elizabeth
… E Moon, 27 June, 2006 - 8:50pm login or register to post comments

Is that stripe yellow or white?
On my monitor, it looks white, but if it was a vivid yellow in reality, then that and a large size are diagnostic.

Here's a close-up of the thorax that shows the green and yellow clearly on my monitor. (I realize my failure to see it on your image could be a monitor difference.)



At the little pond where I'm taking pictures the most, the Great Spreadwing is much, much larger than the other spreadwings--though the males of both species have brilliant blue eyes.
… E Moon, 14 November, 2005 - 9:30pm login or register to post comments

 
It's yellow..
On my monitor it looks yellow albeit not as yellow as it was in person. It was also much larger than any damsel that I've photo'ed before.
… Jason Penney, 15 November, 2005 - 6:43am login or register to post comments

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