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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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A colorful dragon - ID, please. - Archilestes grandis - male
Copyright © 2010 William Donald Newton

A colorful dragon - ID, please. - Archilestes grandis - Male
Chamblee, DeKalb County, Georgia, USA
August 25, 2010
Size: 2.5 inches
This was the only image I could capture of this active patroller. I like its colors, pastel, perhaps.
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Contributed by William Donald Newton on 25 August, 2010 - 8:53pm
Last updated 3 September, 2010 - 11:28pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Tripp Davenport, 3 September, 2010 - 11:28pm login or register to post comments

A damselfly this big can only be one thing
Archilestes grandis
… john and jane balaban, 26 August, 2010 - 8:44am login or register to post comments

 
Damselfly!!! I feel sooo ashamed!
I need to get my nap out.

Now that I'm sufficiently chastised, thank you for the identification.

This year, odonates have flitted around the yard in greater numbers and variety. Other, more-expected insects are just not here.
… William Donald Newton, 26 August, 2010 - 9:05am login or register to post comments

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