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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Damselflies (Zygoptera) » Spreadwings (Lestidae) » Lestes » Slender Spreadwing (Lestes rectangularis)
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Seems like a spreadwing - Lestes rectangularis
Copyright © 2011 Stone Lark

Seems like a spreadwing - Lestes rectangularis
Crystal Lake, McHenry County, Illinois, USA
June 13, 2011
Size: 2 in body length
Notwithstanding the wing position, this looks like one of our spreadwing damselflies, but which? (Anxiously awaiting "Damselflies and Dragonflies of the East" due in November).

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Contributed by Stone Lark on 13 June, 2011 - 10:45pm
Last updated 16 June, 2011 - 3:54pm

Moved
Moved from Damselflies.
… john and jane balaban, 16 June, 2011 - 3:54pm login or register to post comments

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… v belov, 16 June, 2011 - 1:49pm login or register to post comments

Yes, Paulson's book should be a great addition.
Ed Lam's book is already available - check here and, of course, McHenry County's own pride and joy, Marla Garrison, has her work available as a .pdf from the Field Museum. We keep hoping she finds a publisher. See below


A photo field guide of the damselflies of Chicagoland was just completed by Marla Garrison. It seems like a great resource to share with you all: click here for 15MB download.


Laura Milkert
Stewardship Coordinator
ECCo: Environment, Culture, and Conservation
The Field Museum
1400 South Lake Shore Drive
Chicago IL 60605-2496 USA
… john and jane balaban, 14 June, 2011 - 10:44am login or register to post comments

 
Yikes, forgot all about Marla's PDF
Had it in stashed in my computer. I do web development, but oddly enough hate reading anything on a monitor, so even with the best intentions my PDFs are banished to a file folder! Thanks for your help. Marla ought to self publish - technical and niche publications are perfect for that. And I'm ordering Lam's book too!
… Stone Lark, 14 June, 2011 - 6:20pm login or register to post comments

Parhaps
Male Slender Spreadwing (Lestes rectangularis)

"Male has very long dark abdomen, about twice as long as wings, usually lacks pruinosity at tip."
… Kelly Fiegle, 14 June, 2011 - 1:48am login or register to post comments

 
I wasn't sure whether any other species
had the long abdomen. Looking at the North Woods Damselflies guide, the photos looked a little too green so I was thrown off. I think you're right, though, because the slender spreadwings show up here often.
… Stone Lark, 14 June, 2011 - 6:24pm login or register to post comments

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