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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Damselflies (Zygoptera) » Spreadwings (Lestidae) » Lestes » Lyre-tipped Spreadwing (Lestes unguiculatus)
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California Spreadwing? - Lestes unguiculatus
Copyright © 2011 Lynette Elliott

California Spreadwing? - Lestes unguiculatus
frog pond, Puyallup, Pierce County, Washington, USA
July 29, 2011
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Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 11 December, 2011 - 12:29pm
Last updated 13 December, 2011 - 8:28pm

Moved
Moved from Spreadwings.

No question about it.

Paulson shows it through most of Washington, Jun-Sep.
… Jason Forbes, 13 December, 2011 - 8:28pm login or register to post comments

 
Lestes unguiculatus - Lyre-tipped Spreadwing
Thanks Jason.
… Lynette Elliott, 13 December, 2011 - 8:39pm login or register to post comments

We can wait for an Odonate specialist,
but we would say those paraprocts lock in Lyre-tipped
… john and jane balaban, 11 December, 2011 - 8:35pm login or register to post comments

If we had seen this here in Chicago
we would say Lestes unguiculatus. Don't know if you have other ones that look similar out there. Nice view of the Lyre-shaped paraprocts.
… john and jane balaban, 11 December, 2011 - 7:30pm login or register to post comments

 
Dragonflies of Washington
only shows L. congener, L. disjunctus & L. dryas. BUT in the written section it also mentions L. forcipatus & L. unguiculatus. I'm willing to go for that species if you are.
… Lynette Elliott, 11 December, 2011 - 7:46pm login or register to post comments

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