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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Damselflies (Zygoptera) » Spreadwings (Lestidae) » Lestes
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Hesitating between Lestes congener and Lestes disjunctus - Lestes - male
Copyright © 2012 pilonm

Hesitating between Lestes congener and Lestes disjunctus - Lestes - Male
Sherbrooke, Quebec, Quebec, Canada
August 14, 2010
Any idea about the species? I'm suspecting a male Spotted spreadwing (Lestes congener) or Lestes disjunctus...
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Contributed by pilonm on 7 April, 2012 - 8:33am
Last updated 30 December, 2012 - 4:00pm

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… William Edwards, 30 December, 2012 - 4:00pm login or register to post comments

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… john and jane balaban, 30 April, 2012 - 2:48pm login or register to post comments

I vote for Spotted Spreadwing (Lestes congener)
Based on the narrow brown shoulder stripes. In Northern Spreadwing (Lestes disjunctus), the shoulder stripes are broader and pale green.


...............Spotted................................................Northern...................
… Kelly Fiegle, 8 April, 2012 - 5:23am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you Kelly for your help
Thank you Kelly for your help about this id.

Several specialists indicated me Lestes congener also.
… pilonm, 27 April, 2012 - 9:21am login or register to post comments

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