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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Damselflies (Zygoptera) » Spreadwings (Lestidae) » Archilestes » California Spreadwing (Archilestes californicus)
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dragon/damsel fly - Archilestes californicus
Copyright © 2012 silas1106

dragon/damsel fly - Archilestes californicus
Ashland, Jackson County, Oregon, USA
September 17, 2012
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Contributed by silas1106 on 20 September, 2012 - 12:22am
Last updated 21 November, 2015 - 10:45pm

Moved
Moved from Spreadwings.
… Jim Johnson, 21 November, 2015 - 10:45pm login or register to post comments

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… John F. Carr, 31 October, 2012 - 9:17am login or register to post comments

Archilestes sp.
It is either a Great Spreadwing or a California Spreadwing. The wide white stripe on the thorax separates it from the Lestes sp. Someone with more experience may be able to tell you which it is.
… Dan Jackson, 28 September, 2012 - 9:30pm login or register to post comments

 
side stripe(s)
According to http://southwestdragonflies.net/damsels/2_Zygoptera.html

California Spreadwing Archilestes californicus:
"2 incomplete white stripes thorax sides"

Great Spreadwing Archilestes grandis:
"one continuous pale yellow side stripe on thorax (white in immature)"

The picture isn't the clearest, and I'm not very familiar with dragonflies/damselfiles, but it looks to me like there are 2 incomplete white stripes on the thorax sides as opposed to one.

What do you think?
… silas1106, 29 September, 2012 - 1:07am login or register to post comments

 
thanks!
thanks!
… silas1106, 28 September, 2012 - 11:03pm login or register to post comments

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