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Greater Spreadwing Damselfly - Archilestes grandis - male
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Greater Spreadwing Damselfly - Archilestes grandis - Male
Canon City, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
October 4, 2013
This was one of more than 30 damselflies, all I saw clearly appeared to be same species, in a pretty small area (20x50 feet) of tall forbs and grasses about 25 feet from a large pond. It has a long and continuous thorax stripe but it doesn't look yellow as noted on SouthwestDragonflies.net and other sources. I think this is a male with a pincer-like abdominal appendage.

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Contributed by SRM-Colo on 6 October, 2013 - 1:13am
Last updated 15 October, 2013 - 11:44pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Eric R. Eaton, 9 October, 2013 - 1:25pm

I believe "yellow" is loosely defined on these.
(Many look more like what I'd call "ivory".)

I also believe you've called it right.
… Ron Hemberger, 6 October, 2013 - 6:36pm

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