Flight season: early June to late July.
Population: uncommon, encountered less often than other Lestes species.
Length: about 50 mm, a large robust spreadwing.
The amber wash on the wings, dark band on the side of the thorax and (in males) the very short paraprocts serve to distinguish this species from other spreadwings.
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Tweed, Ontario, about ½ km west of town, a marsh bordering the trans-Canada Trail:
typical local marsh with Cattails, sedges and other emergent vegetation, various small willows, alders, dogwoods and some Tamarack.
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Male Amber-winged Spreadwing (Lestes eurinus) –
the dark band on the side of the thorax becomes obscured by pruinosity in older individuals
(June 11, 2012).
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Study of a male Amber-winged Spreadwing (Lestes eurinus) –
the amber wash on the wings may be faint in females or older individuals.
(June 10, 2012).
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Female Amber-winged Spreadwing (Lestes eurinus)
June 11, 2012
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Tweed, Ontario, near a sand-bottomed woodland stream east of town along trans-Canada Trail:
small sand bottomed creek as well as some standing or slowly moving water in shady forested areas.
Sunlit open spaces are created by the trail. The lagoon is located not far to the north.
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Images of a male Amber-winged Spreadwing (Lestes eurinus) and its claspers
(July 05, 2014).
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Female Amber-winged Spreadwing (Lestes eurinus)
June 22, 2012
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East of Tweed, Ontario, near the intersection of Lajoie Rd. and the trans-Canada Trail:
a shady wooded area, with clearings both natural and created by the trail supporting grasses and wildflowers, the lagoon lies nearby to the northwest.
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Female Amber-winged Spreadwing (Lestes eurinus)
July 11, 2012
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