- Spreadwing Damselflies
- Lestidae Family
- Great Spreadwing
- Archilestes grandis
Southern Spreadwing
- Lestes australis
- Lestes australis
- Spotted Spreadwing
- Lestes congener
- Emerald Spreadwing
- Lestes dryas
- Sweetflag Spreadwing
- Lestes forcipatus
- Slender Spreadwing
- Lestes rectangularis
- Lyre-tipped Spreadwing
- Lestes unguiculatus
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The Spotted Spreadwing is a late-flying damselfly with (usually) 3 pairs of prominent dark spots on the underside of its whitish thorax. The eyes are blue, the face is pale and the thorax is dark on top. The female is colored much like the male.
Spotted Spreadwing male
Blue indicates record in Beckemeyer database.
Green indicates record in Sibley database.
Yellow indicates sight or photographic record.
Size: 31-42mm (1.2-1.7 in)
Habitat: ponds and lakes, often in stagnant or saline water
Great Plains Range: NE, SD, ND, NM, CO, WY, MT, MO, IA
Flight season: June to October