- 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 Lyre-tipped Spreadwing is similar to the Common Spreadwing, but the tips of the male's lower appendages curve outward in the shape of a lyre. The back of the head is mostly pale.
Lyre-tipped Spreadwing male
Blue indicates record in Beckemeyer database.
Green indicates record in Sibley database.
Yellow indicates sight or photographic record.
Size: 31-44mm (1.2-1.7 in)
Habitat: ponds or sloughs with dense emergent vegetation
Great Plains Range: OK, KS, NE, SD, ND, CO, WY, MT, MO, IA, MN
Flight season: May to October