Flight season: mid-July to late October.
Population: common.
This spreadwing has also been encountered at the Vanderwater Conservation Area,
and marshes about about ½ km west of Tweed and south of Bridgewater Road (about 1 km east of Actinolite).
It tends to fly and perch among shrubs and may sometimes be found foraging a fair distance from water.
Length: about 35 mm. The two spots on the lower sides of the thorax are distinctive.
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Tweed, Ontario, the Moira River near the walking bridge and dam:
rock-bottomed river with fast flowing water, rapids and emergent rocks, but also quiet pools and backwaters.
The shoreline vegetation is mostly trees with a few small clearings supporting tall grasses and wildflowers.
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Views of a male Spotted Spreadwing (Lestes congener) and its claspers
(August 10, 2009).
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Tweed, Ontario, the Tweed Heritage Center Gardens:
gardens supporting lawns, cultivated flowers and shrubs.
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Female Spotted Spreadwing (Lestes congener)
August 07, 2009
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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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Female Spotted Spreadwing (Lestes congener) –
ventral aspect of the thorax
(July 11, 2014).
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A late flying older female Spotted Spreadwing (Lestes congener) with dull, obscured colors
(October 27, 2014).
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Spotted Spreadwing (Lestes congener), wheel
September 15, 2014
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