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Spreadwing

Lestes sp.

Photo by Dan Doucette
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43.0904, -79.0861

Field Notes

Description:

black with thin red bands

Habitat:

along old canal

Notes:

I spotted this along the trail beside the old canal leading to Glendale Ave. There were a lot of these damselflies around.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (4)
Dan Doucette
Really, one of three? Well, thats pretty good! Which 3 do you think it could be? I can list all 3 in my notes just to be clear its not 100%.
Aarongunnar
you're welcome. i searched for awhile, but couldn't come up with a good match, although you could probably narrow it down to one of about 3 species.
Aarongunnar
one of the spreadwings (Lestes), difficult to ID to species

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PublishedSeptember 11, 2011

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