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Northern Spreadwing Damselfly

Lestes disjunctus

Photo by LuisStevens
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Field Notes

Description:

Delicate damselfly. 35 mm long.

Habitat:

Oak forest, near a creek.

Reference Links:

Lestes | Arizona Dragonflies

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (7)
Geodialist
I quickly checked all of the Spreadwing damselflies featured at the reference you cited, Luis. Stunning photography! Your damselfly looks similar to the female Northern Spreadwing (Lestes disjunctus). What do you think? http://www.azdragonfly.net/species/northern-spreadwing
LuisStevens
Geodialist, I use this work to ID the Dragons and Damselflies because many of the Arizona are the same here. http://www.azdragonfly.net/home
LuisStevens
Thank you Geodialist for the ID suggestion. Damselflies and Dragonflies are sometimes difficult to ID because there are so many of them and sometimes male and female look very different from each other.
Geodialist
Hi Luis! This is definitely some type of Spreadwing damselfly. Maybe this info will help you to ID the species. Wish I could be more helpful!

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PublishedNovember 25, 2013

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