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Pond Spreadwings
Lestes
Lestes is a genus of damselfly in the family Lestidae. The family hold their wings at about 45 degrees to the body when resting. This distinguishes them from most other species of damselflies which hold the wings along, and parallel to, the body when at rest.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 83 known species
Slender Spreadwing
speciesLestes rectangularis
Common Spreadwing
speciesLestes sponsa
Spotted Spreadwing
speciesLestes congener
Emerald Spreadwing
speciesLestes dryas
Small Spreadwing
speciesLestes virens
Migrant Spreadwing
speciesLestes barbarus
Swamp Spreadwing
speciesLestes vigilax
Northern Spreadwing
speciesLestes disjunctus
Southern Spreadwing
speciesLestes australis
Elegant Spreadwing
speciesLestes inaequalis
Amber-winged Spreadwing
speciesLestes eurinus
Sweetflag Spreadwing
speciesLestes forcipatus
Plateau Spreadwing
speciesLestes alacer
Lyre-tipped Spreadwing
speciesLestes unguiculatus
Scalloped Spreadwing
speciesLestes decipiens
Rainpool Spreadwing
speciesLestes forficula
Smoky Spreadwing
speciesLestes virgatus
Dark Spreadwing
speciesLestes macrostigma
Asian Emerald Spreadwing
speciesLestes elatus
Common Spreadwing
speciesLestes plagiatus
Blue-striped Spreadwing
speciesLestes tenuatus
Dusky Spreadwing
speciesLestes concinnus
Lestes temporalis
speciesLestes temporalis
Chalky Spreadwing
speciesLestes sigma
Pallid Spreadwing
speciesLestes pallidus
Carolina Spreadwing
speciesLestes vidua
Black Spreadwing
speciesLestes stultus
African Spotted Spreadwing
speciesLestes tridens
Emerald-striped Spreadwing
speciesLestes viridulus
Lestes undulatus
speciesLestes undulatus
Forest spreadwing
speciesLestes dorothea
Ochre Spreadwing
speciesLestes ochraceus
Lestes spatula
speciesLestes spatula
Sickle Spreadwing
speciesLestes uncifer
Cryptic Spreadwing
speciesLestes dissimulans
Wedge-striped Spreadwing
speciesLestes scalaris
Pinhey's Spreadwing
speciesLestes pinheyi
Lestes japonicus
speciesLestes japonicus
Wandering Spreadwing
speciesLestes nodalis
Scalloped Spreadwing
speciesLestes praemorsus
Lestes apollinaris
speciesLestes apollinaris
Antillean Spreadwing
speciesLestes spumarius
Malabar Spreadwing
speciesLestes malabaricus
Lestes praevius
speciesLestes praevius
Lestes pictus
speciesLestes pictus
Yellow-winged Spreadwing
speciesLestes amicus
Lestes tricolor
speciesLestes tricolor
Tawny Spreadwing
speciesLestes ictericus
Lestes simulatrix
speciesLestes simulatrix
Black-banded Spreadwing
speciesLestes patricia
Lestes paulistus
speciesLestes paulistus
Lestes falcifer
speciesLestes falcifer
Lestes minutus
speciesLestes minutus
Lestes helix
speciesLestes helix
Lestes debellardi
speciesLestes debellardi
Lestes silvaticus
speciesLestes silvaticus
Lestes dichrostigma
speciesLestes dichrostigma
Lestes pruinescens
speciesLestes pruinescens
Lestes garoensis
speciesLestes garoensis
Lestes nigriceps
speciesLestes nigriceps
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 89475.