California Spreadwing
Lestes californica
Native
Status: Uncommon
Size: medium/large, sl
ender with short wings in proportion to the length
Length - 48- 58 mm
Eye color - male: blue; female: brown
Thorax color - brown with bluish stripes on top, 2 incomplete side stripes
Abdomen color - brown with the last two segments pruinose blue end
Stigma color - pale on clear wings
Appendages - upper semicircular, lower short
Habitat - slow streams with alders/willows
Behavior - tandem oviposits in vegetation that overhangs slow streams, perches on vegetation with wings spread
Flight period - June - December
Range - south-central Washington south to Baja California, Arizona, and New Mexico, and east to western Idaho
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