Damselflies (Spotted Spreadwing )

Spotted Spreadwing

Lestes congener

Native
Status: Common

Size: small/medium

Length - 34 - 40 mm

Eye color - blue

Face color - pale

Thorax color - greenish gray with tan sides, 4 dark spots on underside

Abdomen color - greenish gray with tan sides

Stigma color - dark brown

Appendages - lower short 1/2 size of upper appendages

Habitat - heavily vegetated ponds, streams

Behavior - oviposits in tandem in vegetation 1-3 inches over water

Flight period - May - December 

Range - British Columbia east to Nova Scotia, and south to New Jersey, New Mexico, and California

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