Northern Spreadwing - Lestes disjunctus - Teneral Male
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MALE

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on vegetation at Midway Reservoir

Blurry photo of spreadwing hovering
hovering






Photo Details - ©Nicky Davis
This one got away since I was a little stuck with a camera instead of a net in the boggy area around the reservoir.
Photo taken 30 July, 2008, Midway, Wasatch County, Utah
GPS N. 40º35' 25.47",  W.  111º 30' 10.40"
Elevation 8339 feet

Characteristics
  • Blue Eyes
  • Thorax may be pruinose pale blue
  • All segments dark green sheen except on male the first two and last two or three segments become pruinose
  • Lower appendages are long and straight (may hold them in a V) -
  • Females have two and males have four appendages
  • stigma is black
  • Legs black with bluish stripes
  • female doesn't become pruinose
  • found in streams and weedy ponds
  • Flies from April to November
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