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Elegant spreadwing

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Kingdom
  
Class
  
Suborder
  
Zygoptera

Scientific name
  
Lestes inaequalis

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Species

Elegant spreadwing Elegant Spreadwing Lestes inaequalis

Similar
  
Lestes, Great spreadwing, Lestes vigilax, Lestes congener, Lestes rectangularis

Lestes inaequalis is a species of damselfly in the family Lestidae, the spreadwings. This species is known commonly as the elegant spreadwing. It is native to eastern North America, including eastern Canada and the United States.

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Elegant spreadwing Elegant Spreadwing Lestes inaequalis

Description

This species is 45 to 60 millimeters long. The male has a metallic green and yellow thorax and a blue-tipped green abdomen. The body is pruinose, especially in older specimens. The female has a thicker body with duller coloration. This species is similar to the swamp spreadwing (L. vigilax) but larger in size, and to the amber-winged spreadwing (L. eurinus) but without the amber wings.

Biology

Elegant spreadwing Spreadwing Damselflies

This species lives near freshwater bodies such as streams, lakes, ponds, and marshes. It may live under the canopy in wooded areas.

The elegant spreadwing is known to feed on smaller damselflies.

Elegant spreadwing Elegant Spreadwing Lestes inaequalis

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References

Elegant spreadwing Wikipedia


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