Swamp Spreadwing

Lestes vigilax

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Family: Lestidae

Lestes vigilax, the swamp spreadwing, is a damselfly of the genus Lestes. It grows between 42 and 55 mm long. It ranges from eastern North America west to Minnesota, Oklahoma, and Texas, south to Georgia and South Carolina, and north through southern Ontario.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 1,403Canada · 191

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Anna Hess, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionLestes vigilax, Wikipedia contributors

Swamp Spreadwing

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