Family LESTIDAE SPREADWINGS Some of these dragonflies were caught, photographed, and released, to better show identifying details of face etc. Many of them are rarely observed perching, and flight identification is challenging. Click on the thumbnails below:

....Amber-winged Spreadwing Lestes eurinus Catoctin Mtns MD.

..Rainpool Spreadwing Lestes forficula Santa Ana NWR TX

..Lestes inaequalis Elegant Spreadwing female

..Slender Spreadwing Lestes rectangularis Maryland and Maine

..Swamp Spreadwing Lestes vigilax Worcester Co MD

Photos and video grabs by Dave Czaplak Email me at: dma3@aol.com

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