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05-AUG-2006 Stacy Jon Peterson

Lyre-tipped Spreadwing

Gwen Lake, Fort Richardson Army Post, Anchorage, Alaska

Lestes unguiculatus

Thanks to "guest" and Tom Murray for setting me straight on the ID of this Odonate.


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Dennis Paulson 01-Feb-2010 01:52
Stacy, much as I hate to disagree with another odonate aficionado like Tom, this is a Northern Spreadwing, Lestes disjunctus. Lyre-tipped don't occur anywhere near Alaska, and finding one around Anchorage would be quite a feat. There is actually a bit more pruinosity on abdominal segment 8 than Tom thought, and there is more pruinosity on segment 2 than is normal in Lyre-tipped. The two are very similar, but I see no reason this wouldn't be the common Northern Spreadwing.
Debbie Blackburn Beierle02-May-2007 04:39
Very nice detail/compo/DOF v
Tom Murray30-Apr-2007 12:06
Nice shot of a male Lyre-tipped Spreadwing. The white edges on the black stigmas on the wings, and the third from the last body segment has a dark upper part, and pruinose sides. Check out the ones on bugguide, a site I use to get a lot of my id's.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/39074/bgimage
Guest 19-Apr-2007 17:12
This is a spreadwing.
Guest 29-Nov-2006 05:43
Excellent composition!
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