Swamp Spreadwing
Lestes vigilax Hagen in Selys, 1862
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Swamp Spreadwing (Lestes vigilax) is a large, elongate spreadwing, preferring vegetated, wooded wetlands or ponds for habitat, frequently including ones with bushes growing in shallow water. Can also occur in bogs or slow streams. It often forages in shade, which is appropriate, considering its preferred habitat (Paulson, 2011). The species is widespread across Maryland, but apparently uncommon (Richard Orr's Dragonflies and Damselflies of Maryland and the District of Columbia).

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Lestes vigilax
L. vigilax at Fort Custer in Augusta, Michigan
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Lestidae
Genus: Lestes
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L. vigilax
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Lestes vigilax
Sélys (1862)

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. It is most commonly seen between May and October.

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  • Lam, Ed (2004). Damselflies of the Northeast. Biodiversity Books. ISBN 0-9754015-0-5.


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