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Category: Lestidae

Distributions/Lestes/Lestidae/Odonata

Highland Spreadwing (Lestes plagiatus)

Posted on 08/05/2020 by Dragonfly Atlas: Megan Loftie-Eaton, Ryan Tippett, Rene Navarro & Les Underhill

Cover photo by Peter Webb. Find the Highland Spreadwing in the FBIS database (Freshwater Biodiversity Information System) here. Family Lestidae Identification M...

Distributions/Lestes/Lestidae/Odonata

Pallid Spreadwing (Lestes pallidus)

Posted on 20/04/2020 by Dragonfly Atlas: Megan Loftie-Eaton, Ryan Tippett, Rene Navarro & Les Underhill

Cover photo by Alan Manson. Find the Pallid Spreadwing in the FBIS database (Freshwater Biodiversity Information System) here. Family Lestidae Identification Sm...

Distributions/Lestes/Lestidae/Odonata

Tawny Spreadwing (Lestes ictericus)

Posted on 20/04/2020 by Dragonfly Atlas: Megan Loftie-Eaton, Ryan Tippett, Rene Navarro & Les Underhill

Cover photo by Bertie Brink. Find the Tawny Spreadwing in the FBIS database (Freshwater Biodiversity Information System) here. Family Lestidae Identification Sm...

Distributions/Lestes/Lestidae/Odonata/OdonataMAP

Sickle Spreadwing (Lestes uncifer)

Posted on 20/04/2020 by Dragonfly Atlas: Megan Loftie-Eaton, Ryan Tippett, Rene Navarro & Les Underhill

Cover photo by John Wilkinson. Find the Sickle Spreadwing in the FBIS database (Freshwater Biodiversity Information System) here. Family Lestidae Identification...

Distributions/Lestes/Lestidae/Odonata/OdonataMAP

Spotted Spreadwing (Lestes tridens)

Posted on 28/02/2020 by Dragonfly Atlas: Megan Loftie-Eaton, Ryan Tippett, Rene Navarro & Les Underhill

Cover photo by Felicity Grundlingh. Find the Spotted Spreadwing in the FBIS database (Freshwater Biodiversity Information System) here. Family Lestidae Identifi...

Citizen Science/Distributions/Lestes/Lestidae/Odonata/OdonataMAP

Cryptic Spreadwing (Lestes dissimulans)

Posted on 27/02/2020 by Dragonfly Atlas: Megan Loftie-Eaton, Ryan Tippett, Rene Navarro & Les Underhill

Cover photo by Marita Beneke. Find the Cryptic Spreadwing in the FBIS database (Freshwater Biodiversity Information System) here. Family Lestidae Identification...

Biodiversity/Citizen Science/Distributions/Lestes/Lestidae/News/Odonata/OdonataMAP

Smoky Spreadwing (Lestes virgatus)

Posted on 13/02/2020 by Dragonfly Atlas: Megan Loftie-Eaton, Ryan Tippett, Rene Navarro & Les Underhill

Cover photo by Rob Dickinson. Find the Smoky Spreadwing in the FBIS (Freshwater Biodiversity Information System) here. Family Lestidae Identification Medium siz...

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