Lestes rectangularis Say, 1839 - Slender Spreadwing

Odonata: Zygoptera: Lestidae

A Web Page by Roy J. Beckemeyer

Last Updated 16 January 2004

Right: Photo of teneral Lestes rectangularis male.

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IMAGES:  Photos of Lestes rectangularis by Ann Johnson at Iowa Odes web site /

MAPS:  Distribution by county in KS, OK, MO, NE

Recorded Distribution in KS, OK, MO, NE:

KANSAS: Douglas, Greenwood, Harvey, Labette, Lyon, Montgomery, Morton, Rawlins, Saline, Sedgwick, Stafford, Woodson

MISSOURI: Adair, Chariton, Clark, Clinton, Henry, Holt, Howard, Johnson, Mercer, Pulaski, Reynolds, Ripley, Saline, Schuyler, Scotland, Shelby

NEBRASKA: Brown, Cherry, Dixon, Douglas, Holt, Lincoln, Logan, Otoe, Platte

OKLAHOMA: Cleveland, LeFlore, Major, Oklahoma, Woods, Woodward

NOTES:

SELECTED REFERENCES:

• Gower, J.L., & E.J. Kormondy, 1963, Life history of the damselfly Lestes rectangularis with special reference to seasonal regulation, Ecology, 44(2):398-402
• Westfall, M.J., Jr., & M.L. May, 1996, Damselflies of North America, Scientific Publishers, 1996

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