Chalky Spreadwing

Order: Odonata
- Suborder: Zygoptera (Damselfly)
- - Family: Spreadwings (Lestidae)
- - - Genus: Lestes
- - - - Species: sigma

Discovered in SE Arizona in September 2013 by Doug Danforth and Richard Bailowitz

Identification Tips

Chalky Spreadwing, Male, State Tank, Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge, Pima, AZ, 15 September 2018
Chalky Spreadwing, Male, State Tank, Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge, Pima, AZ, 15 September 2018

Species to compare (enter common name)

  • Chalky Spreadwing
    Chalky Spreadwing, Male, Sonora, Mexico, 11 August 2022
  • Chalky Spreadwing
    Chalky Spreadwing, Male, southern Sonora, Mexico, 9 August 2019
  • Chalky Spreadwing
    Chalky Spreadwing, Male, State Tank, Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge, Pima, AZ, 15 September 2018
  • Chalky Spreadwing
    Chalky Spreadwing, Male, southern Sonora, Mexico, 9 August 2019
  • Chalky Spreadwing
    Chalky Spreadwing, Male, State Tank, Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge, Pima, AZ, 15 September 2018
  • Chalky Spreadwing
    Chalky Spreadwing, Male appendages (dorsal view), State Tank, Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge, Pima, AZ, 15 September 2018
  • Chalky Spreadwing
    Chalky Spreadwing, Female, State Tank, Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge, Pima, AZ, 11 September 2016
  • Chalky Spreadwing
    Chalky Spreadwing, Pair in tandem, southern Sonora, Mexico, 11 August 2009