Great Spreadwing
Order: Odonata
- Suborder: Zygoptera (Damselfly)
- - Family: Spreadwings (Lestidae)
- - - Genus: Archilestes
- - - - Species: grandis
Distribution Map by counties from Southwestdragonflies.net
Identification Tips
Great Spreadwing, Male, Jewel of the Creek Preserve, Maricopa, AZ, 9 November 2014
Species to compare (enter common name)
Great Spreadwing, Male, Scotia Canyon, Cochise, AZ, 28 September 2019
Great Spreadwing, Male, Agua Fria, Humboldt, Yavapai, AZ, 8 September 2018
Great Spreadwing, Male, Oak Flat Campground, Maricopa, AZ, 24 September 2008
Great Spreadwing, Male eating Arroyo Bluet, Enallagma praevarum, Queen Creek, Pinal, AZ, 4 August 2013. Note male bluet still in tandem with female!
Great Spreadwing, Immature male, Jewel of the Creek Preserve, Cave Creek, Maricopa, AZ, 19 May 2013
Great Spreadwing, Male parasitized with mites, Seven Springs, Maricopa, AZ, 10 July 2010
Great Spreadwing, Male appendages (dorsal view), Patagonia Lake State Park, Santa Cruz, AZ, 25 September 2010
Great Spreadwing, Female, Oak Flat Mine Pond, Pinal, AZ, 1 November 2014
Great Spreadwing, Female eating Blue-ringed Dancer, Argia sedula, Mineral Creek at Kelvin Bridge, Pinal, AZ, 25 November 2018
Great Spreadwing, Female, Jewel of the Creek Preserve, Cave Creek, Maricopa, AZ, 20 November 2010
Great Spreadwing, Female, West Fork of Oak Creek, Coconino, AZ, 5 October 2008
Great Spreadwing, Immature female, Oak Flat, Pinal, AZ, 18 June 2011
Great Spreadwing, Pair in tandem, Hot Springs Canyon (Muleshoe Ranch), Cochise, AZ, 14 October 2012
Great Spreadwing, Female ovipositing, Jewel of the Creek Preserve, Cave Creek, Maricopa, 20 November 2010. Insert shows detail of ovipositor.
Comparison: California vs Great Spreadwing
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California SpreadwingArchilestes californicus -
Great SpreadwingArchilestes grandis