Great Spreadwing | Arizona Dragonflies

Order: Odonata
- Suborder: Zygoptera (Damselfly)
- - Family: Spreadwings (Lestidae)
- - - Genus: Archilestes
- - - - Species: grandis

Identification Tips

Great Spreadwing, Male, Jewel of the Creek Preserve, Maricopa, AZ, 9 November 2014

Species to compare (enter common name)

Great Spreadwing, Male (parasitized with water mites), Gentry Creek, Gila, AZ, 14 September 2013
Great Spreadwing, Male, Sonoita Creek State Natural Area, Santa Cruz, AZ. 18 November 2017
Great Spreadwing, Male, Oak Flat Campground, Maricopa, AZ, 24 September 2008
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, Female, Jewel of the Creek Preserve, Cave Creek, Maricopa, AZ, 20 November 2010
Great Spreadwing, Female, Oak Flat Mine Pond, Pinal, AZ, 15 October 2017
Great Spreadwing, Female, West Fork of Oak Creek, Coconino, AZ, 5 October 2008
Great Spreadwing, Female, Oak Flat Mine Pond, Pinal, AZ, 1 November 2014
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.
Great Spreadwing, Male appendages (dorsal view), Patagonia Lake State Park, Santa Cruz, AZ, 25 September 2010
Great Spreadwing, Male eating Arroyo Bluet, Enallagma praevarum, Queen Creek, Pinal, AZ, 4 August 2013. Note male bluet still in tandem with female!