Fauna - Vertebrates

Lestes virgatus - Smoky Spreadwing

Phylum: Arthropoda, Class: Insecta, Order: Odonata, Family: Lestidae - Spreadwings
Lestes virgatus
Smoky Spreadwing

More information on this species

Immature male

Photographer/Source: Christopher K Willis - © Christopher K Willis


Features
multicoloured stripes on thorax, buff side stripe, metallic green to brown abdomen, partial yellow rings

multicoloured stripes on thorax, buff side stripe, metallic green to brown abdomen, partial yellow rings

pterostigmas with pale centre (younger specimens)

pterostigmas with pale centre (younger specimens)

More photos on other websites:
Look for Lestes_virgatus on iNaturalist
UCT Animal Demography Unit Virtual Museum
 



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