Seedless Plants
Fauna - Vertebrates
Fauna - Invertebrates
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
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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