Spotted spreadwing
The spotted spreadwing is a slim damselfly with a slate grey body and clear wings. Most damselflies fold their wings together when they rest, but this one holds them half open. It is named after two dark spots on the sides of its chest.
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Fun facts
When it rests, it holds its wings at a slant, about halfway open.
Males have blue eyes, but females always have brown eyes.
The last two parts of its long tail are pale grey.
Its babies are light brown and grow up to 25 millimetres long.
In the west it tends to grow a little bigger than in the east.
Most asked questions about Spotted spreadwing
?How do you know it is a spreadwing?
It rests with its wings held half open instead of folded together.
?Where does the spotted spreadwing live?
Across Canada and the United States, except the southeast, near ponds and marshes.
?How big is the spotted spreadwing?
It is about 3 to 4 centimetres long. Females are a bit smaller than males.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Lestes congener
- Group
- Dragonflies and damselflies
- Family
- Lestidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Odonata > Lestidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Lestes congener (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Hectonichus. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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