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Southern Spreadwing - Lestes australis



Flight Season

Early Date: April 13    Late Date: August 26
Rare Abundance Scale Abundant
FLIGHT SEASON
JAN FEB MAR
                       
APR MAY JUN
                       
JUL AUG SEP
                       
OCT NOV DEC
                       

Description

Found primarily in the central part of the state. Formerly known as a subspecies of Common Spreadwing, all Iowa specimens have been of the southern species. Continued study is necessary to determine if both species exist here. Take special care in separating this guy from the Sweetflag Spreadwing. The safest characteristic to look for is the shorter ovipositor on the female.

Size

Although some species show a bit of variation in size, the following graphic will give you a general feeling for the normal size of this species.

State Status:  S3      Global Status:  G5


Geographic Distribution - 41 Counties

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Carroll Cedar Cherokee Chickasaw Clay
Davis Delaware Dickinson Dubuque Emmet
Floyd Greene Grundy Hancock Howard
Ida Johnson Kossuth Linn Lucas
Lyon Mahaska Marion Monroe Muscatine
Osceola Plymouth Polk Pottawattamie Ringgold
Sac Story Van Buren Wayne Woodbury
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