The Aquatic Invertebrates of Texas

Odonata

(Damselflies & Dragonflies)

LESTIDAE

Lestes disjunctus Selys

Northern Spreadwing


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Distribution Citations

1951 Harwell

1982 Williams

[1990 Dunkle]
[1996 Westfall & May]
1998 Moorhead Hall Willig

2005 Abbott
2006b USGSNPWRC

[ ] indicate state record, no specific county or locality indicated

notes:

-nymphs in still or slow moving water, including marshes, ponds, lakes, bays, swamps and slow streams, temporary or permanent (Dunkle 1990); nymphs can tolerate considerable salinity  (Dunkle 1990); in still or slow moving waters, permanent or ephemeral ponds marshes and lakes with moderate vegetation (Abbott 2005)

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                          2010

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