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  Spotted Spreadwing
            Lestes congener Hagen, 1861

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Range & Habitat:

Reported from scattered locations.  As with a number of other spreadwings, the spotty records may relate more to lack of study than the critter's range.

 Spotted Spreadwing male lateral

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Description:

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Conservation Status:

State: S2S3 - Rare to imperiled in New Jersey

Global: G5 - Secure globally, but possibly rare in parts of its range

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Flight season:

Early Date: 7/6
Late Date: 11/21

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Flight Season
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Number of Records
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Months

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Date, distribution, and status data courtesy of Allen Barlow, NJOS
© 2006 Jim Bangma, NJOS  Comments or suggestions?  Use the Feedback Form