The Dragonflies
(Insecta: Odonata)
of the Columbia Basin, British Columbia:
Field Surveys, Collections Development and Public Education
Table
of Contents
Lestes disjunctus
Common Spreadwing
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Provincial Status
CDC rank: S5
Widespread and common. Columbia-Kootenay
Distribution
Found in all parts of the region.
Global Distribution
Alaska east to the Northwest Territories, Labrador and Newfoundland;
south to Florida, Texas and California (Westfall and May 1996).
Faunal element: Widespread (see Appendix
2).
Biological Information
Found in all types of dragonfly habitat; probably the most common
Lestes species in the Kootenays. There are more records of
L. disjunctus from the region than records of the other four
species combined. The bulk of the adult population emerges after
the first L. dryas and before most L. congener individuals.
In the Kootenays, adults have been recorded from 25 June to 2 September.
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