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#libellente #macro #elkedageeninsect #photography

Tengere pantserjuffer (Lestes virens)
Small spreadwing damselfly
March 4, 2026 at 7:43 AM
wiki-potd.bsky.social
Lestes dryas is a species of damselfly in the family Lestidae, the spreadwings. Its common names include emerald spreadwing, scarce emerald damselfly, and robust spreadwing.
Lestes dryas is a species of damselfly in the family Lestidae, the spreadwings. Its common names include emerald spreadwing, scarce emerald damselfly, and robust spreadwing. Lestes dryas is a species of damselfly in the family Lestidae, the spreadwings. Its common names include emerald spreadwing, scarce emerald damselfly, and robust spreadwing.
June 9, 2025 at 3:41 PM
feathertrail.net
great spreadwing (Archilestes grandis) damselflies
September 25, 2025 at 11:09 PM
palantir135.bsky.social
#elkedageeninsect #macro #photography

Tengere pantserjuffer man (Lestes virens)
Small emerald spreadwing damselfly
June 11, 2026 at 7:24 AM
palantir135.bsky.social
#elkedageeninsect #macro #photography

Tengere pantserjuffer vrouwtje (Lestes virens)
Small emerald spreadwing damselfly female
June 13, 2026 at 7:10 AM
trisnorton.bsky.social
Western Willow Spreadwing Chalcolestes viridis and ovipositing signs. Rownhams, Hampshire. @britishdragonflies.bsky.social
July 3, 2026 at 8:25 PM
simmcewen.bsky.social
Damselfly shimmers in sunshine #FlyDay #BugSky #insects #damselflies #macro #photography #nature
Spreadwing damselfly clings to a dry vertical twig. Its wings sparkle and its legs glow in the sunlight.
March 20, 2026 at 3:20 PM
photosteve.bsky.social
Got some lovely dragonflies in Big Sky, MT. A couple paddle-tailed darners in flight and a northern spreadwing (they are super tiny🔬). #invertebrates
Paddle-tailed darner in flight Paddle-tailed darner in flight Northern spreadwing
September 3, 2024 at 6:38 PM
crawlieswithcri.bsky.social
Bringing a special POP! of Blue to #BlueMonday is the California Spreadwing Damselfly (Archilestes californicus)

I didn't even know spreadwing damsels existed until I moved into The Albatross!

#BlueBugs #becurious
macro photo of a taupe damselfly with a bit of white under their torso and at their tale tip. their eyes and front of their face are vibrant turquoise blue. they are perched on a think vertical stick and their wings are spread out to their sides.
January 21, 2025 at 1:21 AM
lindaking78.bsky.social
Found this Spreadwing Damselfly while deadheading flowers in my dahlia garden… #EasternWashington
#FlyDay #insects #bugs #Macro
#Gardening #InsectPhotography
#MacroPhotography #Nature
#NaturePhotography #Photography
#WestCoastPhotography #PNW
August 28, 2026 at 1:59 PM
cnanderson.bsky.social
Swamp Spreadwing (damselfly); Slaty Skimmer (dragonfly). The Tarn, Acadia National Park. July 11, 2025.
A swamp spreadwing damselfly. A Slaty Skimmer dragonfly.
July 12, 2025 at 12:14 AM
trisnorton.bsky.social
Western Willow Spreadwing Chalcolestes viridis pair ovipositing in willow stems, East Sussex, September 2024, and Common Spreadwing Lestes sponsa resting on Juncus on a woodland pool near Ballater, Aberdeenshire, August 2024. @britishdragonflies.bsky.social
December 29, 2025 at 8:21 PM
parkerbs.bsky.social
#InvertArtChallenge

Trying out pink eraser stamps again, so I carved out a Common Spreadwing Damselfly. Pretty happy with the results. Eraser stamps are fun.
A photo of a pink eraser stamp with a spreadwing damselfly carved on it. Plus the pen sketch used to plan the eraser stamp and two prints of the stamp. Also shown is the tool used to carve the stamp.
August 19, 2025 at 1:23 AM
icephoto.bsky.social
I struggled with the identification on this damsel. Had to reach out for an assist, but my gut feeling was right.

Spotted Spreadwing ♀ (Lestes congener)
Boulder County, Colorado
July 2024
Image 1829

#photography #MacroPhotography #Entomology #Damselfly
Perched female Spotted Spreadwing on Colorado's Front Range. Animal; Arthropod; Boulder County; Colorado; Eukaryote; Female; Insect; Lestes; Lestes congener; Lestidae; Odonata; Pond Spreadwings; Spotted Spreadwing; Spreadwings; USA; Zygoptera
January 11, 2025 at 4:07 AM
mariannedenton.bsky.social
Blue Eyes for BlueSky🩵
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Lestes AKA Spreadwing Damselfly along the Humboldt River in Golconda, Nevada

#InverteFest
A spread wing damselfly perched on buds of rabbit brush and bright blue eyes
August 30, 2024 at 1:11 PM
davidst999.bsky.social
Male Emerald damselfly (Lestes sponsa) aka Common Spreadwing seen today in Saltoun Big Wood, East Lothian. #Odonata #Damselflies #Nature #Photography #Nikon @britishdragonflies.bsky.social
Male Emerald damselfly (Lestes sponsa) aka Common Spreadwing seen today in Saltoun Big Wood, East Lothian.
July 30, 2025 at 5:46 PM
forloveofinsects.bsky.social
Houtpantserjuffer | Western willow spreadwing
(Chalcolestes viridis), vrouw | female
Meijendel

#insects #insectphotography
November 27, 2024 at 5:06 PM
ficklenuts.bsky.social
I made a friend and I got to pet them a bit before they flew away
A photo of a spreadwing damselfly perched on a twig. I'm not completely sure what kind of spreadwing damselfly, but it was very nice and put up with me petting it.
August 21, 2026 at 5:53 PM
taenia.bsky.social
Some blue Americans for a very stressful day.
A Pinyon Jay against an orange canyon wall A Great Blue Heron with its neck extended and bill tucked downwards An Anna's Blue Butterfly on yellow flowers A Northern Spreadwing damselfly perched on a stick
November 5, 2024 at 10:23 PM
junewashere.bsky.social
A Slender Spreadwing resting on a bush. The flash hit the wings just right and created this cool color gradient. I love how these photos came out.

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#bugs #insects #dragonfly #Damselfly #wildlife #nature
January 29, 2025 at 4:27 PM
jencross.bsky.social
A fancy Spotted Spreadwing Damselfly found near Kalispell, MT. As the name implies, they rest with their wings held out in four different directions - something helpful that'll get you to family when trying to ID them.
(Lestes congener)
A damselfly with blue eyes. It is sitting on an orange leaf with fall colors in the background.
December 2, 2024 at 2:10 AM
kschroeder77.bsky.social
Lestes australis, the #southernspreadwing, is a species of spreadwing in the #damselfly family Lestidae. It is found in North America. Have you ever watched them hunt? #verycool #closeupphotography #macrophotography
April 6, 2025 at 8:18 PM
direbecca.bsky.social
Gray Buckeye (Junonia grisea) nectaring on California Aster (Symphyotrichum chilense) for #InsectThursday.💚

Plant info. here...
calscape.org/Symphyotrich...

#NativePlants #CaliforniaNativePlants #iNat #Butterflies #NaturePhotos 📷🌱
Close-up of spreadwing brown, black, orange and white butterfly from above. There are pink with yellow aster flowers nearby, and one which is hidden that is being fed on by the butterfly.
July 11, 2025 at 4:59 AM
izzythedog.bsky.social
A Western Willow Spreadwing (apparently) found sunbathing on a passion flower bud today in the garden.

#macro #insects #dragonflies #photography
A Western Willow Spreadwing damselfly (?) is hanging vertically from a passion flower bud in strong sunlight against a dark grey out of focus background. The insect is iridescent green and gold with brown eyes.
August 25, 2026 at 1:52 PM