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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
towerofstars.bsky.social
Dash Harpy

#rainbowdash #harpy #speciesswag #presenting #claws #openmouth #blushing #bellybutton #vulva #slitpupils #glowingeyes #spreadwings #raisedleg
Dash Harpy
January 31, 2025 at 9:45 PM
jeremysell.bsky.social
Spotted spreadwings (Odonata: Lestidae: Lestes congener) inhabit much of North America. They live near swamps, marshes, and ponds that serve as nurseries for their aquatic young. Like other damselflies and dragonflies, adults capture insect prey in flight. Cambridge Junction Michigan, 10 Aug 2025.
Spotted spreadwings (Odonata: Lestidae: Lestes congener) inhabit much of North America. They live near swamps, marshes, and ponds that serve as nurseries for their aquatic young. Like other damselflies and dragonflies, adults capture insect prey in flight. Cambridge Junction Michigan, 10 Aug 2025.
February 2, 2026 at 10:16 PM
defogged.bsky.social
Arctic Tern...
#Vertical #NoPeople #Photography #Bird #ArcticTern #Outdoors #Flying #AnimalWildlife #AnimalBodyPart #AnimalsInTheWild #Animal #Day #SpreadWings #Sky #AnimalThemes #DefoggedImages
March 23, 2025 at 3:36 PM
jeremysell.bsky.social
Spotted spreadwings (Odonata: Lestidae: Lestes congener) inhabit much of North America. They live near swamps, marshes, and ponds that serve as nurseries for their aquatic young. Like other damselflies and dragonflies, adults capture insect prey in flight. Cambridge Junction Michigan, 10 Aug 2025.
Spotted spreadwings (Odonata: Lestidae: Lestes congener) inhabit much of North America. They live near swamps, marshes, and ponds that serve as nurseries for their aquatic young. Like other damselflies and dragonflies, adults capture insect prey in flight. Cambridge Junction Michigan, 10 Aug 2025.
August 10, 2025 at 7:57 PM
alonsoramirez.bsky.social
Spreadwings (Lestes: Lestidae) are common inhabitants in swamps in the lowlands of Costa Rica.

#CostaRica #Wildlife #Odonata #Dragonflies #BugSky #nature #wildlife #animals #photography #Outdoors
June 26, 2025 at 8:27 PM
nwf.org
LOVE IS IN THE AIR (and on the ground) 💕

You and who?
📸: Bears playing together | Lian Law/NPS 📸: Two laysan albatrosses | Jordan Akiyama/USFWS 📸: A pair of emerald spreadwings | Tom Koerner/USFWS 📸: Courting bighorn sheep | Lori Iverson/USFWS
February 12, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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
jdkwizard.bsky.social
Wings cut from flame, brushing past timeworn fields—
a flash of red through the storied grace of #Meander.
🪶
#bird #MeanderMoments #VirginiaBirds #CardinalInFlight #NaturePoetry #HistoricMeander #BirdsOfVirginia #WildlifeArtistry #NorthernCardinal #Nature #Flying #SpreadWings
June 7, 2025 at 1:54 AM
jdkwizard.bsky.social
#Wings wide in love or triumph—
he cries to the sky, she bears the weight.
Two #lovers, mirrored in stillness,
laughing at the morning light.

#Bird #Nature #SpreadWings #Wing #Outdoors #Animal #reflection #seagull #laughinggull #mating #matingpair #snap_birds #snap_reflection
May 2, 2025 at 10:58 AM
pedasigreen.bsky.social
Pond spreadwings on the little garden pond…
August 22, 2025 at 8:29 PM
jdkwizard.bsky.social
From rusted perch she rises,
A spark between heartbeat and leaf.
Not fleeing—belonging.

#CardinalInFlight #BackyardBirds #PoeticWildlife #WingsOfWonder #RustAndGrace #NatureInVerse #Bird #Flying #MidAir #Nature #Outdoors #SpreadWings #NorthernCardinal
May 12, 2025 at 5:50 PM
alinagrafik.eurosky.social
#BirdOfTheDay #SpreadWings

Turkey vultures spreading their wings.

#EastCoastKin #Hiking #TurkeyVulture #Hiking #WestCoastKin
Three turkey vultures are standing on limbs of a juniper tree/bush. One of them has its wings spread against a blue sky. Laguna Lake, San Luis Obispo, California Two turkey vultures are sitting on wooden fence posts along a trail through green hills. One is just starting to fly away, so his wings are spread. Laguna Lake Park Open Space, San Luis Obispo, California
December 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
jdkwizard.bsky.social
A #bald_eagle trying and failing eat a ray (I believe).
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#Bird #Nature #Wildlife #SpreadWings #Outdoors #SlaughterBeach #Delaware
#snap_birds #snap_allnature
May 7, 2026 at 10:46 AM
atemumet.bsky.social
Looks like someone got some holy corruption?

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#mlpg4 #princesscelestiamlp #angel #corruption #wingsonhead #spreadwings
Princess Celestia has been corrupted by holy power
December 6, 2024 at 12:00 AM
jdkwizard.bsky.social
Brushstroke of the shore—
a gull drips from the sky
like watercolor on wet sand,
blurring the line
between flight and dream.

#pastelwildlife #birdpoetry #motionblur #fineartphotography #shorelinesoftness #seabirdstudy #Bird #Flying #Motion #Nature #SpreadWings #Wing #Outdoors
Seagull with motion blur
May 2, 2025 at 9:41 PM
jdkwizard.bsky.social
Bit of gold in her beak,
she rises—
a whisper of hunger,
a hymn in motion.”
#RedBelliedWoodpecker #WingsInFlight #PoetryOfNature #FeatherAndFlame #BirdMagic
#Bird #Nature #Wildlife #Wing #SpreadWings #Flying #Beak #snap_birds #snap_depthoffield #woodpecker
March 26, 2025 at 12:23 AM
songbirder.social
I believe this was a Lyre-tipped Spreadwing, a type of damselfly we get here in southern Ontario this time of year. It was pretty cooperative for photography.

Seen at Beverly Swamp, Flamborough, Ontario, Canada.

#HamOnt #leps #insects #damselflies #spreadwings 🌿
Close view of a spreadwing damselfly. Aspreadwing damselfly on grass blade.
September 18, 2024 at 12:59 PM
jdkwizard.bsky.social
Wingtips sharp as razors slice through the bruised #sky,
stitching a story from a long-forgotten #noir—
a frame nearly lost to time.
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#noirnature #avianfilm #cinematicwild #moodyframes
#BirdOfPrey #Bird #Flying #MidAir #SpreadWings #Nature #AnimalWildlife
June 21, 2025 at 1:28 PM
callenh.bsky.social
Spotted spreadwings in tandem. #SpottedSpreadwing #LestesCongener #Spreadwing #Damselfly #Tandem #Insect #Animal #Nature #Photography #UniversityOfWisconsinArboretum #Madison #Wisconsin
A pair of spotted spreadwings in tandem. The male is at the left atop a stick which crosses the photo at the center. The female is on the right end of the stick. There is another stick behind them which crosses the photo diagonally from the left. The male is black with large blue eyes. Its four wings are clear except for veining and black spots at the bottom edge of each wing. He has his claspers in the back of her thorax, which is how they mate. She is grasping the bottom of the twig. Her body is more brown. Her front legs are grasping the stick and her body stretches down and curves back up to the stick, which she is holding onto the stick. Her eyes are dark.
February 11, 2026 at 11:58 AM
adrmil.soapyfrog.com
I’m being lazy and going with the cormorant I can see from my sofa :-)
#BirdsUK 🪶 #BirdOfTheDay #SpreadWings #TheSkyReallyIsThatColour
This image shows a cormorant perched atop a vertical pole with its wings outstretched horizontally. The bird’s dark plumage stands out against the overcast, pale sky in the background, and its yellowish facial skin is visible. The posture—wings spread wide—is typical of cormorants, who often do this to dry their feathers after diving, since their plumage is less water-repellent than that of many other water birds. The overall mood is calm and somewhat dramatic due to the symmetry and contrast between the bird and the neutral sky.
October 18, 2025 at 8:07 AM
roomthily.bsky.social
hot rock, cold water, late spreadwings
sunny rock pool facing a bit of cliff
December 31, 2025 at 9:46 PM
smallshire.bsky.social
Big surprise on a recent trip to Lesvos was the abundance of Dark Spreadwings (Lestes macrostigma) at several brackish brackish Kalloni Bay sites. Well over 1000 at one, sheltering from strong N wind. Mature female and newly-emerged male also shown.
May 11, 2025 at 11:54 AM