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  Lyre-tipped Spreadwing
            Lestes unguiculatus Hagen, 1861

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Species distribution map

Range & Habitat:

While there are records from scattered locations in the state, it had not been recorded since the early 1900s until a small population was located in Sussex County in 1995. Time will tell if this was a temporary or if this group persists.

 Lyre-tipped Spreadwing male dorsal 

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Description:

Not done yet.

 

Conservation Status:

State: SH - historical records only

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

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Flight season:

Early Date: 6/16
Late Date: 9/6

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Flight Season
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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