Sweetflag Spreadwing (Lestes forcipatus) Identification: Challenging! Male in comparison to disjunctus can be puzzling with a number of features such as basal and distal cerci teeth, paraprocts, S2/S3 length comparison, S10 posterior shape, pruinosity, thorax spot, etc. taken together to get a true ID. The photograph below was taken in Glacier National Park, Montana on September 3, 2007.
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