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Related Species in LESTIDAE: Number of records for 2019 = 0

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[View PDF]		 Swamp Spreadwing (Lestes vigilax) by Mark Shields
Compare with: Elegant Spreadwing   Carolina Spreadwing  
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distribution Statewide, being recorded from over 85 counties, with "absences"in scattered counties across the state. Presumed to occur in all 100 counties, unless absent along the immediate northeastern coast.
abundance Fairly common to common in the mountains, and locally very common in parts of the Coastal Plain. Oddly, appears to be less numerous (i.e., uncommon) in the intervening Piedmont, as there are barely more records there than in the mountains, which has a much smaller geographic range and many fewer observers than in the Piedmont. There are single-party counts of at least 20 individuals in each of the three provinces; one count surpasses 100 individuals in the lower Coastal Plain.
flight A wide flight period, extending to late autumn. In the Coastal Plain, it occurs from late April to late November. Piedmont records fall between mid-May and late October; mountain records fall between mid-May and late September. There is a very early state date of 29 March for the lower Coastal Plain.
habitat Ponds and lakes in somewhat wooded country, especially where shrubs grow in the water; or where marshy vegetation grows along the margins of such waters.
behavior
comments This is another reasonably common spreadwing across the state, with large numbers of records in all three provinces. Mark Shields has added many dozens of records in the past several years from the southern coastal area.
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Species account update: LeGrand

Photo Gallery for Swamp Spreadwing

 Other NC Galleries:    Jeff Pippen    Will Cook    Ted Wilcox
Photo by: Mark Shields

Comment: Brunswick, 2018-08-26, Boiling Spring Lakes - North Lake and Spring Lake parks		Photo by: Mark Shields

Comment: Transylvania, 2018-06-27, Gorges State Park (GORG) - many tandem/ovipositing pairs at Raymond Fisher Pond
Photo by: Mark Shields

Comment: Jackson, 2018-06-25, Pond beside Breedlove Road, 5 km northeast of Cashiers		Photo by: Rob Van Epps

Comment: Richmond; C, 2017-10-01, NC Sandhills Gamelands
Photo by: Rob Van Epps

Comment: Richmond; C, 2017-10-01, NC Sandhills Gamelands		Photo by: Conrad Wernett

Comment: Carteret, 2017-05-21, - Patsy Pond, both females
Photo by: Mark Shields, Hunter Phillips

Comment: Scotland, 2017-05-15, Scotland Lake and in-flowing creek, Sandhills Game Land		Photo by: Mark Shields

Comment: Robeson, 2016-09-25, Lumber River, between Boardman Boating Access and Piney Island Campsite
Photo by: Mark Shields

Comment: Dare; Mainl, 2016-09-17, Sandy Ridge Wildlife Trail, Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge		Photo by: Mark Shields

Comment: Onslow, 2016-09-05, individuals not counted; Stones Creek Game Land
Photo by: Mark Shields

Comment: Pender, 2016-09-05, Holly Shelter Game Land, ponds		Photo by: Mark Shields

Comment: Carteret, 2016-05-25, ponds along Patsy Pond Nature Trail, Croatan National Forest
Photo by: Mark Shields

Comment: Carteret, 2015-11-11, ponds along Patsy Pond Nature Trail, Croatan National Forest		Photo by: Mark Shields

Comment: Onslow, 2015-10-22, Stones Creek Game Land
Photo by: Mark Shields

Comment: Bladen, 2015-08-10, Suggs Millpond (aka Horseshoe Lake) - many in tandem pairs		Photo by: Doug Johnston

Comment: Madison, 2012-07-26, Leach pond, close to Sandy Mush Gamelands
Photo by: Vin Stanton, Doug Johnston

Comment: Transylvania, 2011-08-19, Brevard - Male & Female		Photo by: Doug Johnston, Simon Thompson, Gail Lankford, Vin Stanton

Comment: Henderson, 2011-08-06, Fletcher Park - Female
Photo by: Vin Stanton

Comment: Buncombe, 2011-06-17, imaged at Owen Park East Asheville - M & F		Photo by: Vin Stanton

Comment: Buncombe, 2011-06-17, imaged at Owen Park East Asheville - M & F
Photo by: Ali Iyoob, Matt Daw, Dan Irizarry

Comment: Scotland, 2011-05-05, Scotland Lake in the Gamelands		Photo by: Beth Brinson

Comment: Alleghany, 2008-07-04, Blue Ridge Parkway - Male
Photo by: ASH

Comment: Moore; C, 2007-08-09,