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title: "Spotted Spreadwing"
description: "Lestes congener — Insects & spiders. Lestes congener is a species of damselfly in the family Lestidae, the spreadwings."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/spotted-spreadwing
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Spotted Spreadwing

> Lestes congener — Insects & spiders. Lestes congener is a species of damselfly in the family Lestidae, the spreadwings.

- Scientific name: *Lestes congener*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lakes & rivers)
- iNaturalist observations: 9283
- Wikidata: [Q150171](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q150171)
- iNaturalist taxon: [104422](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/104422)

## Names

- en: Spotted Spreadwing
- fr: Leste tardif

## Countries with the most observations

US (3723), CA (2930)

## Summary

Lestes congener is a species of damselfly in the family Lestidae, the spreadwings. It is known by the common name spotted spreadwing.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lestes_congener

## Photo

![Spotted Spreadwing](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/spotted-spreadwing/medium.jpg)

Photo: Reuven Martin · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/8160998

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/spotted-spreadwing?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).