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title: "Slender Spreadwing"
description: "Lestes rectangularis — Insecten en spinnen. Lestes rectangularis is a species of damselfly in the family Lestidae, the spreadwings."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/slender-spreadwing
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Slender Spreadwing

> Lestes rectangularis — Insecten en spinnen. Lestes rectangularis is a species of damselfly in the family Lestidae, the spreadwings.

- Scientific name: *Lestes rectangularis*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Meren en rivieren)
- iNaturalist observations: 15705
- Wikidata: [Q2370071](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2370071)
- iNaturalist taxon: [104449](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/104449)

## Names

- en: Slender Spreadwing
- fr: Leste élancé

## Countries with the most observations

US (10067), CA (2527)

## Summary

Lestes rectangularis is a species of damselfly in the family Lestidae, the spreadwings. It is known by the common name slender spreadwing. It is native to eastern North America, including eastern Canada and the United States.
This damselfly is long and thin. The body is black with a pale blue face, and the wings have yellow edges. The female is larger, with paler yellow on the wings. This species lives along springs and drying ponds.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Brighton Lee · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/292176661

## Machine access

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