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Black Spreadwing
Lestes stultus
Lestes stultus, the black spreadwing, is a species of spreadwing in the damselfly family Lestidae. It is found in North America.
The IUCN conservation status of Lestes stultus is "LC", least concern, with no immediate threat to the species' survival. The population is stable. The IUCN status was reviewed in 2017.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 104453.