Species Collected at Table Rock State Park, Pickens County, South Carolina

 

Lestes eurinus - state record

Amber-winged Spreadwing (Lestes eurinus)

Collected 4 July 2006
Pickens County, SC
Table Rock State Park (Lake Oolenoy)
Wade Worthen (with SC State Park collecting permit N-03-06)

Table Rock State Park is in northern Pickens County, SC, but it does not actually border North Carolina. This specimen was taken on the southern bay of Lake Oolenoy, approximately 4 miles from the NC border. Lestes eurinus is recorded from Jackson Co, NC (Abbott, 2006), which borders SC to the northwest of Table Rock State Park. Pictures of the specimen's diagnostic characters are shown.


Citation:
Abbott, J. C. 2006. Odonata Central: An online resource for the Odonata of North America. Austin, TX. Available at http://www.odonatacentral.com. (Accessed July 6, 2006).

A picture of the amber wings

A picture of the male terminal appendages, showing short paraprocts (< 1/2 length of cerci) and serrated prominence on inner margin of cerci

A picture of the thorax, showing pigmented region on metapleuron (as in: Westfall, M. J., and M. L. May. 1996. Damselflies of North America. Scientific Publishers, Gainesville. p. 120)