#3703 · 🪽 dragonflies & damselflies
Emerald Spreadwing
🇳🇱 Tangpantserjuffer ·Lestes dryas
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- 1. © BJ Stacey · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Rob Porter · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 3. © Joe Bartok · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Wayne Fidler · CC BY-NC 4.0
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- 8. © Cameron Eckert · CC BY-NC 4.0
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- 10. © J. N. Stuart · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
what is it?
Lestes dryas is a species of damselfly in the family Lestidae, the spreadwings. Its common names include emerald spreadwing , scarce emerald damselfly and robust spreadwing . An alternate name in Ireland is the turlough spreadwing .
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 123 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #42 most seen of the dragonflies & damselflies in NL.
- 8,922 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by William Forsell Kirby in 1890 (136 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Emerald Spreadwing
- Nederlands
- Tangpantserjuffer
- scientific name
- Lestes dryas
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Odonata
- family
- Lestidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 123
- sightings in Europe
- 3,188
- sightings worldwide
- 8,922
- GBIF records in NL
- 14,621
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1890 by William Forsell Kirby
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Lestidae
#3666 📷 10Western Willow Spreadwing
🇳🇱 Houtpantserjuffer
Chalcolestes viridis
LC 👀 1.3k in NL
#3673 📷 7Common Winter Damselfly
🇳🇱 Bruine Winterjuffer
Sympecma fusca
LC 👀 750 in NL
#3683 📷 7Small Spreadwing
🇳🇱 Tengere Pantserjuffer
Lestes virens
LC 👀 411 in NL
#3685 📷 7Common Spreadwing
🇳🇱 Gewone Pantserjuffer
Lestes sponsa
LC 👀 321 in NL
#3688 📷 7Migrant Spreadwing
🇳🇱 Zwervende Pantserjuffer
Lestes barbarus
LC 👀 228 in NL
#3711 📷 10Siberian Winter Damsel
🇳🇱 Noordse Winterjuffer
Sympecma paedisca
LC 👀 75 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 104429, Wikidata Q1532575, GBIF 1424045, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.