Lestes rectangularis

{{Short description|Species of dragonfly}}

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| image = Slender Spreadwing (Lestes rectangularis) (14643952429).jpg

| status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Paulson, D.R. |year=2017 |title=Lestes rectangularis |volume=2017 |page=e.T51364361A65836814 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T51364361A65836814.en |access-date=13 August 2023}}

| status2 = G5

| status2_system = TNC

| status2_ref =

|taxon = Lestes rectangularis

|authority = Say, 1839

}}

Lestes rectangularis is a species of damselfly in the family Lestidae, the spreadwings. It is known by the common name slender spreadwing.NatureServe. 2015. [http://explorer.natureserve.org/servlet/NatureServe?searchName=Lestes+rectangularis Lestes rectangularis.] NatureServe Explorer. Version 7.1. Accessed January 29, 2016. 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.[http://museum.unl.edu/research/entomology/Odonata/lere.html Slender Spreadwing.] Nebraska Dragonflies and Damselflies. University of Nebraska State Museum.