What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Rainpool Spreadwing been recorded?

Lestes forficula occurrence evidence comes from 198 records in 25 countries and territories, from 1932 to 2025. Most records come from Albania.

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Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

198 records across 25 countries and territories, 1932–2025.

Lestes forficula · GBIF taxon key 5051634

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-24. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: June.

10 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

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Peak month: June. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

19322025

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Rainpool Spreadwing has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Rainpool Spreadwing. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Albania 43
Dominican Republic 23
United States 23
Guyana 19
Costa Rica 17
Guatemala 14
Brazil 11
Mexico 11
Dominica 8
Venezuela 4
Barbados 3
Colombia 3
Ecuador 3
Panama 3
Belize 2
Grenada 2
Bolivia 1
Bonaire 1
Cuba 1
French Guiana 1
Jamaica 1
Puerto Rico 1
El Salvador 1
British Virgin Islands 1
US Virgin Islands 1
Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.