Which Spreadwing? Bulgaria (2 Viewers)

[Scridifer]

Horribly back-lit so the colouration is off - is there anything structurally to provide an ID? Taken near the Black Sea coast this morning.

Thanks,

Chris

 

[pdwinter]

I think you can eliminate Lestes barbarus (the monocoloured pterostigmas), L.dryas (not chunky enough), L.macrostigma (too late). In the very few pictures I have of Lestes virens the upper appendages are dark so perhaps that just leaves you with the Chalcolestes pair.

 

[Scridifer]

Many thanks Paul, that reasoning makes perfect sense.

Chris