Habitats: Mediterranean woodland (4), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (6), desert/xeric shrubland (4), temperate coastal river (1), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (5), lake (2), temperate upland river (1), temperate wetland (2), boreal forest/taiga (3), temperate savanna (2), river delta (1)
Found in 31 samples
Brazil: Núcleo Perequê (adults), Itatira
Canada: Winnipeg Pond 6, Rivière-Saint-Jean, Montréal, Lake Parent, Gros Cap (1945), Gros Cap (1946)
Colombia: Centro Agropecuario Cotové
Egypt: Banana Island (adults)
India: Similipal Tiger Reserve, Pohara - Malkhed Reserve Forest, Kolappancheri (vegetable fields, 2005)
Italy: Castel Porziano
Japan: Horai-numa (mature adults)
Mexico: San Javier
Norway: Finsrud
Portugal: Guadiana River (1999), Guadiana River (2003)
Somalia: Giohar (1964), Ola Uager (1970)
South Africa: National Botanical Gardens
Spain: Cañaveroso stream
Sweden: Klas damm
Turkey: Kurupelit
Ukraine: Primorskoje
United Kingdom: River Ray
United States: Lower Mobile/Tensaw Delta (Protocol 1), Zekiah Swamp Run
Zimbabwe: Main Camp, Salisbury
See also Lestes alacer, Lestes amicus, Lestes barbarus, Lestes congener, Lestes disjunctus, Lestes dryas, Lestes elatus, Lestes forficula, Lestes macrostigma, Lestes pallidus, Lestes parvidens, Lestes pictus, Lestes plagiatus, Lestes prope, Lestes rectangularis, Lestes sp., Lestes sp. 5, Lestes sponsa, Lestes tricolor, Lestes tridens, Lestes umbrinus, Lestes uncifer, Lestes unguiculatus, Lestes vigilax, Lestes virens, Lestes viridis, Lestes viridulus