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Argia - female
Copyright © 2004 Patrick Alexander

Argia - Female
McBride's Bluff, Martin County, Indiana, USA
June 19, 2004
Not sure if this is just a brown-eyed version of the other blue guy I saw at McBride's Bluff or what.

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Argia - female Argia? - Argia
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Contributed by Patrick Alexander on 9 November, 2005 - 7:03pm
Last updated 10 November, 2005 - 4:13pm

Can't see enough of the abdomen
Don't see secondary genitalia. Guessing this is female with those brown eyes. If it was with the white one above, we'd say female A. moesta, blue form. If it was with the blue male below, we'd say female A. apicalis, blue form! The top of the abdomen seems to have a narrow stripe, so we would lean towards A. apicalis
… john and jane balaban, 9 November, 2005 - 8:23pm login or register to post comments

 
I agree
I agree that circumstantial evidence may be our best bet here (who were they hanging out with?) but since it looks like you photographed both A. moesta and A. apicalis this may be impossible to ID to species.

Ed Lam's fine book gives the distinguishing characteristics, but they are challenging without lots of of closer photos: veination around the stigma, color pattern of segement 9, color of the top of the abdomen, etc.

--Stephen

Stephen Cresswell
Buckhannon, WV
www.stephencresswell.com
… Stephen Cresswell, 10 November, 2005 - 3:51am login or register to post comments

 
Yeah, all these Argia I've po
Yeah, all these Argia I've posted were flying around together & photographed within a few feet of each other, but none were mating. I guess I'll just stick this in as a female Argia...

Patrick Alexander
http://boechera.nmsu.edu/~paalexan/
… Patrick Alexander, 10 November, 2005 - 4:07pm login or register to post comments

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