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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Damselflies (Zygoptera) » Narrow-winged Damselflies (Coenagrionidae) » Dancers (Argia) » Paiute Dancer (Argia alberta)
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Skimming Bluet? - Argia alberta - male
Copyright © 2013 appletree

Skimming Bluet? - Argia alberta - Male
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA
August 3, 2013
I cannot find many damselflies with this combination of blue and green, but the range map does not match the Skimming Bluet.
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Contributed by appletree on 23 August, 2013 - 2:05pm
Last updated 30 November, 2013 - 7:47pm

Moved
Moved from Damselflies.
… William Edwards, 30 November, 2013 - 7:46pm login or register to post comments

Expert ID - Argia alberta (male)
I sent your image to Dennis Paulson (1) who identified it as Argia alberta.
… William Edwards, 30 November, 2013 - 7:45pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 30 August, 2013 - 5:10pm login or register to post comments

Not a bluet
Paiute Dancer, Argia alberta.
… Cliff Bernzweig, 27 August, 2013 - 2:48pm login or register to post comments

 
Agree with your ID - Argia alberta
I believe that your ID is correct since A. sedula can be ruled out by range.


Note the comment from Dennis Paulson.
There is apparently a problem in separating male A. alberta and A. sedula.
… William Edwards, 31 August, 2013 - 9:04am login or register to post comments

Don't think it's a Skimming
Both the shoulder stripe and S2 look wrong for that species.
… Marty R., 23 August, 2013 - 11:55pm login or register to post comments

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