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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Damselflies (Zygoptera) » Narrow-winged Damselflies (Coenagrionidae) » Dancers (Argia) » Blue-fronted Dancer (Argia apicalis)
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unusual Blue-fronted Dancer? - Argia apicalis
Copyright © 2013 David Trently

unusual Blue-fronted Dancer? - Argia apicalis
Seven Islands Wildlife Refuge, Knox County, Tennessee, USA
June 29, 2008
Anyone ever see a Blue-fronted Dancer with this black pattern on S8? Or could this be some other species I am overlooking? It looks to me to be a male Blue-fronted Dancer.
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Contributed by David Trently on 14 September, 2013 - 6:22pm

The variation on S8 in the La
The variation on S8 in the Lam guide shows only a small amount of black on the side of S8, not the extent shown in this photo. Good to know it can be more than just a narrow black mark along the side.
… David Trently, 15 September, 2013 - 7:52am login or register to post comments

The variation of S8 is in the
The variation of S8 is in the Lam guide of Damselflies.
… Henry Burton, 14 September, 2013 - 10:06pm login or register to post comments

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