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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Damselflies (Zygoptera) » Narrow-winged Damselflies (Coenagrionidae) » Dancers (Argia) » Dusky Dancer (Argia translata)
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Damselfly - Argia translata
Copyright © 2014 Blaine Rothauser

Damselfly - Argia translata
Ambler , Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
July 24, 2014
Beautiful Damsel in distress - can anyone help with ID and ease my distress.
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Contributed by Blaine Rothauser on 16 December, 2014 - 2:48pm
Last updated 21 December, 2014 - 9:45am

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… Greg W. Lasley, 21 December, 2014 - 9:45am login or register to post comments

Dusky Dancer (Argia translata)
Wouldn't wish you to be in distress over Christmas! This is a female Dusky Dancer (Argia translata). The pale area which splits the shoulder stripe and the contrastingly striped terminal segments are good ID characters for this species. It is a fairly widespread species in many areas of PA but perhaps not really common there. I have some shots of males and females at:
http://greglasley.com/nonBirds/duskydan.html
if you are interested. Images 2 and 4 show females similar to yours (image numbers at bottom right of each shot).
… Greg W. Lasley, 21 December, 2014 - 9:45am login or register to post comments

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