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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Damselflies (Zygoptera) » Narrow-winged Damselflies (Coenagrionidae) » Dancers (Argia) » Powdered Dancer (Argia moesta)
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need a damselfly id please - Argia moesta - female
Copyright © 2016 Kala King

need a damselfly id please - Argia moesta - Female
Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
September 22, 2015
Found along the walking path above White Rock Lake lower spillway. Only one view of this one. Dancer? Female?
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Contributed by Kala King on 1 January, 2016 - 6:08pm
Last updated 1 January, 2016 - 7:42pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… William Edwards, 1 January, 2016 - 7:41pm login or register to post comments

In my opinion - Argia moesta (female)


The lack of a dark ventrolateral stripe on abdominal segment 9 is indicative of A. moesta and separates it from A. apicalis which does have the stripe.
… William Edwards, 1 January, 2016 - 6:58pm login or register to post comments

 
Interesting
I had only run across the brown form female prior. So this would be a blue form female? Nice, new one for me. abdominal segment 9, is that at the end?
… Kala King, 1 January, 2016 - 7:20pm login or register to post comments

 
Blue form female
Yes - it is a blue form female.
Segment 10 is the very small segment at the end of the abdomen while segment 9 is the one just anterior to it.
… William Edwards, 1 January, 2016 - 7:33pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
Appreciate you taking the time to answer my questions. Happy New Year.
… Kala King, 1 January, 2016 - 7:37pm login or register to post comments

 
You're welcome.
Thank you for sending your very fine images to BugGuide.
… William Edwards, 1 January, 2016 - 7:40pm login or register to post comments

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