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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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Is this a male powdered dancer? - Argia apicalis - male
Copyright © 2017 Kala King

Is this a male powdered dancer? - Argia apicalis - Male
Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
June 22, 2016
Found in the morning at White Rock lake, Winfrey Point. I will add a 2nd photo of the same individual, on a different perch and from the other side. I followed it from one perch to the other. Please let me know if I have the gender wrong and it is actually a blue form female.

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Is this a male powdered dancer? - Argia apicalis - male Is this a male powdered dancer? View 2 - Argia apicalis - male
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Contributed by Kala King on 7 January, 2017 - 10:01pm
Last updated 8 January, 2017 - 7:42am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John S. Ascher, 8 January, 2017 - 7:42am login or register to post comments

It is a male
You can see the secondary genitalia under abdominal segment 2. But we would suggest A. apicalis
… john and jane balaban, 7 January, 2017 - 11:01pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Regarding the gender, I thought that was what I was looking at but wanted to get confirmation. On species, I was on the fence between powdered and blue-fronted, the end of the tail on this one had a slight powdery feeling to it, which was what swayed me. I am good with blue-fronted, both species are in this area.
… Kala King, 7 January, 2017 - 11:32pm login or register to post comments

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