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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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Dusky Dancer - Argia translata - female
Copyright © 2007 Donna K Race

Dusky Dancer - Argia translata - Female
Doddridge County, West Virginia, USA
August 3, 2007
Common Eastern Spreadwing? Interesting behavior, it kept bouncing up and returning to the weed it was on as if it saw me trying to take a picture. It's almost impossible for me to photograph damsels and dragonflies with my camera equipment.
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Contributed by Donna K Race on 6 August, 2007 - 11:55am

Nicely done
Looks like you managed well on this one. It's a female Dusky Dancer, Argia translata.
… Cliff Bernzweig, 6 August, 2007 - 12:29pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks so much Cliff!
I was fairly well pleased with it given my past experiences. I'll move to the guide as it is a female, the only one from WV is a male.
… Donna K Race, 6 August, 2007 - 12:50pm login or register to post comments

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