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Vivid Dancers Mating - Argia fumipennis - male - female
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Vivid Dancers Mating - Argia fumipennis - Male Female
Dixie Biggs Natural Area, Dundee Township, Kane County, Illinois, USA
June 18, 2019

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Vivid Dancers Mating - Argia fumipennis - male - female Vivid Dancers Mating - Argia fumipennis - male - female
Contributed by Donald Purn on 18 June, 2019 - 11:17pm
Last updated 19 June, 2019 - 8:40am

Moved
Moved from ID Request. The variable dancer (violet in this case) is a widespread species.
… Tyler Hedlund, 19 June, 2019 - 8:40am

Agria vivid
Vivid damsels are in western US. Is this another specie?
… Donald Purn, 18 June, 2019 - 11:23pm

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