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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Damselflies (Zygoptera) » Narrow-winged Damselflies (Coenagrionidae) » Dancers (Argia)
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damselfly species ? - Argia
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damselfly species ? - Argia
Troy, Miami County, Ohio, USA
July 24, 2020
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Contributed by bchensel on 25 July, 2020 - 9:22am
Last updated 6 August, 2020 - 12:39pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Nathaniel Green, 6 August, 2020 - 12:40pm login or register to post comments

Dancer
Possibly Blue-Fronted or Powdered, but females are tough.
… Pamela Cowart-Rickman, 29 July, 2020 - 2:48pm login or register to post comments

 
In comparing these two female
In comparing these two females in "Dragonflies and Damselflies of Northeast Ohio" by Larry Rosche, et al, it states " ..the abdominal tip of the female Powdered Dancer is dark, whereas the same area on a Blue-fronted female is usually pale." The other thing I noticed in the guide is that the Blue-fronted has a very narrow dark line on the lateral thorax, while the Powdered seems to have a wider dark line there.
Thank you for narrowing the ID down to these two. Going by the above characteristics, I am thinking of calling this female a Blue-fronted. Does this make sense to you?
… bchensel, 29 July, 2020 - 8:42pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes.
Yes. That was what I was leaning towards.
… Pamela Cowart-Rickman, 29 July, 2020 - 10:58pm login or register to post comments

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