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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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Blue-fronted Dancer? - Argia moesta
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Blue-fronted Dancer? - Argia moesta
Lake County, Illinois, USA
July 9, 2008
Size: Longer than usuual?
I looked through "Damselflies of the North Woods" to try to ID this damselfly. To me, it looks like a female Blue-fronted Dancer. The coloring seems to match. The guide says that the female blue-fronted can be confused with the female blue- powdered dancer, but that the blue-fronted "has only one cell in wing directly below the stigma" (whereas the blue-powdered has two). Or am I way off & it's something else? Thanks ahead of time for taking a look. Can you ID?
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Contributed by cookie1234 on 10 July, 2008 - 7:06am

Female
Powdered Dancer - blue form. The pale abdominal tip gives it away.
Steve
… Steven Price, 10 July, 2008 - 7:11am login or register to post comments

 
To Steven Price
Thanks so much for your quick reply. It's appreciated! I'm moving it to appropriate place in guide.
… cookie1234, 10 July, 2008 - 7:23am login or register to post comments

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