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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 Damsel of some sort - Argia moesta - female
Copyright © 2008 Daniel J. O'Donnell

Blue Damsel of some sort - Argia moesta - Female
Independence, Montgomery County, Kansas, USA
August 16, 2008
Not sure that there is enough in this photo for an ID. Any help would be appreciated!
DJ
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Contributed by Daniel J. O'Donnell on 17 August, 2008 - 7:19pm
Last updated 21 January, 2010 - 6:27pm

Thanks for the input and help!
Thanks to everyone for the help in ID'ing this specimen!
… Daniel J. O'Donnell, 21 January, 2010 - 6:30pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Dancers.
… john and jane balaban, 21 January, 2010 - 6:27pm login or register to post comments

Looks like moesta
based on fairly pale abdomen.
… Cliff Bernzweig, 20 January, 2010 - 10:48pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Damselflies.
… Nick Block, 26 November, 2008 - 11:25am login or register to post comments

Don't know if you have any other Argia
that we don't have in the upper midwest, but if not, we would say blue form female Argia moesta. The sides of abdominal segment 9 are very pale.
… john and jane balaban, 17 August, 2008 - 8:28pm login or register to post comments

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