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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Damselflies (Zygoptera) » Narrow-winged Damselflies (Coenagrionidae) » Dancers (Argia) » Variable Dancer (Argia fumipennis) » Violet Dancer (Argia fumipennis violacea)
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Damselfly - Argia fumipennis
Copyright © 2008 jim urbach

Damselfly - Argia fumipennis
Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
July 30, 2008
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Contributed by jim urbach on 30 September, 2008 - 10:16pm
Last updated 10 July, 2009 - 11:42am

Moved
Moved from Variable Dancer.
… John R. Maxwell, 10 July, 2009 - 11:42am login or register to post comments

It looks like ...
a male Variable Dancer to me. The purple color combined with the forked shoulder stripe are diagnostic. Nice photo!

Here's the BugGuide page ...

http://bugguide.net/node/view/584
… Michelle Lynn St.Sauveur, 1 October, 2008 - 2:26am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Michelle, The ones I
Thanks Michelle, The ones I photograph in Florida have such a darker wing and overall almost black coloration
… jim urbach, 1 October, 2008 - 6:29am login or register to post comments

 
:-)
You're welcome Jim. I'm not too proficient at anything but Northeastern Odes but I thought that forked stripe was a give away. Maybe someone with more knowledge of Florida Odes will chime in.

Michelle
… Michelle Lynn St.Sauveur, 1 October, 2008 - 4:57pm login or register to post comments

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