Damsel - Argia immunda - BugGuide.Net

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… john and jane balaban, 13 February, 2010 - 11:30am

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Kiowa Dancer - Argia immunda (female)

Photo of female Kiowa Dancer
See Victor W. Fazio III Photo

Photo of female Springwater Dancer
See Greg Lasley Photo

The female Aztec Dancer can be eliminated because they have black stripes on abdominal segment 8 (S8) and usually also S9.
The female Kiowa and Springwater normally do not have any black stripes on S8 or S9.
The female Springwater rarely has a small pair of basal spots on S9.
In my opinion the shape of the humeral (shoulder) stripe indicates your damsel is a female Kiowa Dancer. This stripe appears to me to be vaguely forked at the anterior end and is thin throughout the rest of its length.
In the female Springwater - this stripe is thick at the anterior end and then thins out distally before widening again at the posterior end.

… William Edwards, 13 February, 2010 - 11:01am

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… john and jane balaban, 28 December, 2009 - 5:50pm

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Female Argia plana OR immunda OR nahuana

This Article has a good discussion on how to possibly distinguish the females (and males) of these species.
I don't know for sure what your damselfly is but I suspect it may be Argia plana.
GOOD LUCK - I've never really figured out how to identify these females.

… William Edwards, 27 December, 2009 - 3:59pm

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