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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Damselflies (Zygoptera) » Narrow-winged Damselflies (Coenagrionidae) » Dancers (Argia) » Vivid Dancer (Argia vivida)

Species Argia vivida - Vivid Dancer

Classification · Identification · Range · Habitat · Works Cited
Argia Vivida - Argia vivida - male Northern Bluet?? - Argia vivida - male dancer or bluet? - Argia vivida Damselfly - Argia vivida vivid dancer? - Argia vivida - male Vivid Dancers, Forming Wheel O' Love - Argia vivida - male - female Damselfly, Vivid Dancer - Argia vivida - male blue and black damselfly near Secret Sidewalk on 2020 June 17 - Argia vivida - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Odonata (Dragonflies and Damselflies)
Suborder Zygoptera (Damselflies)
Family Coenagrionidae (Narrow-winged Damselflies)
Genus Argia (Dancers)
Species vivida (Vivid Dancer)
Identification
Species description at(1)
Range
w. Canada (BC)and w. US (US range map)
Habitat
Streams and seeps; hot and cold springs in BC. Threatened status in BC due to habitat loss/degradation (See here) dead link -- please update
Works Cited
1.OdonataCentral
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 20 July, 2005 - 5:39pm
Additional contributions by Hartmut Wisch, v belov
Last updated 19 November, 2011 - 3:18pm

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