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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Damselflies (Zygoptera) » Narrow-winged Damselflies (Coenagrionidae) » Dancers (Argia) » Blue-ringed Dancer (Argia sedula)
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Damselfly - Argia sedula
Copyright © 2005 Joanne Shuman

Damselfly - Argia sedula
Stafford, Stafford County, Virginia, USA
July 30, 2005
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Contributed by Joanne Shuman on 11 August, 2005 - 9:47pm
Last updated 15 August, 2005 - 4:33pm

Probably Blue-Ringed Dancer
This is probably Blue-Ringed Dancer. I would like to see segments 8-10 better, but given that you took other BRD pictures that day this ID seems likely.

--Stephen

Stephen Cresswell
Buckhannon, WV
www.stephencresswell.com
… Stephen_WV, 12 August, 2005 - 7:16am login or register to post comments

 
I Agree
I do have other images. I swear this guy kept following me. Either that or there were numerous BRD's around.
… Joanne Shuman, 12 August, 2005 - 7:41am login or register to post comments

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