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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-fronted Dancer (Argia apicalis)
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Blue-fronted Dancer - Argia apicalis - male
Copyright © 2010 Rich Kelly

Blue-fronted Dancer - Argia apicalis - Male
Millville, Cumberland County, New Jersey, USA
August 7, 2010
Found in a freshwater, tidally influenced area along the Maurice River.
The closest that I can get to this is Pale Bluet, but Lam's map doesn't show it in NJ. However, it is nearby in Delaware, and extreme southern NJ is always full of surprises.
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Contributed by Rich Kelly on 8 August, 2010 - 9:13am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Rich Kelly, 8 August, 2010 - 9:37am login or register to post comments

I think that Argia apicalis is a possibility.
The blue Enallagmas all seem to have the segments one and two with blue on them, whereas your photo shows them to be dull colored.
… Skip Blanchard, 8 August, 2010 - 9:27am login or register to post comments

 
You're right. Thanks. Argia
You're right. Thanks. Argia didn't really occur to me, so I missed that section of the book. Females (not photographed) did have the extensive blue thorax as well, as shown in Lam's blue form female.
… Rich Kelly, 8 August, 2010 - 9:36am login or register to post comments

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