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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) » Black Dancer (Argia fumipennis atra)
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Variable Dancer - Argia fumipennis - female
Copyright © 2004 Tony DiTerlizzi

Variable Dancer - Argia fumipennis - Female
Hobe Sound, Florida, USA
June 27, 2004
Shot at Jonathan Dickinson State Park.
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Contributed by Tony DiTerlizzi on 8 July, 2004 - 5:22pm
Last updated 10 July, 2009 - 11:44am

Moved
Moved from Variable Dancer.
… John R. Maxwell, 10 July, 2009 - 11:44am login or register to post comments

wow, much darker than NC dancers
Neat, look at the different photos. In North Carolina, we get the lighter ones, and then the dark ones with purple abdomens, but yours is even darker, almost black. Looks like a "cline" of coloration with latitude, perhaps?

Patrick Coin
Durham, North Carolina
… Cotinis, 8 July, 2004 - 5:27pm login or register to post comments

 
Variations of the Variable...
You are right Patrick. "Stokes Beginners Guide to Dragonflies" (1) says:

"...Appearance quite variable geographically. Southeastern race has black wings and abdomen mostly black with blue tip."
… Tony DiTerlizzi, 13 July, 2004 - 6:13am login or register to post comments

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