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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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Damselfly - Argia apicalis - female
Copyright © 2011 Gacko

Damselfly - Argia apicalis - Female
Duncanville, Dallas County, Texas, USA
September 16, 2010

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Contributed by Gacko on 28 May, 2011 - 9:49pm
Last updated 30 May, 2011 - 11:16am

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… Gacko, 30 May, 2011 - 11:16am login or register to post comments

In my opinion - Argia apicalis (female)

Note the rather plain lightly marked thorax and the dark ventrolateral stripe on abdominal segment 9 (S9) which also shows plainly on your photo.

Female Argia moesta is very similar but lacks the ventrolateral stripe on S9

Female A. translata is somewhat similar but has a prominent deeply forked humeral stripe and prominent median stripe on the thorax
… William Edwards, 30 May, 2011 - 10:16am login or register to post comments

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