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Photo#674452
Blue-fronted Dancer - Argia apicalis

Blue-fronted Dancer - Argia apicalis
Popejoy Conservation Area, Popejoy, Franklin County, Iowa, USA
July 7, 2012
Size: ~3 cm
One of several individuals observed flying and alighting on vegetation in in grassy openings in floodplain forest along Iowa River.

Moved
Moved from Damselflies.

With the black on the sides of the end of the abdomen
we would suggest female Argia apicalis

 
Argia apicalis
In Iowa, that would be a pretty safe identification.

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