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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Damselflies (Zygoptera) » Narrow-winged Damselflies (Coenagrionidae) » Dancers (Argia) » Dusky Dancer (Argia translata)
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Damsel fly 091513 - Argia translata - female
Copyright © 2013 Cliff Ivy

Damsel fly 091513 - Argia translata - Female
Caney Creek, Stilwell, Adair County, Oklahoma, USA
September 15, 2013
Damsel landed on fence.
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Contributed by Cliff Ivy on 11 October, 2013 - 11:55pm
Last updated 31 December, 2013 - 8:04pm

Moved
Moved from Damselflies.
… Cliff Ivy, 31 December, 2013 - 5:47pm login or register to post comments

Argia translata (female)


Note the deeply divided humeral stripe and the the dark dorsolateral and ventrolateral stripes on abdominal segments 8 and 9.
… William Edwards, 31 December, 2013 - 4:44pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the ID
and for all your personal time and expertise in helping us novices on BG.
… Cliff Ivy, 31 December, 2013 - 5:46pm login or register to post comments

 
You're welcome.
Thank you for your help with the skippers.
I've moved lots of the images that you've identified.
… William Edwards, 31 December, 2013 - 8:04pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 21 October, 2013 - 8:00am login or register to post comments

Looks like a Dancer
Something in the Argia genus.
… Marty R., 13 October, 2013 - 12:03am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Marty
I agree and should be able to search and ID this one.
… Cliff Ivy, 13 October, 2013 - 9:45am login or register to post comments

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