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Aztec Dancer

Argia nahuana

Photo by joanbstanley
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

size: small, length 27 - 35 mm

male: brilliant sky-blue; thorax shoulder stripe variably forked (lower stripe can be interrupted); blue "tail" segments 8-10; spot on segment 2 side (not stripe) distance between lower appendages from above less than width of individual appendages, inward pointing lobe on appendages when viewed from above

female: less colorful, thicker bodied than male; usually tan and black, another form male-like

Habitat:

Trickle trough in greenbelt.

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