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Aztec Dancer Damselfly.

Argia nahuana

Photo by joanbstanley
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Field Notes

Description:

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.

Habitat:

Development greenbelt.

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Aztec Dancer

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PublishedAugust 12, 2014

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