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Blue-tipped dancer, female

Argia tibialis

Description:

Females may be generally brown or blue, or very rarely green. They almost always have a thin black dorsal stripe and a thick black shoulder stripe with a fork near the wing bases, and inside the fork is a triangle of color the same color as the thorax. Rarely, a female will have a thinner dorsal stripe and a thinner, just slightly forked shoulder stripe as at middle right.

Habitat:

Wooded area; Battle Branch trail

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Maria dB
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Maria dB

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

Spotted on May 27, 2013
Submitted on Jun 14, 2013

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