Variable Dancer (Argia fumipennis)

Variable Dancer (Argia fumipennis)

Haywood Co., NC 6/13/2009.

Variable Dancer (Argia fumipennis)

Wake Co., NC 5/23/2009.

Variable Dancer (Argia fumipennis)

Variable dancers are common throughout NC and are as variable as the name indicates. In the Mountains and upper Piedmont the wings are clear.

The body color is a lovely lavender and black with a little Carolina blue near the tip of the abdomen.

Radford, VA 7/13/07.

Variable Dancer (Argia fumipennis)

In the Coastal Plain and lower Piedmont the wings are smoky.

Moore Co., NC 6/10/06.

Variable Dancer (Argia fumipennis)

Moore Co., NC 7/1/07.

Variable Dancer (Argia fumipennis)

Moore Co., NC 7/1/07.

Variable Dancer (Argia fumipennis)

Moore Co., NC 7/1/07.

Variable Dancer (Argia fumipennis)

Scotland Co., NC 7/1/07.

Variable Dancer (Argia fumipennis)

Teneral (freshly emerged, without full color yet) Variable Dancer.

Moore Co., NC 6/18/05.

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