Variable Dancer (Argia fumipennis)
Haywood Co., NC 6/13/2009. | |
Wake Co., NC 5/23/2009. |
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. | |
In the Coastal Plain and lower Piedmont the wings are smoky. Moore Co., NC 6/10/06. | |
Moore Co., NC 7/1/07. | |
Moore Co., NC 7/1/07. | |
Moore Co., NC 7/1/07. | |
Scotland Co., NC 7/1/07. | |
Teneral (freshly emerged, without full color yet) Variable Dancer. Moore Co., NC 6/18/05. |