
	Description
	On the male, the face and thorax, including the top of the thorax, is bright blue. The dark shoulder stripes are thin. The top of abdominal segments 8, 9, and 10 are bright blue. The spurs on the lower legs are long, twice as long as the space between them. The wings are clear and are distinctly narrowed (stalked) at the base.

	Size
	Total length: 15 ⁄16″ to 19 ⁄16″

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	Habitat
	Small, slow-moving rivers and streams; occasionally also on ponds and lakes.


	Biology
	Season
	Mid-June to mid-September

	Behavior


	Life Cycle


	Naiad Food


	Adult Food
	Flying insects


	Taxonomy
	Order	Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies)
	Suborder	Zygoptera (damselflies)
	Superfamily	Coenagrionoidea
	Family	Coenagrionidae (narrow-winged damselflies)
	Genus	Argia

	Synonyms


	Common Names
	blue-fronted dancer


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	Kirk Nelson




	Andy Witchger





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	Female

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	Argia apicalis (Blue-fronted Dancer) Allen Chartier

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	Blue-fronted Dancer (Coenagrionidae: Argia apicalis) Female on Leaf Carl Barrentine

	About Uploaded on Jul 6, 2009 Photographed at East Grand Forks, Minnesota (06 July 2009).



	Blue-fronted Dancer checking me and my lens cap while I was filming Meena Haribal

	About Uploaded on Nov 27, 2009 He glared at me as I videoed him. Once he came and checked me out by flying to the right of me and landing back at the same spot. Then he checked out my lens cap which is attached to the lens and hangs to the left and sat back in the same location and stared at me.

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Robyn 8/5/2018	Location: Ney Nature Center pond, Henderson, MN



Kirk Nelson 7/24/2016	Location: Fort Snelling State Park, on the Picnic Island Trail



Andy Witchger 8/3/2016	Location: Slim Lake, St Louis County



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Carpenter St. Croix Valley Nature Center Spring Lake Park Reserve

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