Damselflies (Emma’s Dancer)

Emma’s Dancer

Argia emma

Native
Status: Rare

Size: small/medium

Length - length 34 - 40 mm

Eye color - male: lavender with black on top; female: yellowish tan

Face color - male: lavender to blue; female: yellowish tan

Thorax color - male: lavender to blue; thoracic side stripe pinched at middle, top stripe on thorax unique - very narrow & straight; female: yellowish tan or more rarely male-like; top thoracic stripe very thin

Abdomen color - male: lavender and black with no side triangles, blue 'tail' segments 8-10 can have short black vertical stripes sides of segments 8 & 9

Stigma color - pale stigma

Habitat - rocky streams, rivers

Behavior - males perch on rocks or logs jutting above rushing streams or on the nearby shoreline rocks, and sometimes vegetation

Flight period - March - October

Range -  eastern British Columbia and Alberta south to Nebraska, Nevada, and California except southern CA

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