Flight season: early June to early October.
Population: common, encountered anywhere along the Moira River and other similar fast water habitats.
Also recorded from the Vanderwater Conservation Area and Drag Lake, often found foraging along the trans-Canada Trail a good distance from water.
Length: about 30 mm. The violet colored males are distinctive, females may be identified by their forked shoulder stripes and the dot-dash pattern on their abdomens.
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Tweed, Ontario, the Moira River, near the walking bridge and dam:
rock-bottomed river with fast flowing water, rapids and emergent rocks, but also quiet pools and backwaters.
The shoreline vegetation is mostly trees with a few small clearings supporting tall grasses and wildflowers.
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Male Violet Dancer (Argia fumipennis violacea)
August 03, 2009
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Tweed, Ontario, a garden located at 417 Metcalf Street:
residential area, lawn with flower and vegetable gardens, a significant distance from water.
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Female Violet Dancer (Argia fumipennis violacea)
July 16, 2009
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East of Tweed, Allore Road, the bridge across the Clare River near the intersection of Allore Road and Otter Creek Road:
rock-bottomed river, relatively shallow with a moderately fast current, bordered by trees and dense shoreline vegetation consisting of tall grasses and wildflowers.
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Female Violet Dancer (Argia fumipennis violacea)
June 19, 2014
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East of Tweed, Ontario, Courneya Road, the bridge across the Clare River:
generally open and exposed bare rock shoreline, but also with several heavily vegetated still backwater pools in this stretch of the river.
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Violet Dancer (Argia fumipennis violacea), tandem
June 22, 2014
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East of Tweed, Ontario, along Lakeview Lane, near the trans-Canada Trail and Alexander Street:
roadside clearing in shrubbery and woodland supporting tall grasses and wildflowers, a short distance from the Moira River.
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Violet Dancer (Argia fumipennis violacea), wheel
July 08, 2011
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