- Pond Damselflies
- Coenagrionidae Family
county record:
Record Form
The Variable Dancer is the only North American Pond Damsel with dark brown wings. Unfortunately, the subspecies found in Nebraska (Argia fumipennis violacea or Violet Dancer) has clear wings, thus depriving us of an easy field mark for this very variable species. Males are violet on the head, top of the thorax and abdomen. The top of abdominal segments 8-10 are blue. Females are brown. Both sexes have wide black stripes on the top of the thorax.
Variable Dancer
Size: 29-34 mm (1.1-1.3 in)
Habitat: shallow streams, ponds and bogs
Great Plains Range: TX, OK, KS, NE, SD, NM, CO, WY, MT, MO, IA, MN
Flight season: May to September
Blue indicates record in Beckemeyer database.
Green indicates record in Sibley database.
Yellow indicates sight or photographic record.