Nebraska Dragonflies and Damselflies

Emma's Dancer

Argia emma

Kennedy, 1915

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Pond Damselflies Coenagrionidae Family
Red Damsel Amphiagrion species Paiute Dancer Argia alberta Blue-fronted Dancer Argia apicalis Emma's Dancer Argia emma Variable Dancer Argia fumipennis Powdered Dancer Argia moesta Aztec Dancer Argia nahuana Springwater Dancer Argia plana Blue-ringed Dancer Argia sedula Blue-tipped Dancer Argia tibialis Vivid Dancer Argia vivida Taiga Bluet Coenagrion resolutum River Bluet Enallagma anna Northern Bluet Enallagma annexum Rainbow Bluet Enallagma antennatum Azure Bluet Enallagma aspersum Double-striped Bluet Enallagma basidens Boreal Bluet Enallagma boreale Tule Bluet Enallagma carunculatum	Familiar Bluet Enallagma civile Alkali Bluet Enallagma clausum Marsh Bluet Enallagma ebrium Stream Bluet Enallagma exsulans Skimming Bluet Enallagma geminatum Hagen's Bluet Enallagma hageni Arroyo Bluet Enallagma praevarum Orange Bluet Enallagma signatum Slender Bluet Enallagma traviatum Vesper Bluet Enallagma vesperum Desert Forktail Ischnura barberi Plains Forktail Ischnura damula Citrine Forktail Ischnura hastata Western Forktail Ischnura perparva Fragile Forktail Ischnura posita Eastern Forktail Ischnura verticalis Sedge Sprite Nehalennia irene	The male Emma's Dancer is a striking violet color with a blue tip to the abdomen. Females are generally grey/brown. Both have a narrow black stripe on the top of the thorax. Uncommon. This western species reaches the extreme eastern edge of its range in central Nebraska (Brown and Custer Counties). There is one record in central Iowa. This species is found in the grassy edges of clear, sandy rivers or large streams and there are only scattered records through its Nebraska range

		Size: 33-40 mm (1.3-1.6 in) Habitat: along rivers and streams, both rapid and slow-moving Great Plains Range: NE, SD, CO, WY, MT Flight season: late June to mid August
		Green indicates accepted county record (specimen or photograph). Yellow indicates sight record only.

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