Nebraska Dragonflies and Damselflies

Blue-tipped Dancer

Argia tibialis

Rambur, 1842

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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 Blue-tipped Dancer is a medium-sized Dancer. The face and top of the male's thorax are blue-violet and the sides of the thorax are white. The tip of the abdomen is blue, but the rest of the body is nearly black. The females may be blue or brown. May perch in shade. This eastern species is found in the eastern and southern half of Nebraska. It is rarely common but is often found where there are log or brush tangles in a stream.
		Blue-tipped Dancer
		Size: 30-38 mm (1.2-1.5 in) Habitat: spring-fed streams as well as sluggish sloughs or swamps Great Plains Range: TX, OK, KS, NE, MO, IA, MN Flight season: early June to late July
		Green indicates accepted county record (specimen or photograph). Yellow indicates sight record only.

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