Blue-tipped Dancer Argia tibialis (Rambur, 1842)    
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Arthropoda   >   Class Insecta   >   Order Odonata   >   Family Coenagrionidae   >   Genus Argia   

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Blue-tipped Dancer (Argia tibialis) is a dark species of dancer usually found on small to medium-sized creeks and rivers, but sometimes larger ones, usually within a forested setting. It sometimes will occur on degraded streams in developed areas (Paulson, 2011). This species is abundant in Maryland (Richard Orr's Dragonflies and Damselflies of Maryland and District of Columbia).

There are 600 records in the project database.

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A Blue-tipped Dancer in Worcester Co., Maryland (7/5/2015). Photo by Jim Brighton. (MBP list)

A male Blue-tipped Dancer in Howard Co., Maryland (7/7/2013). Photo by Bonnie Ott. (MBP list)

A Blue-tipped Dancer in Frederick, Maryland (8/2/2014). Photo by Richard Orr. (MBP list)

A Blue-tipped Dancer in Washington Co., Maryland (6/15/2019). Photo by Frode Jacobsen. (MBP list)

A Blue-tipped Dancer in Calvert Co., Maryland (7/4/2020). Photo by Jason Avery. (MBP list)

A female Blue-tipped Dancer in Worcester Co., Maryland (6/2/2014). Photo by Frode Jacobsen. (MBP list)

Blue-tipped Dancer in Prince Georges Co., Maryland (7/18/2015). Photo by Jim Brighton. (MBP list)

A Blue-tipped Dancer in Howard Co., Maryland (6/11/2019). Photo by Sue Muller. (MBP list)

A Blue-tipped Dancer in Charles Co., Maryland (7/4/2020). Photo by Frode Jacobsen. (MBP list)

Blue-tipped Dancer in Howard Co., Maryland (7/13/2020). Photo by Frode Jacobsen. (MBP list)

A blue-form female Blue-tipped Dancer in Howard Co., Maryland (7/7/2013). Photo by Bonnie Ott. (MBP list)

A blue-form female Blue-tipped Dancer in Worcester Co., Maryland (7/15/2007). Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

Blue-tipped Dancer in Queen Anne's Co., Maryland (7/22/2021). (c) pcowartrickmanphoto, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Pamela Cowart-Rickman. (MBP list)

Blue-tipped Dancer in Howard Co., Maryland (6/14/2020). (c) emilio c, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Emilio Concari. (MBP list)

Blue-tipped Dancer in Harford Co., Maryland (7/1/2007). (c) Rick Cheicante, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Rick Cheicante. (MBP list)

Blue-tipped Dancer in Frederick Co., Maryland (6/1/2019). (c) Judy Gallagher, some rights reserved (CC BY). Photo by Judy Gallagher. (MBP list)

A Blue-tipped Dancer in Frederick Co., Maryland (6/1/2019). Photo by Judy Gallagher. (MBP list)

Blue-tipped Dancer in Caroline Co., Maryland (5/22/2022). (c) Jonathan Irons, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Jonathan Irons. (MBP list)

Blue-tipped Dancer in Caroline Co., Maryland (7/20/2014). Photo by Jim Brighton. (MBP list)

Blue-tipped Dancer in Prince George's Co., Maryland (6/7/2020). (c) Jenny Glenn, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Jenny Glenn via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

A Blue-tipped Dancer in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (7/9/2020). Photo by Ben Springer. (MBP list)

Blue-tipped Dancer in Montgomery Co., Maryland (6/20/2010). (c) Mike Ostrowski, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA). Photo by Mike Ostrowski. (MBP list)


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