Oculate Dancer | Arizona Dragonflies

Order: Odonata
- Suborder: Zygoptera (Damselfly)
- - Family: Pond Damsels: Dancers
- - - Genus: Argia
- - - - Species: oculata

The species in the US is known from one individual male discovered in Sycamore Canyon, Santa Cruz, AZ, by Troy Hibbitts in September 2017.

Note: This dancer used to be called Bluepoint Dancer.

Identification Tips

Oculate Dancer, Male, Nacapule Canyon, Sonora, Mexico, 15 August 2009

Species to compare (enter common name)

Oculate Dancer, Male, Sonora, Mexico, 12 August 2022
Oculate Dancer, Male, Sonora, Mexico, 14 August 2022
Oculate Dancer, Male, Nacapule Canyon, Sonora, Mexico, 8 August 2019
Oculate Dancer, Male, Nayarit, Mexico, 3 October 2009.
Oculate Dancer, Male, Nacapule Canyon, Sonora, Mexico, 15 August 2009.
Oculate Dancer, Male appendages (lateral view), Nacapule Canyon, Sonora, Mexico, 15 August 209.
Oculate Dancer, Pair in tandem, Sonora, Mexico, 12 August 2022
Oculate Dancer, Pair in tandem, Braulio Carrillo National Park, Costa Rica, 16 July 2017.