Spine-tipped Dancer | Arizona Dragonflies

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

Distribution Map by counties from Southwestdragonflies.net

News About This Species

November 12, 2016

Spine-tipped Dancer, Argia extranea, in Pinal Co, AZ: Second northernmost record for Arizona

Identification Tips

Spine-tipped Dancer, Male, Cienega Creek Natural Preserve, Pima, AZ, 8 August 2017

Species to compare (enter common name)

Spine-tipped Dancer, Male, Sonora, Mexico, 6 August 2022
Spine-tipped Dancer, Male, Madera Canyon, Pima, AZ, 30 October 2021
Spine-tipped Dancer, Male, Queen Valley, Pinal, AZ, 26 November 2021
Spine-tipped Dancer, Male, Mineral Creek at Kelvin Bridge, Pinal, AZ, 27 April 2019
Spine-tipped Dancer, Male appendages (lateral view), Sonoita Creek State Natural Preserve, Santa Cruz, AZ, 13 May 2017
Spine-tipped Dancer, Female, Santa Cruz River, Marana, Pima, AZ, 6 November 2022
Spine-tipped Dancer, Female, Sycamore Canyon, Santa Cruz, AZ, 23 October 2021
Spine-tipped Dancer, Female, Sonoita Creek State Natural Area, Santa Cruz, AZ, 15 November 2014
Spine-tipped Dancer, Female, Molino Basin, Pima, AZ, 7 November 2021
Spine-tipped Dancer, Female in tandem, Parker Schoolhouse stream, Santa Cruz, AZ, 30 October 2011
Spine-tipped Dancer, Pair in tandem, Sonoita Creek State Natural Area, Santa Cruz, AZ, 28 October 2017
Spine-tipped Dancer, Pair in wheel, Lower Sabino Canyon Creek, Pima, AZ, 4 June 2023
Spine-tipped Dancer, Pair in wheel, Sonoita Creek State Natural Area, Santa Cruz, AZ, 15 November 2014
Spine-tipped Dancer, Pair in tandem with female ovipositing, Cienega Creek Natural Preserve, Pima, AZ, 11 March 2017