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  - Phylum - Spiders, Insects, and Crustaceans - Arthropoda
    - Class - Insects - Insecta
      - Order - Dragonflies / Damselflies - Odonata
        
        Family - Narrow-winged Damselflies - Coenagrionidae
        
        Species - Violet Dancer - Argia fumipennis violacea

Violet Dancer - Argia fumipennis violacea

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Native Species

Global Rank: G5T5
State Rank: S4

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General Description

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Range Comments

Found only in far eastern Montana in slow streams, but also found in warm springs in the Little Rocky Mountains (Blaine and Phillips Cos.) (Miller and Gustafson 1996).

Observations in Montana Natural Heritage Program Database

Number of Observations: 1

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Habitat

Warm springs in the Little Rocky Mountains (Blaine and Phillips Cos.); slow streams in far eastern Montana (Miller and Gustafson 1996).

Food Habits

Larvae feed on a wide variety of aquatic insects, such as mosquito larvae, other aquatic fly larvae, mayfly larvae, and freshwater shrimp.
Adult- This damselfly will eat almost any soft-bodied flying insect including mosquitoes, flies, small moths, mayflies, and flying ants or termites.

References

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- Acorn, J. 2004. Damselflies of Alberta: flying neon toothpicks in grass. Edmonton, Alberta: University of Alberta Press. 156 pp.
- Baril, S.F. 1977. Benthic invertebrate distribution, abundance, and diversity in Rosebud Creek, Montana. M.Sc. Thesis. Bozeman, MT: Montana State University. 97 p.
- Dunkle, S.W. 2000. Dragonflies through binoculars: A field guide to dragonflies of North America. New York, NY. Oxford University Press. 266 pp.
- Paulson, D.R. 2009. Dragonflies and Damselflies of the West. Princeton University Press, Princeton. 535 pp.
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Citation for data on this website:
Violet Dancer — Argia fumipennis violacea. Montana Field Guide. Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved on April 24, 2024, from https://FieldGuide.mt.gov/speciesDetail.aspx?elcode=IIODO68051