Dusky dancer

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Dusky dancer
Dusky Dancer Argia translata tandem 2008-10-26.jpg
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Coenagrionidae
Genus: Argia
Species:
A. translata
Binomial name
Argia translata
Hagen in Selys, 1865

The dusky dancer (Argia translata) is a damselfly of the family Coenagrionidae, native to eastern and southern North America.

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