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Argia pulla along the Macal River, Belize Unidentified damselfly along the Macal River in Belize Argia pulla,Belize,Chiquibul,Macal River,Mountain Pine Ridge,Raspaculo River,conservation Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

Argia pulla along the Macal River, Belize

Unidentified damselfly along the Macal River in Belize

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  1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    What a stunning capture, Tony. I never knew you did macro as well. I've never seen a purple damselfly before, not even in photos. Would love to know its name. Posted 9 years ago
  2. View WildFlower's profile
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    It looks like a Dancer. There are a few similar ones, so my best guess is Caballito del diablo (Argia pulla) based on the following sources:
    http://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/197720-Argia-pulla
    http://eol.org/pages/1003061/overview
    http://bdei2.cs.umb.edu:8080/efg2/Redirect.jsp?displayFormat=html&dataSourceName=odonataofecuador_1325620580228&ALL_TABLE_NAME=efg_rdb_tables&uniqueID=1367239511685
    http://www.biodiversidadvirtual.org/insectarium/Argia-pulla.-img38521.html
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/52450054@N04/sets/72157629992022313/with/8445805855/     Posted 9 years ago
    1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
      Ferdy Christant
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      Excellent work! Species created manually. Posted 9 years ago
  4. View Joost Thissen's profile
    Joost Thissen
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    Indeed a beautiful damselfly!
    Impressive research wildflower     Posted 9 years ago, modified 9 years ago
  5. View Wendy's profile
    Wendy
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    Beautiful colored species.
    Looks like its tail is damaged :(
    Hopefully this was not fatal to him...
     Posted 8 years ago

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The Purple Dancer

Argia pulla is a damselfly in the Argia genus.

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Similar species: Dragonflies And Damselflies
Species identified by Ferdy Christant
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By Tony Rath

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Uploaded Oct 24, 2013. Captured Apr 24, 2013 15:09.
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  • Canon EOS 5D Mark II
  • f/11.0
  • 1/100s
  • ISO200
  • 100mm

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