#3748 · 🪽 dragonflies & damselflies

Variable Dancer

Argia fumipennis

LCleast concern 🪽 Dragonflies & damselflies 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Susan Elliott · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Elinor Osborn · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Jim Lemon · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Melissa McMasters · CC BY 4.0
5. © Jim Lemon · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Peterborough County, ON, Canada:© robertdifruscia · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Gillespie County, TX, USA:© Rich Kostecke · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Champdoré, NB, Canada:© Denis Doucet · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Fayetteville, AR, USA:© Eric · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Kane County, IL, USA:© Dave1682 · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The variable dancer ( Argia fumipennis ) is a damselfly of the family Coenagrionidae. It is native to North America, where it is widespread throughout the east and present in the interior western United States.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 34,829iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
34,829 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Hermann Burmeister in 1839 (187 years ago).