Aztec dancer
The Aztec dancer is a slim damselfly. The male is bright blue, with pale blue legs and a blue ring near the end of his long tail. The female looks similar but is mostly light brown.
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Fun facts
It likes clear, shallow streams in full sunshine, with few plants along the edges.
Until 1958 scientists thought it was just a kind of California dancer. Then it became its own species.
It has a dark black stripe on the side of its chest that splits in two, like a fork.
People have spotted it less often in recent times: 115 sightings up to 1975, but only 35 since 1980.
Most asked questions about Aztec dancer
?Where does the Aztec dancer live?
In the south-western United States, such as California, Arizona and Texas, and in Mexico.
?Is the Aztec dancer dangerous?
No. Damselflies have no sting and are harmless.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Argia nahuana
- Group
- Dragonflies and damselflies
- Family
- Coenagrionidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Odonata > Coenagrionidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Aztec dancer (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Gaberlunzi (Richard Murphy). CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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