Common Name
Aztec Dancer
Family
Pond Damsels: Dancers
Distribution map from southwestdragonflies.net

Aztec Dancer, Male, Queen Creek (Superior), Maricopa, AZ, 20 September 2009

Aztec Dancer, Male, Blue River, Gila, AZ, 1 October 2011

Aztec Dancer, Male, Tonto Creek, Gisela, Gila, AZ, 4 July 2011

Aztec Dancer, Male, Bog Tank, Apache, AZ, 18 June 2009. On this and the next picture, note the coloration pattern on abdominal segments 6 and 7. This pattern differs from that of other populations and apparently is characteristic of the Bog Tank population of the species.

Aztec Dancer, Male, Bog Tank, Apache, AZ, 7 June 2010

Aztec Dancer, Female in tandem, Empire Cienega, Pima, AZ, 3 September 2008

Aztec Dancer, Female in tandem, Spur Cross Conservation Area, Maricopa, AZ, 23 October 2011

Aztec Dancer, Pair in tandem with female (parasitized with water mites) ovipositing, Warm Springs, Gila, AZ, 31 March 2012

Aztec Dancer, Male appendages (lateral view), Morgan City Wash, Maricopa, AZ, 30 November 2008

Aztec Dancer, Male appendages (top view), Gila River at Kelvin Bridge, Pinal, 1 November 2009