Spine-tipped Dancer

Scientific Classification

Order Odonata
Suborder
Zygoptera
(Damselfly)
Family
Argia
(Pond Damsels: Dancers)
Genus
Argia
Species
extranea

Identification Tips

Spine-tipped Dancer, Male, Cienega Creek Natural Preserve, Pima, AZ, 8 August 2017 Spine-tipped Dancer, Male, Cienega Creek Natural Preserve, Pima, AZ, 8 August 2017

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Seasonal Changes in Occurrence

Data (158 accepted records) from Odonata Central, August 2026.

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Images

Spine-tipped Dancer Spine-tipped Dancer, Male, Sonora, Mexico, 6 August 2022
Spine-tipped Dancer Spine-tipped Dancer, Male, Madera Canyon, Pima, AZ, 30 October 2021
Spine-tipped Dancer Spine-tipped Dancer, Male, Sonoita Creek Preserve, Santa Cruz, AZ, 31 May 2026
Spine-tipped Dancer Spine-tipped Dancer, Male, Mineral Creek at Kelvin Bridge, Pinal, AZ, 27 April 2019
Spine-tipped Dancer Spine-tipped Dancer, Male appendages (lateral view), Sonoita Creek State Natural Preserve, Santa Cruz, AZ, 13 May 2017
Spine-tipped Dancer Spine-tipped Dancer, Female, Santa Cruz River, Marana, Pima, AZ, 6 November 2022
Spine-tipped Dancer Spine-tipped Dancer, Female, Sycamore Canyon, Santa Cruz, AZ, 23 October 2021
Spine-tipped Dancer Spine-tipped Dancer, Female, Sonoita Creek State Natural Area, Santa Cruz, AZ, 15 November 2014
Spine-tipped Dancer Spine-tipped Dancer, Female, Molino Basin, Pima, AZ, 7 November 2021
Spine-tipped Dancer Spine-tipped Dancer, Female in tandem, Parker Schoolhouse stream, Santa Cruz, AZ, 30 October 2011
Spine-tipped Dancer Spine-tipped Dancer, Pair in tandem, Sonoita Creek State Natural Area, Santa Cruz, AZ, 28 October 2017
Spine-tipped Dancer Spine-tipped Dancer, Pair in wheel, Lower Sabino Canyon Creek, Pima, AZ, 4 June 2023
Spine-tipped Dancer Spine-tipped Dancer, Pair in wheel, Sonoita Creek State Natural Area, Santa Cruz, AZ, 15 November 2014
Spine-tipped Dancer Spine-tipped Dancer, Pair in tandem with female ovipositing, Cienega Creek Natural Preserve, Pima, AZ, 11 March 2017