Vivid Dancer
 
Location: Cave and Basin, Banff, AB
Date: July 24, 2025		                
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Common Name:  Vivid Dancer

Latin Name:  Argia vivida Hagen in Selys, 1865
                        (R. Bercha, det.)

Length: 29 - 38 mm

Range: Cave and Basin, Banff

Habitat:  Hot springs

Time of year seen:  June to September (Additional Sightings)

Diet: Insects

Other: Vivid Dancers are only found at the Cave and Basin hot springs in Banff, Alberta.  The males are blue and black and the females come in two color morphs: blue & black and brown & orange.  (Acorn, 2004)
 
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