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| The Dragonflies
(Insecta: Odonata) of the Columbia Basin, British Columbia: Field Surveys, Collections Development and Public Education Argia Rambur
Argia species are large coenagrionid damselflies in our fauna. The males are blue or purple, and the females are usually olive or brown. Our two species develop in streams or in seeps associated with springs. A. emma apparently also emerges along some lakeshores. Adults prefer to rest on bare sunny spots adjacent to the streams or springs that they frequent. The larvae are stocky and flattened; the gills are unusually broad and pigmented. Species:
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