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Common Name County Date Observer(s) Number Comments Record Type
1 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake ? G.H. Bick 1 sex=MALE, source=G.H. BICK COLLECTION -FSCA Collect
2 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 1903-07-09 C.S. Brimley and F. Sherman, Jr. 1 Raleigh. Reported in: Brimley, C.S. and F. Sherman, North Carolina Records of Odonates in 1903. Entomological News 1904, v15:100-102. - Exact number not given. Taken only along very small, somewhat marshy streams. Collect
3 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2001-07-02 B. Anderson 0 WIUM - Obs. at Paradise Pond near Loblolly Trail Photo online
4 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2006-08-21 E. Corey 4 FALA - male, pair in copula, and female Photo online
5 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2007-06-12 E. Corey 15 FALA - Observed along shore at YORK Sight
6 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2007-07-18 E. Corey 25 FALA - observed along shoreline at YORK Sight
7 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2008-06-07 E. Corey 25 WIUM - Along Crabtree Creek, temps at 100 degrees Sight
8 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2008-07-24 Bob Oberfelder 0 Observed in Cary at Lochmere Golf Course, male Photo
9 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2009-06-30 Matt Daw 0 Sight
10 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2009-08-07 E. Corey, B. Anderson, B. Hartness 2 WIUM - Observed along powerline during Butterfly Count Sight
11 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2009-08-07 Brian Bockhahn, Matthew Daw, Ali Iyoob, Kyle Kittlebarger 15 Observed at Falls Lake Dam and Durant Nature Park during Wake County Butterfly Count Sight
12 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2009-08-13 Ali Iyoob 15 Sight
13 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2009-08-15 R. Emmitt 25 Falls Lake and the dam to the lake Sight
14 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2009-08-17 Matthew Daw 0 Observed at Falls Lake Dam while looking for butterflies Sight
15 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2009-08-19 Matthew Daw 0 Falls Lake Dam Sight
16 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2010-05-30 Ali Iyoob, Matthew Daw 2 Sight
17 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2010-06-18 Kyle Kittelberger, Matt Daw 1 Found while exploring the creek in my backyard which led to a marshy area at Falls Lake Photo
18 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2010-06-22 Kyle Kittelberger 0 Neuse River, beneath Falls Dam Sight
19 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2010-07-01 Kyle Kittelberger, Matt Daw, Ali Iyoob 0 Found while exploring the creek in my backyard and a marshy part of Falls Lake Sight
20 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2010-08-06 Kyle Kittelberger, Matt Daw, Ali Iyoob, Brian Bockhahn 0 Seen on Butterfly Count, at Durant Nature Park, Falls Dam, and my house Sight
21 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2010-08-06 B. Bockhahn 8 FALA - Neuse River below dam Sight
22 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2011-06-06 Kyle Kittelberger 0 Neuse River, beneath Falls Dam Sight
23 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2011-06-19 Bob Oberfelder 0 Observed in Cary at Lochmere Golf Course, male Photo
24 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2011-07-09 E. Corey 6 Anderson Point Park Sight
25 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2011-07-29 Bob Oberfelder 0 Observed in Cary at Lochmere Golf course, female - Observed in Cary at Lochmer4 Golf course, female Photo online
26 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2011-08-03 Bob Oberfelder 0 Observed in Cary at Lochmere Golf Course, male Photo
27 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2011-08-04 Bob Oberfelder 0 Observed in Cary at Lochmere Golf Course, female Photo online
28 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2011-08-12 Bob Oberfelder 0 Observed in Cary at Lochmere Golf Course, male Photo online
29 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2012-07-06 Mike Turner 0 Tailrace below the Falls Lake dam - common Sight
30 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2012-07-07 Mike Turner 15 Lake Crabtree County Park Sight
31 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2012-07-14 Mike Turner 6 William B. Umstead State Park-east of Big Lake Sight
32 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2012-07-15 Mike Turner 10 Tailrace below the Falls Lake dam Sight
33 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2012-07-17 Mike Turner, Brian Bockhahn, Kyle Kittleberger 15 Lake Crabtree County Park Sight
34 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2012-07-20 Kyle Kittelberger, Mike Turner, Brian Bockhahn, Ed Corey 10 Wading below the Falls Dam in the Neuse River Sight
35 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2012-07-20 Mike Turner 1 Tailrace below the Falls Lake dam Sight
36 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2012-07-21 Jeff Pippen, Harry LeGrand 5 Neuse River below Falls Lake dam; Neuse River Greenway at Buffaloe Rd. Sight
37 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2012-08-01 Mike Turner 10 Lake Crabtree County Park Sight
38 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2012-08-02 Mike Turner 15 tailrace below the Falls Lake dam Sight
39 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2012-08-03 Mike Turner 1 Lake Raleigh Sight
40 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2012-08-04 Mike Turner 25 Lake Crabtree County Park Sight
41 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2012-08-11 Mike Turner 10 Lake Raleigh Sight
42 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2012-08-12 Mike Turner 20 Lake Johnson Sight
43 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2012-08-18 Mike Turner 15 Lake Crabtree County Park Sight
44 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2012-09-08 Mike Turner 15 Lake Crabtree County Park Sight
45 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2012-09-13 Mike Turner 5 Lake Raleigh Sight
46 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2012-09-27 Mike Turner 12 Falls Lake-tailrace below the Falls Lake dam Sight
47 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2012-09-30 Mike Turner 1 Lake Crabtree County Park Sight
48 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2012-10-02 Mike Turner 2 Lake Crabtree County Park Sight
49 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2012-10-03 Mike Turner 2 Lake Crabtree County Park Sight
50 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2012-10-04 Mike Turner 4 Lake Crabtree County Park Sight
51 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2012-10-05 Mike Turner 8 Lake Crabtree County Park Sight
52 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2012-10-06 Mike Turner 4 Falls Lake-tailrace below the dam Sight
53 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2012-10-11 Mike Turner 1 Shelley Lake Sight
54 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2012-10-12 Mike Turner 1 Lake Raleigh Sight
55 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2012-10-25 Mike Turner 2 Lake Raleigh Sight
56 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2013-05-18 Mike Turner 6 Lake Crabtree County Park Sight
57 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2013-05-19 Mike Turner 5 Lake Crabtree County Park Sight
58 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2013-05-27 Mike Turner 20 Lake Crabtree County Park Sight
59 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2013-05-28 Mike Turner 5 Lake Crabtree County Park Sight
60 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2013-06-01 Mike Turner 10 Lake Crabtree County Park Sight
61 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2013-06-02 Mike Turner 42 Lake Crabtree County Park Sight
62 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2013-06-11 Mike Turner 10 Lake Crabtree County Park Sight
63 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2013-06-12 Mike Turner 15 Lake Raleigh-paddling the lake shore for 2.5 miles and walking 1.5 miles Sight
64 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2013-06-15 Mike Turner 10 Lake Crabtree County Park Sight
65 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2013-06-16 Mike Turner 10 Lake Crabtree County Park Sight
66 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2013-06-20 Mike Turner 15 Lake Crabtree County Park Sight
67 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2013-07-03 Mike Turner 4 Lake Crabtree County Park Sight
68 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2013-07-04 Mike Turner 20 Lake Johnson Park Sight
69 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2013-07-06 Mike Turner 10 Lake Raleigh-paddling ~3 miles and walking ~.5 miles. Sight
70 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2013-07-07 Harry LeGrand 3 Crabtree Creek Greenway, near Atlantic Avenue Sight
71 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2013-07-18 Mike Turner 3 Mitchell Mill State Natural Area Sight
72 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2013-07-20 Mike Turner 15 Lake Crabtree County Park Sight
73 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2013-07-22 Mike Turner 15 Lake Crabtree County Park Sight
74 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2013-07-27 Mike Turner 25 Falls Lake-tailrace below the dam Sight
75 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2013-08-03 Mike Turner 25 Lake Raleigh Sight
76 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2013-08-18 Mike Turner 15 Lake Crabtree County Park Sight
77 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2013-08-31 Mike Turner 25 Falls Lake-tailrace below the dam Sight
78 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2013-09-06 Mike Turner 21 Lake Raleigh, paddling and walking ~2 miles Sight
79 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2013-09-28 Mike Turner 4 Falls Lake-Lower Barton Creek east of Six Forks Rd. Sight
80 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2013-10-17 Mike Turner 1 Lake Crabtree County Park Sight
81 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2014-05-22 Mike Turner 8 Bond Park Sight
82 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2014-05-25 Mike Turner 10 Lake Raleigh Sight
83 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2014-05-28 Mike Turner 8 Lake Raleigh Sight
84 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2014-06-01 Mike Turner 20 Lake Raleigh Sight
85 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2014-06-03 Mike Turner 15 Bond Park Sight
86 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2014-06-13 Mike Turner 20 Lake Johnson Sight
87 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2014-06-14 Mike Turner 6 Lake Raleigh Sight
88 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2014-06-16 Mike Turner 3 Durant Nature Park Sight
89 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2014-06-20 Mike Turner 5 Bond Park Sight
90 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2014-06-25 Mike Turner 30 Falls Lake-tailrace below the dam Sight
91 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2014-06-29 Mike Turner 5 Umstead S.P., Big Lake and adjacent powerline ROW Sight
92 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2014-07-19 Mike Turner 4 Lake Raleigh Sight
93 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2014-07-23 Mike Turner 10 Bond Park ad.males Sight
94 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2014-07-26 Mike Turner 15 Lake Raleigh Sight
95 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2014-07-28 Mike Turner 5 Durant Nature Park Sight
96 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2014-08-03 Mike Turner 2 Durant Nature Park Sight
97 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2014-08-20 Mike Turner 1 Umstead S.P., Big Lake and adjacent powerline ROW - ad.male Sight
98 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2014-08-23 Mike Turner 10 Lake Raleigh Sight
99 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2014-08-25 Mike Turner 2 Mitchell Mill State Natural Area - ad.males Sight
100 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2014-08-27 Mike Turner 1 Lake Wheeler - ad.male Sight
101 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2014-08-29 Mike Turner 5 Bond Park - ad.males Sight
102 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2014-09-19 Mike Turner 10 Lake Raleigh Sight
103 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2014-10-01 Mike Turner 6 Anderson Point Park Sight
104 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2014-10-03 Mike Turner 6 Durant Nature Park - ad.males Sight
105 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2014-10-06 Mike Turner 6 Lake Raleigh - ad.males Sight
106 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2014-10-08 Mike Turner 2 Durant Nature Park - ad.males Sight
107 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2014-10-09 Mike Turner 1 Neuse River Greenway-from Poole Rd. to Anderson Point Park Sight
108 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2015-05-16 Mike Turner 15 Lake Raleigh - mostly pairs in tandem Sight
109 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2015-05-31 Mike Turner 20 Lake Raleigh Sight
110 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2015-06-06 Mike Turner 1 Umstead State Park - Big Lake - ad.male Sight
111 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2015-06-09 Mike Turner 1 Walnut Creek @ SR2544 (Johnson Pond Rd.) Sight
112 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2015-06-20 Mike Turner 10 Lake Raleigh Sight
113 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2015-06-21 Mike Turner 3 Yates Mill County Park Sight
114 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2015-06-26 Mike Turner 13 Lake Raleigh - 10 ad.males Sight
115 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2015-07-11 Mike Turner 35 Lake Raleigh Sight
116 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2015-07-19 Mike Turner 15 Lake Raleigh - 10 ad.males Sight
117 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2015-07-25 Mike Turner 15 Lake Raleigh Sight
118 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2015-08-07 Mike Turner 15 Anderson Point Park Sight
119 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2015-08-09 John Petranka, Sally Gewalt 10 Neuse River at Falls Dam. - Males along river, females in vegetation away from river. Photo
120 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2015-08-22 Mike Turner 10 Lake Raleigh Sight
121 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2015-08-24 Mike Turner 4 Walnut Creek @ SR2544 (Sunnybrook Rd.) Sight
122 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2015-08-25 Mike Turner 2 Perry Creek @ SR2006 (Durant Rd.) Sight
123 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2015-08-26 Mike Turner 2 Neuse River @ US64 Sight
124 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2015-08-29 Mike Turner 2 Lake Raleigh Sight
125 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2016-05-13 Mike Turner 10 Lake Raleigh Sight
126 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2016-05-14 Mike Turner 15 Lake Raleigh Sight
127 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2016-05-28 Mike Turner 20 Lake Raleigh Sight
128 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2016-05-31 Mike Turner 3 Smith Cr @ NC98 (Wait Ave.); ~200' downstream of Wake Forest Reservoir Sight
129 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2016-06-18 Mike Turner 20 15 ad.males - Lake Raleigh Sight
130 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2016-06-25 Mike Turner 1 ad.male - Yates Mill County Park Sight
131 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2016-07-04 Mike Turner 3 ad.males - W.B Umstead State Park; Powerline ROW next to Big Lake & floodplain of Sycamore Cr. Sight
132 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2016-07-09 Mike Turner 25 20 ad.males - Lake Raleigh Sight
133 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2016-08-06 Mike Turner 5 3 ad.males - W.B Umstead State Park; Powerline ROW next to Big Lake & floodplain of Sycamore Cr. Sight
134 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2016-08-13 Mike Turner 3 Anderson Point Park Sight
135 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2017-05-19 Mike Turner 20 Lake Raleigh Sight
136 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2017-06-18 Mike Turner 10 Lake Raleigh Sight
137 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2017-06-18 Mike Turner 3 Yates Mill County Park Sight
138 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2017-06-24 Mike Turner 15 Lake Raleigh - 10 ad.males Sight
139 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2017-07-07 Mike Turner 4 Richland Creek-Wake Forest, NC Sight
140 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2017-09-29 Mike Turner 4 Lake Raleigh Sight
141 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2018-06-10 R Emmitt 4 Neuse Rive below Falls Lake Dam. Sight
142 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2020-06-21 Kyle Kittelberger 4 At a private residence. Stoneridge Drive, Raleigh Sight
143 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2020-06-21 Ruby Sarkar 10 Mature male, found near the Falls Lake Dam, in Raleigh. Photo online
144 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2020-08-28 Harry LeGrand, Lori Arent 2 Wooten Meadows Park - Lori Arent has photo Photo
145 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2021-06-16 Harry LeGrand, Lori Arent 2 Umstead SP Photo
146 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2021-07-18 Harry LeGrand, Lori Arent 12 Anderson Point Park Sight
147 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2021-07-21 Harry LeGrand, Lori Arent 100 Neuse River below Falls Dam Sight
148 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2022-05-29 H. LeGrand & L. Arent 2 Falls Lake below dam Sight
149 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2022-06-01 Harry LeGrand, Lori Arent 2 Wooten Meadow Park Sight
150 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2022-08-02 Harry LeGrand, Lori Arent 2 Wooten Meadow Park in Raleigh - Hare Snipe Creek Sight
151 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2023-07-15 L. Arent 2 Schenck Forest, Richland Creek area Sight
152 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2023-08-05 L. Arent 3 Umstead SP Sight
153 Blue-fronted Dancer [Argia apicalis] Wake 2023-08-06 Lori Arent, Harry LeGrand 15 Neuse River Greenway close to the I-540 bridge Sight