The blue-fronted dancer (Argia apicalis) is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae, native to parts of North America.

[2] However the color of the thorax of Argia apicalis is variable and some males can be greyish-black rather than blue.

Copulation soon follows the arrival of the female, and the pair flies around the pond in tandem, investigating sites for egg-laying.

The adults hatched over an extended period and first appeared at a study site in Oklahoma in mid-summer.

Males visited water on about 40% of their adult days while females merely did so on 20%, both spending the rest of the time elsewhere, mostly in woods.

The arrival of a female in the patrolled territory was greeted with immediate copulation lasting about 16 minutes, with no preliminary display or courtship.