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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Skimmers (Libellulidae) » Saddlebags (Tramea) » Carolina Saddlebags (Tramea carolina)
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Red Dragonfly - Tramea carolina
Copyright © 2010 appletree

Red Dragonfly - Tramea carolina
Winton Woods , Hamilton County, Ohio, USA
May 5, 2010
I noticed several discussions about the differences between Carolina and Red Saddlebags. In this photo, one can see that there is a clear area near the body in the pigmented patch on the hind wing. Is there a definitive way to tell these species apart from these two photos which, unfortunately, are all that I am likely to get?

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Contributed by appletree on 6 May, 2010 - 12:20pm
Last updated 26 July, 2011 - 8:45pm

Moved
Moved from Saddlebags.
… Ben Coulter, 26 July, 2011 - 8:45pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Jason Forbes, 29 May, 2010 - 1:54pm login or register to post comments

Nice find!
In the eleven years I spent in Cincinnati I found only one of these....but I also found Tramea onusta, the "red saddlebags," so keep your eyes open.
… Eric R. Eaton, 7 May, 2010 - 3:56pm login or register to post comments

I agree
In your new image the smaller "clear" area in the saddle would indicate Carolina.
… Chad Edgar, 7 May, 2010 - 9:51am login or register to post comments

Signs point to Carolina
Range, large size of hindwing patch, smallness of clear window in said patch, and extensiveness of black on abdominal segments 8 and 9, although I had to look up both species to refresh my recollection. (using Abbott's guide to dragons of Texas & S.-Central US)
… John Schneider, 6 May, 2010 - 12:32pm login or register to post comments

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