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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Skimmers (Libellulidae) » Saddlebags (Tramea) » Red Saddlebags (Tramea onusta)
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Carolina or red saddlebags? - Tramea onusta - male
Copyright © 2016 Michael Hughes

Carolina or red saddlebags? - Tramea onusta - Male
Lakeland, Polk County, Florida, USA
October 15, 2013
Is this T. onusta or T. carolina? Thanks!
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Contributed by Michael Hughes on 28 November, 2016 - 9:37pm
Last updated 18 December, 2016 - 12:55pm

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… William Edwards, 18 December, 2016 - 12:55pm login or register to post comments

Tramea onusta
I would lean toward T. onusta. The black marks on top of segments 8 and 9 don't extend very far down the sides of the abdomen. The "window" in the saddle is very large. The face is very red rather than metallic purple. All these are consistent with Tramea onusta.

A shot of the saddlebags would be the clincher as the saddlebags on T. carolina extend to include the entire anal loop and those of T. onusta do not.
… Dan Jackson, 30 November, 2016 - 9:14pm login or register to post comments

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