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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 or Carolina? - Tramea carolina
Copyright © 2009 Carol Clemens

Red or Carolina? - Tramea carolina
Hilton Head, Beaufort County, South Carolina, USA
June 11, 2009
I normally see lots of Carolina Saddlebags....but might this one be a Red Saddlebags? From what I have read, the Red Saddlebags have a "window" at the base of the hindwing patch. Is that what those clear areas are on this one? Thanks!

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Contributed by Carol Clemens on 12 June, 2009 - 6:37pm
Last updated 26 July, 2011 - 8:43pm

Moved
Moved from Saddlebags.
… Ben Coulter, 26 July, 2011 - 8:43pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Red Saddlebags.
… Carol Clemens, 25 August, 2009 - 12:50pm login or register to post comments

I'm not an expert, but this o
I'm not an expert, but this one looks like Carolina to me. The clear area in this specimen's wing patch is very small, and the size and shape of the wing patch itself matches better with the Carolina Saddlebags in Abbott's guide to dragonflies of Texas and surrounding states.
… John Schneider, 12 June, 2009 - 7:36pm login or register to post comments

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