Red Saddlebags
Tramea onusta Hagen, 1861
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Synonyms
Red-mantled Saddlebags 
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Red Saddlebags (Tramea onusta) is found widely through much of the Great Plains and west, and the portions of the southeast, but it is very sparce on much of the Atlantic coast. This dragonfly, like others in the genus Tramea is a phenomenal disperser, and it may appear hundreds of miles from usual areas of occurrence. Within the core range, Red Saddlebags breeds in shallower ponds and lakes, and may be more reliant on fishless seasonal pools than Carolina Saddlebags (Paulson, 2011). There are records from five counties in central Maryland, and from Worcester Co. This dragonfly has not been confirmed to breed in Maryland, and all sightings are presumed to be vagrants or transients (Richard Orr's The Dragonflies and Damselflies of Maryland and the District of Columbia).

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Red-mantled saddlebags
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Genus: Tramea
Species:
T. onusta
Binomial name
Tramea onusta
(Hagen, 1861)

The red-mantled saddlebags or red saddlebags (Tramea onusta) is a species of skimmer dragonfly found in North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. It has translucent wings with red veins, and has characteristic dark red blotches at its proximal base, which makes the dragonfly look as if it is carrying saddlebags when flying. The last two bands and the cerci of these dragonflies are black.[2]

Female red-mantled saddlebags typically have bodies that are light brown or pale orange, with lighter white and brown eyes. Males have a distinctive red body color.

This dragonfly has a wide distribution across North America; it is found south of San Francisco in the west and south of the Great Lakes in the east and as far south as Nicaragua and Puerto Rico.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Paulson, D. R. (2017). "Tramea onusta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T164982A65823526. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T164982A65823526.en. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  2. ^ Dunkle, Sidney W. (2000). Dragonflies through Binoculars. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 219. ISBN 0-19-511268-7.
  3. ^ "Red Saddlebags (Tramea onusta)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
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