Red Saddlebags
Order: Odonata
- Suborder: Anisoptera (Dragonfly)
- - Family: Skimmers (Libellulidae)
- - - Genus: Tramea
- - - - Species: onusta
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Red Saddlebags, Male, Rio Salado Habitat Restoration Area, Phoenix, Maricopa, AZ, 20 March 2015
Species to compare (enter common name)
Red Saddlebags, Male, Pond near Painted Rock Dam, Maricopa, AZ, 21 April 2019
Red Saddlebags, Male, Sonora, Mexico, 13 August 2022
Red Saddlebags, Male, Oak Flat pond, Pinal, AZ, 27 April 2019
Red Saddlebags, Male, Veterans Oasis Park, Chandler, Maricopa, AZ, 17 March 2020
Red Saddlebags, Immature male, Rio Salado Habitat Restoration Area, Phoenix, Maricopa, AZ, 15 June 2010
Red Saddlebags, Male, Sonora, Mexico, 11 August 2022
Red Saddlebags, Male appendages (lateral view), Rio Salado Habitat Restoration Area, Phoenix, Maricopa, AZ, 3 July 2010. Note relatively short cerci and black marks limited to the top of segments 8-10.
Red Saddlebags, Female, Wild Horse Pass, Maricopa, AZ, 22 July 2021
Red Saddlebags, Female, Veterans Oasis Park, Maricopa, AZ, 18 December 2021
Red Saddlebags, Female, Rio Salado Habitat Restoration Area, Phoenix, Maricopa, AZ, 31 August 2008
Red Saddlebags, Female, Gilbert Water Ranch, Maricopa, AZ, 19 September 2009
Red Saddlebags, Female, Rio Salado Habitat Restoration Area, Phoenix, Maricopa, AZ, 29 April 2011
Red Saddlebags, Female, Wild Horse Pass, Maricopa, AZ, 23 August 2009
Red Saddlebags, Pair in wheel, Recharge Ponds, Glendale, Maricopa, AZ, 27 July 2021
Red Saddlebags, Pair in wheel, Recharge Ponds, Glendale, Maricopa, AZ, 20 May 2021
Comparison: Red-saddled Saddlebags (four species)
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Antillean SaddlebagsTramea insularis -
Red SaddlebagsTramea onusta -
Sooty SaddlebagsTramea binotata -
Striped SaddlebagsTramea darwini