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  Red Saddlebags
            Tramea onusta Hagen, 1861

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Range & Habitat:

A very rare vagrant to the coastal plain, it has not been recorded in 10 years.

 

Carolina           Red    
faces

Description:

Very similar to the Carolina Saddlebags, this vagrant appears slightly smaller and paler.  The forehead usually lacks violet and the black on the dorsum of S8-S10 does not extend down to the sides of the segments.

 

Conservation Status:

State: SZN - An occasional vagrant, no mapable populations

Global: G5 - Secure globally, but possibly rare in parts of its range

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Flight season:

Early Date: 7/4
Late Date: 9/29

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Flight Season
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Number of Records
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Date, distribution, and status data courtesy of Allen Barlow, NJOS
© 2006 Jim Bangma, NJOS  Comments or suggestions?  Use the Feedback Form