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Florida has both Red & Carolina saddlebags, while we have Carolina up here. This guy - looks like Tramea carolina - was especially vivid red! @ Topsail Hill Preserve State Park, Santa Rosa Beach, Florida on 9-13-22
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Check out the size of this bee's saddlebag. It's really quite amazing how much pollen that they can carry around.
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I stood in the yard watching this dragonfly go back and forth over and over and almost landing. I was lucky that he finally found a limb close to me and landed. I believe he is a red saddlebag dragonfly skimmer. Feel free to correct me. I loved how the light was shining on his wings!
Fred and Idah Schultz Nature Preserve, Hillsborough County, Florida
Florida Birding and Nature Festival
October 22, 2022
Monochrome image of a discarded saddlebag propped against a tree in an old forest. Morning mist can be seen in the background.
This is a photograph that I took of a Black Saddlebag Skimmer in 2018 but never published the image. I've seen dozens of these in the refuge and not been able to get a good closeup shot as of yet. I went digging back into my files and located this one.
I don't see many of this species of dragonfly, so I was very happy when this guy posed for me on a dead tree branch higher than my head. I really like the wing pattern details here.
Carolina saddlebags glistening in the sun at the wetlands - from the archives. Colder here but sun is out - great day to get some shots! Happy Hug-a-bug Tuesday!
p.s. thanks to Sunshine this morning - everything looks good
the scientific name is in the tags, but "Black Saddlebags" is a whole lot more fun. a foreleg appears to be broken and wrapped around the neck, or it could be just an itch.......
I am seeing more dragonflies everyday. Lots of the early fliers, such as Eastern Pondhawks, Eastern Amberwings, Blue Dashers and plenty of bluet damselflies. Now the saddlebags are emerging too.
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6th Day of Christmas Dragonflies: a fresh Spring male Tramea carolina. See tags for details.
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We had a fun visit to the wetlands on Sunday - and that evening we got some rain. Both Black and Carolina saddlebags were flying and perching. Got fairly close to this female w/golden spots. North Georgia
Perhaps resting up overnight while on migration. Photographed in the La Crosse Blufflands Conservancy.
A nice 10,000-foot lake just east of Yosemite National Park. It's always great to find a place like this with spectacular scenery but a tiny fraction of the crowds of the famous park. There is a 3.9 mile loop trail around the lake.
More info: www.monocounty.org/places-to-go/lakes-rivers-creeks/saddl...
I was lucky to find this fairly lethargic female. The temperatures were in the mid sixties yesterday and made many of the dragons I was able to find much more cooperative. I worked her over with my macro rig pretty well.