Red Saddlebags (Tramea
onusta)
UTAH: Beaver Co; Beaver River Restoration Area - males - June 2015
TEXAS: Kinney Co; Fort Clark Springs wastewater treatment ponds - males - July 2014
TEXAS: Harris Co; Bud Hatfield Park on Cypress Creek - immature female - March 2013
TEXAS: Matagorda Co; Mad Island Marsh WMA - males - April 2012
TEXAS: Hidalgo Co; Estero Llano Grande State Park - males - September 2011
ARIZONA: Santa Cruz Co; roadside spring off Ruby Road at Peņa
Blanca Canyon - female - September 2010
another dragon knocked this female onto the water's surface
KANSAS: McPherson Co; rest area on I-135 - female - August 2010
TEXAS: Harris Co; ponds off Frye Rd near Cypress Creek - immature male - June 2010
TEXAS: Chambers Co; Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge, entrance pond - male -
June 2010
Male releasing female to oviposit, then recapturing her after oviposition.
TEXAS: Uvalde Co; Cook's Slough Nature Park - pair ovipositing - May 2010
TEXAS: Uvalde Co; Cook's Slough Nature Park - male - May 2010
The sequence below captures a pair in tandem flight, the male releasing the
female, and then hover-guarding prior to recapturing her as she oviposits.
TEXAS: Hidalgo Co; Santa Ana NWR, Willow Lakes - pair in oviposting flight -
September 2009
TEXAS: Uvalde Co; Cook's Slough Nature Park - immature male - September 2009
TEXAS: Reeves Co; stream below Red Bluff Dam - male - August 2009
TEXAS: Brewster Co; on US 90, roadside pond east of Marathon - male - July 2009
TEXAS: Brewster Co; on US 90, roadside pond east of Marathon - pair in tandem
- July 2009
TEXAS: Hidalgo Co; Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park - male - July 2009
TEXAS: Zapata Co; San Ygnacio - female - July 2009
TEXAS: Val Verde Co; Gries Ranch near Pandale - males - June 2009
TEXAS: Denton Co; Lewisville -
Male & Female in egg-laying flight - June 2009
TEXAS: Real Co; Camp Wood Hills Crossing - male - September 2008
TEXAS: Edwards Co; Miller Creek at Nueces River - male - July 2008
TEXAS: Edwards Co; Miller Creek at Nueces River - female - July 2008