Monday, September 22, 2025

September 22, 2025

I am known as a Red Saddlebags
Due to the pattern on my wings
I look similar to a Carolina Saddlebags
But bags are differently shaped, among other things. 

(Make sure you click the link below - it has a very clear side-by side comparison of Carolina vs. Red Saddlebags.)

Location: Cocoa, James G. Bourbeau Memorial Park

Sources: https://waltersanford.wordpress.com/2016/07/08/carolina-saddlebags-dragonflies-males/

https://waltersanford.wordpress.com/2016/07/08/carolina-saddlebags-dragonflies-males/

Photo and text © 2025 Dee Fairbanks Simpson

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