A very rare stray to North Carolina with only three records including this one below (where two individuals were found together), Striped Saddlebags normally occur in the West Indies and from south Texas to South America.
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Striped Saddlebags (Tramea calverti)Brunswick Co., NC29 Oct 2006Note the dark band paralleling the body at the base of the hindwing and amber coloration in the wing veins. Superficially similar to Hyacinth Glider, but Striped Saddlebags is larger, lacks a dorsal black stripe on the abdomen, and has a different thorax pattern.Striped Saddlebags (Tramea calverti)Brunswick Co., NC29 Oct 2006Note two pale thorax stripes on this dragon which was about the same size as, and a tad darker amber than, a Wandering Glider. In flight, the overall coloration was a tad darker amber than a glider.Striped Saddlebags (Tramea calverti)Brunswick Co., NC29 Oct 2006Striped Saddlebags (Tramea calverti)Brunswick Co., NC29 Oct 2006
