The Aquatic Invertebrates of Texas

Odonata

(Damselflies & Dragonflies)

LIBELLULIDAE

Tramea carolina (Linnaeus)

Carolina Saddlebags


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Synonyms: 

 

 

 
Distribution Citations

1934 Tinkham
1938 Ferguson

[1954 Needham & Westfall]

1975 Bayer
1975 Longley
1978 Donnelly
1979 Young & Bayer

[1989 Dunkle]

 

1995? Lasswell et al.
1997 Abbott Stewart Moulton
1997 Lasswell & Mitchell
[1998 Abbott & Stewart]
1999 Orr Honig Behrstock

[2000 ACDT web]
2005 Abbott
[2008 NatureServe]

[ ] indicate state record, no specific county or locality indicated

notes:
<this species has been vetted and accepted as a valid Texas species>

-nymphs in ponds, lakes and slow streams with thick emergent vegetation (Abbott 2005); in quiet waters; ponds, lakes, swamps, slow streams, avoids muddy water (Dunkle 1989)

copyright:   Stephen W. Ziser    
                          2010

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