Summary ²

The black saddlebags (Tramea lacerata) is a species of skimmer dragonfly found throughout North America. It has distinctive wings with characteristic black blotches at their proximal ends, which make the dragonfly look as though it is wearing saddlebags.

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1. (c) Cameron Eckert, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Cameron Eckert
2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tramea lacerata

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