Striped Saddlebags

 

Tramea calverti

"This tropical species has extended its limits into Texas. It has a pale yellow face that turns red in mature males. The thorax is brown, with two pale oblique lateral stripes. The wings are clear with a broad brown basal stripe in the hind wing. The legs are pale basally and darker beyond. The abdomen is yellowish in females and red in mature males ... It is widely distributed in Texas."

This is one of BugGuide's Striped Saddlebags

August 21, 2009.