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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Skimmers (Libellulidae) » Rainpool Gliders (Pantala) » Wandering Glider (Pantala flavescens)
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Female Blue Dasher? - Pantala flavescens - male
Copyright © 2006 Andrew Willias

Female Blue Dasher? - Pantala flavescens - Male
Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas, USA
I believe this is a Female Blue Dasher, but I'm not sure.

Thanks for your help,

Andrew
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Contributed by Andrew Willias on 7 March, 2006 - 9:30pm
Last updated 8 March, 2006 - 9:32pm

Female Blue Dasher would be very different
Check out some of the images in the guide here for example. With these small yellow stigmas and wide wings, we think this more likely to be a male Pantala flavescens, in the guide here. What do others think?
… john and jane balaban, 7 March, 2006 - 10:15pm login or register to post comments

 
Wandering Glider - Pantala flavescens
I agree with Pantala flavescens. It is a species that has some unusual life histories. It disperses in the spring, from south to north, and the larvae takes less than two months to develop, as opposed to a year or more for most species. It is the only species of dragonfly with world-wide distribution, known from every continent (except Antarctica).
… Kurt Mead, 8 March, 2006 - 11:15am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you!
Thank you! I had never come across the Pantala flavescens when I was searching.

Thanks!
… Andrew Willias, 8 March, 2006 - 6:44am login or register to post comments

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