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Species Pantala flavescens - Wandering Glider

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Wandering Glider - Pantala flavescens MISSION TEXAS - - Pantala flavescens Pantala sp. - Pantala flavescens Wondering: Is it a wandering glider? - Pantala flavescens Wondering: Is it a wandering glider? - Pantala flavescens Dragonfly - Pantala flavescens Wandering Glider - Pantala flavescens Dragonfly - Pantala flavescens
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Odonata (Dragonflies and Damselflies)
Suborder Anisoptera (Dragonflies)
Family Libellulidae (Common Skimmers)
Genus Pantala (Rainpool Gliders)
Species flavescens (Wandering Glider)
Other Common Names
Golden Glider, Rainpool Glider, Globe Skimmer
Explanation of Names
At Words by William Whitaker, "flavescens" translates to "yellow/gold".
Internet References
Odonata Central has information, photos and a distribution map for Texas.
Winds of Kansas has nice scans of P. flavescens in their Scanned Image Album.
Giff Beaton has some nice images on his site.
Contributed by Tony DiTerlizzi on 6 December, 2004 - 9:58pm
Additional contributions by cotinis
Last updated 28 August, 2006 - 10:28am

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