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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Skimmers (Libellulidae) » Rainpool Gliders (Pantala) » Spot-winged Glider (Pantala hymenaea)
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Spot-winged Glider - Pantala hymenaea
Copyright © 2005 David E. Reed

Spot-winged Glider - Pantala hymenaea
Bailey Island, Cumberland County, Maine, USA
July 23, 2005
Size: about 2 inches

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Dragonfly - Pantala hymenaea Dragonfly - Pantala hymenaea Spot-winged Glider - Pantala hymenaea
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Contributed by David E. Reed on 25 July, 2005 - 8:04am
Last updated 25 July, 2005 - 7:02pm

Glider
You got the other one. This is Pantala hymenaea, the Spot-winged Glider. Compare the page here:

http://bugguide.net/node/view/8932

They often swarm together.
… Herschel Raney, 25 July, 2005 - 8:59am login or register to post comments

 
And now a guide page...
A guide page for this species now ready: Spot-winged Glider, Pantala hymenaea. Image can be moved whenever David Reed is ready.

Good catch, these things are hard to find perched. I guess the Spot-winged is more likely to perch than the Rainpool Glider, which has eluded my camera for years.

Patrick Coin
Durham, North Carolina
… Cotinis, 25 July, 2005 - 9:17am login or register to post comments

 
Spot-Wing
Thanks for the ID. Only image 3 has the spots. Do you think all three are the same?
… David E. Reed, 25 July, 2005 - 9:32am login or register to post comments

 
Glider
I think that the angle just hides the spots. The body is different on the flavescens as well. These all look like hymenaea.
… Herschel Raney, 25 July, 2005 - 9:52am login or register to post comments

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