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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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Wandering glider (Pantala flavescens) - Pantala flavescens - female
Copyright © 2011 nathan pate

Wandering glider (Pantala flavescens) - Pantala flavescens - Female
clarksville (falls of the ohio st. pk), clark County, Indiana, USA
August 22, 2011
Size: ~5cm
Sometimes very wary; sometimes you can put camera lens right on them.
Anyone think I have ID or gender wrong?

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Wandering glider (Pantala flavescens) - Pantala flavescens - female Wandering glider (Pantala flavescens) - Pantala flavescens - female Wandering glider (Pantala flavescens) - Pantala flavescens - female
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Contributed by nathan pate on 23 August, 2011 - 3:34pm
Last updated 9 October, 2011 - 4:13pm

Moved
Moved from Skimmers.
… john and jane balaban, 9 October, 2011 - 4:13pm login or register to post comments

Agree with your ID - Pantala flavescens
In my opinion your specimen is a male.
Note the secondary genitalia visible under abdominal segment 2

… William Edwards, 8 October, 2011 - 8:11am login or register to post comments

 
thx for input
yea, i see a 'bump', so male it is. thanks for correction...
… nathan pate, 8 October, 2011 - 2:59pm login or register to post comments

Moved
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