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Species Pantala flavescens - Wandering Glider

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Pantala flavescens? - Pantala flavescens

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Odonata (Dragonflies and Damselflies)

Suborder Anisoptera (Dragonflies)

Family Libellulidae (Skimmers)

Genus Pantala (Rainpool Gliders)

Species flavescens (Wandering Glider)

Other Common Names

Golden Glider, Rainpool Glider, Globe Skimmer

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Pantala flavescens (Fabricius)

Orig. Comb: Libellula flavescens Fabricius 1798

Explanation of Names

flavescens - translates to "yellow/gold" - Words by William Whitaker

Range

e. NA to sw US - Map Odonata Central

Life Cycle

Photos of life cycle stages from Nymph through adult by Gary McClellan

Internet References

Odonata Central has information, photos

TED TALK discussing this species' migration across the Indian Ocean

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, Mike Quinn, Vox Sciurorum, marcie oconnor
Last updated 27 July, 2015 - 9:53pm

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