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    Photo 1 of 6

    (c) Gregg Darling, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Mariano Fernández Kloster, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Sakern | 永隔一江水, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Greg Lasley, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Denis Doucet, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    Photo 6 of 6

    (c) Greg Lasley, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Wandering Glider

Pantala flavescens

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About

Pantala flavescens, the globe skimmer, globe wanderer or wandering glider, is a wide-ranging dragonfly of the family Libellulidae. This species and Pantala hymenaea, the "spot-winged glider", are the only members of the genus Pantala from the subfamily Pantalinae. It was first described by Fabricius in 1798. It is considered to be the most widespread dragonfly on the planet with good population on every continent except Antarctica although rare in Europe.

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