Fauna - Vertebrates

Pantala flavescens - Wandering Glider

Phylum: Arthropoda, Class: Insecta, Order: Odonata, Family: Libellulidae - Skimmers, Dropwings
Pantala flavescens
Wandering Glider

More information on this species

Male, underside

Photographer/Source: Lappies Labuschagne - © Lappies Labuschagne


Features
body yellowish brown or light orange, dark brown markings along top of abdomen (male)

body yellowish brown or light orange, dark brown markings along top of abdomen (male)

female browner than male, dark brown markings along top of abdomen

female browner than male, dark brown markings along top of abdomen

More photos on other websites:
Look for Pantala_flavescens on iNaturalist
UCT Animal Demography Unit Virtual Museum
 



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