Pantala flavescens, the Globe Skimmer 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.[1] It is considered to be the most widespread dragonfly on the planet.
The English common names "Wandering Glider" and "Globe Skimmer" refer to its migratory behaviour.[3] The German name Wanderlibelle mean "migrant dragonfly

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Migrant Hawker
Caliaeschna microstigma
Cordulegaster insignis insignis
Scarlet Dragonfly
Broad-bodied Chaser
Black-tailed Skimmer
Yellow-winged Darter
Blue-tailed Damselfly
Azure Damselfly
Lestes virens virens
Platycnemis dealbata


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