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Rainpool Gliders
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Rainpool Gliders

Pantala

Pantala is a genus of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae commonly called the rainpool gliders. They are found almost worldwide. Species of Pantala are medium-sized to large, dull orange-yellow dragonflies.

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2 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 2 known species

Wandering Glider

speciesPantala flavescens

Spot-winged Glider

speciesPantala hymenaea

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 52585.