Wandering glider Pantala Flavescens
English name: Wandering glider
Size: Large (4-6 cm).
Habitat: Standing water
Distribution: Cosmopolitan.
The wandering glider is a classic migratory species, sometimes in very large flocks. Migration takes place following the seasonal rains in a pattern that has not yet been fully clarified and is currently being studied.
It reproduces during migration and has adapted to temporary water sources. The wandering glider completes its growth cycle in 35 days.
In flight it appears to glide across the wind.
Season: End of June - end of September (according to data from Turkey).
Identification marks:
Its entire body is yellow. A broken black stripe in the upper part of the abdomen becomes thick and continuous on the seventh to ninth segments. The appendages are black.
The eyes are blue in the lower part and red in the upper part.
The face is yellow or orange.
The legs are black with a yellow stripe לאורך them.
The wing is light and transparent.
The hind wing is very broad.
Female - similar to the male. But:
The wing base is yellow, and sometimes the entire wing has a yellow/orange tint.
The base of the first abdominal segment is white.
Similar species:
Females of many species in the family Libellulidae are yellow and very similar, and attention must be paid to details in order to distinguish between them.
