Talk:Pantala flavescens

Translation from German

The original has a description of the Hamulus that I could not translate due to lack of knowledge of Odonata sexual anatomy!

Am Hamulus, einem kleinen hakenförmigen Fortsatz am sekundären Geschlechtsorgan der Männchen, fehlt der äußere Ast oder ist vielmehr nur durch einen Wulst angedeutet. Beim Weibchen wiederum befinden sich auf dem letzten Segment der kahnförmigen Bauchplatte zwei kurze Scheidentaster.

which Google translated as:

On Hamulus, a small hook survival rate of the secondary sex organs of the male, lacking the outer branch is much longer, or only indicated by a bead. Beim Weibchen wiederum befinden sich auf dem letzten Segment der kahnförmigen Bauchplatte zwei kurze Scheidentaster. In turn, females are on the last segment of the abdominal plate kahnförmigen two short vaginal probe

--Alastair Rae (talk) 12:56, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

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The Globe Skimmer (Pantala flavescens) is the most widespread dragonfly species on the planet, found between about the 40th parallels of latitude, or where the annual mean temperature is above 20 °C (68 °F), except in Europe where there are only occasional sightings.Photo: Muhammad Mahdi Karim

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Pantala flavescens, also known as the globe skimmer, globe wanderer or wandering glider, is a wide-ranging dragonfly of the family Libellulidae. It is considered to be the most widespread dragonfly with a good population on every continent except Antarctica, although it is rare in Europe. Globe skimmers make an annual multigenerational journey of some 18,000 km (about 11,200 miles); to complete the migration, individual globe skimmers fly more than 6,000 km (3,730 miles)—one of the farthest known migrations of all insect species.

Photograph credit: Basile Morin

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Inconsistency

The 200 to 300 mm length that's mentioned for the larva seems quite inconsistent with just 4.5 cm for the imago, and also seems much longer than any dragonfly larva I have seen. Perhaps actually 20 to 30 mm? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.190.74.219 (talk) 13:39, 21 September 2022 (UTC)