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Dragonflies of Zihuatanejo

SUBORDER ANISOPTERA

-Animals (Kingdom Animalia)

-Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)

-Hexapods (Subphylum Hexapoda)

-Insects (Class Insecta)

-Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)

-Dragonflies and Damselflies (Order Odonata)

-Dragonflies (Anisoptera)​

-Superfamily Libelluloidea

-Skimmers (Family Libellulidae)

-​Rainpool Gliders (Genus Pantala)

-Wandering Glider (Pantala flavescens)


The Wandering Glider is characterized by its golden-yellow to reddish-orange body, red eyes, and long, wide wings. It is a powerful flier that breeds in temporary pools and other fishless bodies of water, often following weather patterns for its extensive travels. Hunts insects like mosquitoes, termites, and beetles, and a single dragonfly can eat over 1,000 mosquitoes a day.

Wandering Glider

Pantala flavescens

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