Spot-winged Glider (Pantala hymenaea)

Spot-winged Glider (Pantala hymenaea)

Wake Co., NC 7/18/10.

Spot-winged Glider (Pantala hymenaea)

Wake Co., NC 7/18/10.

Spot-winged Glider (Pantala hymenaea)

Wake Co., NC 7/18/10.

Spot-winged Glider (Pantala hymenaea) and Wandering Glider Pantala flavescens

Faceoff between Spot-winged Glider (left) and Wandering Glider (right).

Wake Co., NC 7/18/10.

Spot-winged Glider (Pantala hymenaea) and Wandering Glider Pantala flavescens

Note the difference in abdomen color and shape between the yellowish, elongate Wandering Glider (left) and the brownish, more stocky Spot-winged Glider (right).

Wake Co., NC 7/18/10.

All photographs and text ©2013 by Will Cook unless otherwise noted.