globe skimmer
dragonfly
Also known as: Pantala flavescens, wandering glider
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migration
- In dragonfly: Distinguishing characteristics and flight behaviour
The globe skimmer (or wandering glider, Pantala flavescens), a migratory dragonfly, for example, makes 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…
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