Spot-winged Glider / Pantale bimaculée
Pantala hymenaea
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Spot-winged Glider / Pantale bimaculée
(Pantala hymenaea)
Size: 44-51 mm
Fundy First record: June 13, 2013, Herring Cove Beach (Daniel Sinclair, Anna Holdaway and Denis Doucet)
Status/Habitat: Migrant seen most years, rare to locally common, albeit less so than its close cousin the Wandering Glider. It breeds in rainpools and fishless ponds, including water pools in abandoned gravel pits.
Flight period in New Brunswick: June 13th-August 28th
ID Hints: Can have a golden tinge, especially when younger, but it tends to be darker and more cherry-red than its close cousin, the Wandering Glider. The spot in the wings is not easy to see.
Nature Notes: Spot-wings are long-distance migrants. They tend to arrive here earlier than Wandering Gliders: They are often here by the second week of June in New Brunswick. Like its close cousin the Wandering Glider, this species is almost always seen on the wing.
Sources and Credits
- (c) Denis Doucet, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Denis Doucet
- (c) Denis Doucet, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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