Wandering Glider

Wandering Glider

Pantala flavescens

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Nashik

In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%

8 Verified sightings at Nashik
227 In all 20 parks From 2019 to 2026
August Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Wandering Glider

Pantala flavescens, the globe skimmer, globe wanderer or wandering glider, is a wide-ranging dragonfly of the family Libellulidae. This species and Pantala hymenaea, the "spot-winged glider", are the only members of the genus Pantala. It was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1798. It is considered to be the most widespread dragonfly on the planet, with good populations on every continent except Antarctica, although 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.

The dragonfly is up to 4.5 cm long, reaching wingspans between 7.2 cm and 8.4 cm. The front side of the head is yellowish to reddish. The thorax is usually yellow to golden coloured with a dark and hairy line. There were also specimens with a brown or olive thorax. The abdomen has a similar colour as the thorax.

The wings are clear and very broad at the base. There, too, there are some specimens with olive, brown and yellow wings. On Easter Island there... Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Tsavo West National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
~20%
2 Kanha National Park 🇮🇳 India
~20%
3 Palo Verde National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%
4 Minneriya National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
~10%
5 Gunung Leuser National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~10%
6 Kruger National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~10%
7 Khao Yai National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
~10%
8 Pilanesberg National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~10%
9 Taroko National Park 🇹🇼 Taiwan
~10%
10 iSimangaliso Wetland Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~10%
11 Point Pelee National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
~10%
12 Channel Islands National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~10%
13 Garden Route National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~10%
14 Big Bend National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~10%
15 Everglades National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~10%
16 Parque Natural Metropolitano 🇵🇦 Panama
<5%
17 Arenal Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
18 Saguaro National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
19 Galápagos Islands 🇪🇨 Ecuador
<5%
20 Cumbres de Monterrey National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Kota 🇮🇳 India
~60%
2 Rajkot 🇮🇳 India
~40%
3 Lusaka 🇿🇲 Zambia
~40%
4 Yogyakarta 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~40%
5 Hyderabad 🇮🇳 India
~30%
6 Salem 🇮🇳 India
~30%
7 Antananarivo 🇲🇬 Madagascar
~30%
8 Vadodara 🇮🇳 India
~30%
9 Nagpur 🇮🇳 India
~30%
10 Bengaluru 🇮🇳 India
~30%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Wandering Glider in Nashik?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Wandering Glider sighting in Nashik on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 31st most-seen of the 42 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Wandering Glider in Nashik?

August and September

In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Wandering Glider in Nashik on a given day, against under 5% in November to July, the lowest months. Those are among Nashik's wettest months, with about 350 mm of rain a month against almost none in January.

What time of day is best to see a Wandering Glider?

Between 10 am and 1 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Wandering Glider sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Is Nashik the best place to see a Wandering Glider?

52nd of 125

Of the 125 cities where we can rate Wandering Glider sightings, Nashik ranks 52nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Kota (India, about 60%), Rajkot (India, about 40%) and Lusaka (Zambia, about 40%).

Which relatives of the Wandering Glider live in Nashik?

Same family: Libellulidae

The closest relatives of the Wandering Glider that you can see in Nashik (family Libellulidae, Skimmers) are Chalky Percher (about 20%) and Crimson Marsh Glider (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Wandering Glider sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Wandering Glider is recorded against all the insects logged in Nashik (8 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.

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