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These are spot-winged gliders, which, like their close relative the wandering glider, fly nearly continuously and range widely. Spot-wings are quite similar to wandering gliders, but true to their name, they have a small dark spot in the inner edge of the hindwing, visible in some of these photos. Males have notably red eyes as can be seen well in the close-up below at right. . The one in flight was patrolling a small pond and the others were resting in nearby shrubs at the San Jacinto Wildlife Area, near Riverside, or in the Imperial Valley (both in southern California). |
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