Abbott (288) writes "It has a pale-yellow face that becomes reddish in older males. The thorax is olivaceous brown and largely unmarked. The wings are clear, with brown apices in the males ... The stout, tapered abdomen is yellow, with black lateral stripes on the swollen basal segments. There is a thin, dark mid-dorsal abdominal stripe that widens and becomes noticeably darker on segments 8-10."

This is one of BugGuide's Wandering Gliders

This is a report on the range on the Pantala flavescens
Plosone

This is a photograph from dragonflies.org

October 09, 2006.