Pantala flavescens successfully breeding for the second time in Malta (Maltese Archipelago) (Odonata: LIbellulidae)

Abstract

After being first recorded in the Maltese Islands in 2013 and successfully breeding on the archipelago’s largest island of Malta in 2020 following an unprecedented influx, Pantala flavescens (Fabricius, 1798) has again bred successfully on the same island in 2023. 259 exuviae were found at four small reservoirs in the same valley system of Burmarrad, on the island of Malta.