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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Mayflies (Ephemeroptera) » Pisciforma » Cleftfooted Minnow Mayflies (Metretopodidae) » Siphloplecton
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Mayfly - Siphloplecton
Copyright © 2009 tom murray

Mayfly - Siphloplecton
Dummer, Coos County, New Hampshire, USA
April 7, 2009
Size: 16.5mm
When this was in the net, it wriggled around like a small fish.

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Contributed by tom murray on 8 April, 2009 - 8:15pm
Last updated 9 April, 2009 - 5:00pm

Moved
Moved from Siphlonurus.
… Tim Loh, 9 April, 2009 - 5:00pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Primitive Minnow Mayflies.
… Tim Loh, 9 April, 2009 - 4:38pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Siphloplecton.
… Tim Loh, 9 April, 2009 - 4:38pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Siphlonurus.
… tom murray, 9 April, 2009 - 4:09pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Mayflies.
… tom murray, 9 April, 2009 - 2:49pm login or register to post comments

Probably Callibaetis
like your other specimen
… Tim Loh, 9 April, 2009 - 1:36am login or register to post comments

 
large size...
and short antennae seem to suggest Siphlonurus.
… Lloyd Gonzales, 9 April, 2009 - 2:45pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
supports my initial suspicions but wasn't sure as I couldn't see much of the gills in the first pic.
… Tim Loh, 9 April, 2009 - 4:37pm login or register to post comments

 
Sorry to play yo-yo with this one...
but the bifid claw on the foreleg in Tom's new photo would seem to indicate that Siphloplecton was probably the correct move.
… Lloyd Gonzales, 9 April, 2009 - 4:48pm login or register to post comments

 
Yup
I just saw it after reinspecting the 2nd picture..moving it back...
… Tim Loh, 9 April, 2009 - 5:00pm login or register to post comments

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