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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Mayflies (Ephemeroptera) » Furcatergalia » Scapphodonta » Ephemeroidea » Common Burrower Mayflies (Ephemeridae) » Hexagenia » Hexagenia limbata
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Mayfly ID please - Hexagenia limbata
Copyright © 2009 Naomi Smith

Mayfly ID please - Hexagenia limbata
Brighton, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada
July 29, 2009
Size: 1 inch app.
Sat on the fence for most of the day. Colour is much darker that the ones we normally see in the yard.
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Contributed by Naomi Smith on 29 July, 2009 - 9:10pm
Last updated 30 July, 2009 - 6:05pm

Moved
Moved from Mayflies.
… v belov, 30 July, 2009 - 6:05pm login or register to post comments

Hexagenia
This is a male Hexagenia limbata imago. The females are typically somewhat larger and paler in coloration in both the subimago and imago stages.
… Lloyd Gonzales, 30 July, 2009 - 2:46pm login or register to post comments

Hexagenia male imago -- pls wait for an expert ID
[Lloyd asked to put all may-, stone-, and caddisflies that require ID to approp. order pages]
Moved from ID Request.
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