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Mayfly-Family Heptageniidae - Maccaffertium
Copyright © 2006 Bob Moul

Mayfly-Family Heptageniidae - Maccaffertium
Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA
May 6, 2006
Can anyone ID this Mayfly to a family or species?
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Contributed by Bob Moul on 8 May, 2006 - 4:27pm
Last updated 23 November, 2008 - 5:03pm

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… john and jane balaban, 23 November, 2008 - 5:03pm login or register to post comments

Mayfly
Do you have a photo that shows it the wings from the side? Also, how long would you estimate it to have been from front of head to end of abdomen, not including length of tails?

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… Roger Rohrbeck, 9 May, 2006 - 8:24pm login or register to post comments

 
Sorry
I don't have any other photo of it, Roger. I would say the length was no more than an inch.

Bob
… Bob Moul, 9 May, 2006 - 8:37pm login or register to post comments

 
Mayfly ID
Bob-

That's okay. I am quite certain it's a male subimago of family Heptageniidae, specifically Maccaffertium vicarium, more specifically, the one which was classified as Stenonema fuscum until a couple of years ago. It's length is likely ~14 mm.

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… Roger Rohrbeck, 9 May, 2006 - 9:16pm login or register to post comments

 
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Thank you so much, Roger. You guys are truly amazing. And thanks for your website url, I bookmarked it for future use.

Regards,
Bob
… Bob Moul, 10 May, 2006 - 5:25am login or register to post comments

Mayfly.
I can tell you it is a mayfly, but it will take one of our aquatic entomologists to ID to family or so:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 8 May, 2006 - 6:07pm login or register to post comments

 
ID
Thanks for steering me to the Mayfly area, Eric.

Bob
… Bob Moul, 10 May, 2006 - 5:26am login or register to post comments

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